Boas] RECIPES 329 
water in it before them, and | immediately they drink of it. After 
they finish drinking, || they go out. There is no oil to dip with it, 
and | there is no dish, and they do not rinse their mouths; for | the 
first people said that the silver-salmon would disappear | if these 
three kinds of things were done. | Therefore they take for them a 
new food-mat; and || they do not wipe their hands when they eat 
roasted salmon-tails | and roasted backbones of silver-salmon; for 
often the guests just rub | their hands, after they finish eating, to 
dry off | the fat of their food. The owner of the | salmon-tails eats 
some of what has been left over by those who have eaten, || when he 
gets hungry, and he does the same way with roasted | backbones. 
That is all. | 
Salmon-Cheeks.—As soon as winter comes, (the woman) takes | her 
soaking-box and puts it down in the corner of the house; | then she 
draws water (and pours it) into the soaking-box until it is half full 
of water. | Then she takes the basket in which she keeps the “ plucked 
cheeks”? and pours them into the || soaking-box. She soaks them 
four days in the house. After | they have been soaking four days, 
the woman requests her husband, | even if it is noon, to go and 
invite the old chiefs | to come and eat the “plucked cheeks,” for only 
the chiefs | eat this kind (of food). The man at once goes and | 
hé’x*fida‘mésé na’x‘idex'da®x" liq. Wi, gi’lfmésé gwal na’qaxs 
la’é hd’qitwelsa. Wi, lan’m k:!e0’s x!é/*na ts!epa’s. Wii, hé/- 
‘meséxs k:!ed’saé 10’q!wa. Wii’ hé‘miséxs k:!é’saé ts!ewe’L!Exdd qaxs 
ne/k-aéda ga/lé brgwa’nemgéxs hé’x‘‘ida‘maé k'!eyo’x*widéda 
dza‘wii/nagéxs Ax‘é@’tsE*waég’ada yii’dux‘widalaga. Wi, hé’‘mis 
la’gilas &x‘@’dg‘itxa aldzpwé’ ha‘madzo’ té’*watya. Wa, hé’‘mis 
la’gilas k-!ésxat! dédr/nkwéda ha‘ma’paxa L!o’bekwé ts!a’snatya 
Lo'ma L!0’bekwé xa’k'!adzésa dzafwti’né, q!tina’laé &’em dza’k‘6- 
déda 1é’‘lankEmaxés efeyasowaxs la’é gwat ha‘ma’pa qa In’/mxwa- 
LElésa tsb/nxwa‘yésés hafma’‘yé. Wi, més léda ixnd’gwadiisa 
ts!a’sna‘yé, yix k!é’ts!a°yaway‘asex 1é’x-dé ha‘ma’p la ha’mx‘hemk:a 
la’qéxs la’é po’sq!ex‘ida. Wa, la hé’rmxat! gwé’gilaxa 1!0’br- 
kwé xa’k‘!adz4. Wa, lan’m gwa’la. 
Salmon-Cheeks.—Wii, g‘i’lfmésé ts!A¢wti/nx‘idpxs la/é &x‘e/d- 
xés t!é’lats!@ qa‘s 1é ha’ng-alilaq 1a’xa d’négwilases g'0’kwé. 
Wi, la tsi’ts!otsa ‘wa’pé lig, qa negoydé’lésa t!é/lats!ixa ‘wapé. 
Wi, la &x‘@’dxés p!rlodzats!é lpxi/*ya qa‘s gtixstn’ndés la’xa 
t!é’lats!@. Wa, laf‘mé’sé mod’p!enxwa‘s t!é’Italila. Wa, g‘i’l‘mésé 
m0o’p!enxwa‘s ta’lita, la’éda ts!eda’qé axk:!alaxés 1a’*wtinkmaxa 
wa’x*Em la neqi’la ga lés Lé’‘lalaxa q!iilsq!tlyak® gi’gigeEmatya 
qa gaxés p!rp!rlo’sg‘axa p!rlisé, qaxs 1é’x'a‘maéda g 1g igimatyé 
hafma’pxa hé gwe’x'sé. Wi, hé’x‘ida‘mésa brgwa’nnmé la ra’ 
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