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11 into the oil; and then they put it into their mouths and they begin 
to eat,! . . . and (the men) wait for the secon'd course. | That is the 
end. | 
_ (2) When the middle parts of the salmon are really dry, they are 
15 soaked || in the soaking-box, which stands in the corner of the house. | 
It is always filled with water; and the woman | always puts the 
middle parts of the salmon into it, so that it is full; and when | she 
goes to take the middle parts of the salmon to cook them, she | puts 
in again some more dried middle parts of the salmon, and changes || 
them for those that have been taken out.” . . . When her husband 
comes, | the woman takes the soaking middle parts of the salmon 
and | counts two pieces of the middle parts of the salmon for each | 
man; and so she takes twelve pieces. She | puts them into the 
25 kettle; and her husband puts the kettle || on the fire, and he also 
pours water into it. | Then the woman takes two dishes and also | 
two oil-dishes, and puts them down where she sits. | The kettle is 
not very long over the fire, when it is taken off; | and the man also 
30 takes the tongs || and takes out the soaked middle parts of the sal- 
mon and puts them also into | a large dish which stands on the floor 
of the house, made for this kind of cooling =| 
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dafxwa.t . . . Wa, lab’m awit’lgmmeg‘alil qa‘s hé’lég-intsE‘we. 
Wa, laz’m gwa’ta. j 
(2) Wa, g'i/l'mésé la 4’la la le’mx‘wéda q!a’ q!aga‘yaxsla’é t!é’laso 
15 la’xa t!e’ late lane ha*ne’laé la’xa Onégwilasa g’o’kwé. Wa, lan’m 
hé’menalarm la q!0’ts!4sdsa Swa’pée. Wa, feere. sa ts!eda’qé hé’- 
meEnatapmxat! ixsti’lasa q!a’q!aga‘yé laq qa qo’t!és. Wii, hé’maaxs 
la’é Ax‘wiiste’ndxa q!a’qlagatye qa‘s ha‘me’x'silase‘we. Wai, la 
a’em xwé’laqa ax‘e’dxa Ip’mxwa q!a’qlage® qa‘s L!a’yo'ste mies 
00 la’xés la Axiista’nd.? . . . (Wa, gil'més@ g-axé la¢wunEmaséxs) 
la’éda ts!eda’qé Ax‘e’d 1a’xés t!é/lasméwe q!a’q!agatya. WA, lan’m 
ho/semtsa maé/ma‘texsa q!a’q!agé la’xa ‘na’lfnemokwé bégwa’- 
nema. Wai, lak’m Ax‘é’dxa ma‘ipxsa’e-Eyowé. Wa, hé’*mis la 
ixts!d/yoséxa hi’/nx'Lanowe. Wi, la‘mé’sé hi’nx‘Lands 1a’*wtine- 
95 mas 1a’xa Ipgwi’le. Wa, hé’emxaa’wisé la git’q!nqasa ‘wa’pé laq. 
Wa, la ax‘e’déda ts!eda’qaxa ma‘ipxia’ lelo’q!wa. Wi, hé’*misa 
ma‘ipxLta‘maxat! ts!éts!eba’ts!4& qas lé k-a’g-atelas 1a’xés k!waé/- 
lasé. Wa, la k!és 4’larm gé’x-Laléda hi’nx‘Lanax, la’é hi’nx'sanaé 
la’xa Ingwi't. Wa, hé’em‘xaa’wiséda brgwa’nemé ix‘é’dxa ts!é’s- 
30 Lala qa‘s k-lipwtista’léxa t!e/Ikweé q!a’qlagé qa‘s k lipts!a’lés la’xa 
d’giiflamaxat! ‘wa’las 10’q!wa g’ax hi‘ne’la; hékwé/lénm qaé’da 
hé gwit’las he ha‘me’x ‘silasE*we.° 
! Continued in Fa Expedition, etc., Vol. V., p. 431, lines 1-14. 
2 Continued in ibid., p. 431, lines 15-39. 
‘Continued in ibid., p. 431, line 40, to p. 432, line 4. 
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