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12 After he has done so, he puts the kettle on the fire; and | as soon as it 
- stands there firmly, the man pours water into it; | and it does not 
15 take long before it begins to boil. Then the kettle is taken off; || and 
the woman takes five dishes and | puts them down, and also five 
oil-dishes. As soon as | it is all on the floor, the man takes his tongs, 
and | takes the soaked backbone out of the water and puts it into the 
20 dishes.'| .. . When they finish (eating) they wait for a second ||course. | 
(2).—Sometimes the soaked backbone is blistered by the | fire of the 
house to heat it, when there are not many who have been | invited,— 
for instance, two men,—or when the owner of the house | is given this, 
25 to eat by his wife. She just goes and takes some || soaking backbone, 
and blisters it by the fire. When | it is done, she puts it on a food- 
mat; | and an oil-dish is taken and oil poured into it. | When it is 
put on the food-mat outside | of the blistered soaked backbone, it 
30. is eaten by the one || man and his wife and his children, in this man- 
ner. | Sometimes old people desire to eat it blistered in this | way, 
for it has a different taste from boiled | soaked backbone, and there- 
35 fore some men like it. | They never sing when their food || is going 
to be soaked backbone; for this is going to be their food when few 
12 Wa, gi/lfmésé gwa’texs la’é h&’nxLents la’xa Ingwi'lé. Wai, 
gi’ fecee Bx niles la’eda brgwa’nemé gii’q!mqasa ‘wa’pé laq. 
Wa, lafmé’sé gé/eiltsilamnm la man/mdelqiilaxs la’é h&’nx’sana. 
15 Wi, lé’da ts!eda’qé &x*é’dxa srk:!é’xia 1d’rlq!wa qa‘s g:a’xé 
meEx‘a’lilas LESwa sEk’!é’xLa‘maxaéda ts!éts!eba’ts!é. Wa, gi’ 
‘mésé ‘wi'lg-alitexs la’éda begwa’nEmé 4x‘é’dxés ts!é’sLala qa‘s 
k-tipwestaléxa t!e/Ikwé xa’k:!adzo qa‘s k:!ipts!4’lés 14’xa 16’rlq!wé." 
(Wa, gil‘mésé gwala) la’é awii’lgeme-alit qa‘s he’legin- 
20 tsE*we. 
(2).—Wai, la ‘na’l*nEemp!ena pEné’sasE’wa t !n/Ikwé xa’/k:!adzo la’xa 
Ingwi'lasa g°d’/kwe, qa ts!n’/Ix‘widés, yixs k'!é’saé q'e’nema Le’‘]4- 
nEmé, yixa ma‘lo’kwé bé’brgwankma LOoxs hé’*maéda g-d’gwadisa 
ed/kwé hitmgi’laso‘sés genn’mée. Wi, 4’*més la ix‘6! d 1la’xés 
25 t!é/lasefwe xa/k'!adz& qa‘s pEnnoli’séq la’xa lmgwi'le. Wai, g‘i’l- 
emésé L!0/ppx la’é &’mm Ax6/dzoyo 1a’xa ha‘ma’dzowé Ié/‘wa‘ya. 
Wa, Ja Ax‘e’tsn'wa ts!eba’ts!é qa‘’s k!i/nxts!otsmwésa L!é’‘na. 
Wi, 4’*més la ka’dzddayo la’xa ha‘ma’dzowé le’*watya lax L!a’sa- 
lilasa pr/nkwé tlelk® xa’k-!adzo. Wa, lar’m hé’*mésa ‘nemd’kwé 
39 brgwa/nem LE‘wi's gEnE/Mé LO‘mée’s sa’seEméda hé gwii’té. Wai, la 
éna/ifnemp !Ena‘ma qit/Isqlileyakw3 bébrgwa’nem ha‘maé/xsdxa hé 
gwe’kwéxa penndlée’dzekwé qaxs 6’giixp!amaé la’xa hi’nxLaakwe 
t!elk® xa’k-ladzi. Wa, hé’mis la’gitas ix‘@’xstsd‘sa ‘nalfnem6/- 
kwé la’xa begwa’nemé. Wai, la k'!és d’nxrlagilexs ha‘ma/‘yé’- 
35 Léda t!é/Ikwé xa’k*!adzi, yix hafma‘é’Lé qaxs hod’lalaéda ha‘ma’paq 
"1 Gontinued in Jesup Expedition, ete., Vol. we p. 436, line 12, to p. 437, line 22. 
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