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they are soaked for six days | in the canoe, for they are thick. 
Therefore they are soaked for a long time. || As soon as they swell 
up, the woman takes her small basket | and carries it by the handle 
to the side of the place where the canoe is on the ground. | Then she 
takes one fin and washes off the soot that is on it. | As soon as it is 
all off, she puts it into the small basket. She only | stops when the 
small basket is full. Then she carries the small basket || into her 
house, and she puts it down by the side of the fire. | Then she takes 
the small kettle and washes it out inside. As soon as it 1s clean, | 
she takes split cedar-sticks. She breaks them into pieces, and | puts 
them crosswise in the bottom of the small kettle, (forming a grating). 
As soon as this is done, | she takes the soaked fins and puts them on || 
the crossed split cedar-sticks in the small kettle. | She does not want 
what she is cooking to be burned: therefore | she puts the cedar- 
sticks under it. When the small kettle is full of | dried fins, she 
pours water into it; and she only stops pouring | when it is full. 
Then she puts the kettle on the fire. It || stays on the fire for a long 
time. Sometimes it is put on the fire in the morning, | and it is not 
done until afternoon. As soon as it is done, | the woman takes her 
tongs and takes the | kettle off the fire. Then she takes her small 
dish and puts it down at the | place where she is sitting. Then she 
‘més Ofgtiqalaydsexs k'!é’saé a’em q!EL!np!n’nxwa‘sé ‘na’liis 
t!é/It!atexs 1a’xa xwa’k!tina, qaxs wo’/kwaé, la’gilas gii’ta t!é’la. 
Wii, gi/lf'mésé pé’xtwidexs la/éda ts!nda’qé Ax‘e’dxés la/laxamé 
qa‘s lé k-!0’x*welsaq !ax 0’gwig'ay‘asa xwa’k!tinixs hi’nsaé. Wa, 
lé &x*é’dxa ‘ne’mé peta’ qa‘s ts!oxa/léxa q!wald’brsé Axdzewe’q. 
Wa, gi’lfmésé ‘wi’‘lixs la’é axts!o’ts la’xa-la’laxamé. Wiis, a’l'mésé 
gwa’tpxs la’é qo’tléda la’laxameé. Wi, lé k'!0’gwilxa la’laxameé 
la’‘xés g’d/kwé qa‘s 1é k:!d’x*walilaq lax on6/lisasés legwi'lé. Wa, 
la 1x°é/dxés hatnn/mé qa‘s ts!d’xtig-endéq. Wa, g‘i’lmeésé é’gig-axs 
la’é Ax‘e’dxa x0’kwe k!wa‘xia’we. Wai, la k-o’k'E*x"sE’/ndEq qa‘s 
gayi‘li‘lax‘idéq lax dots!4’wasa ha‘nk’mé. Wai, gi’lmésé gwa’texs 
la’é Axwiilts!odxa t!n’lIkwe pa’Lasdé qa‘s lé Axdzodala 1a’xa 
5 gafyila/‘lakwe xdk" k!wa‘xia’wa lax O’ts!Awasa ha‘nn’mé. Wai, 
lan’m gwa’q!rlaq k!timelgilts!owe ha‘mé’x'silasn‘was, !8’g-itas 
brna’xLentsa k!wa'xia’we laq. Wa, g'i’lsmésé qo’t!éda ha‘ne’maxa 
pa’Lasdixs la’é gtx‘i’tsa ‘wa’pé lag. Wa, a’fhmésé gwal gt’qaxs 
la’é qo’tla. Wa, la ha/’nxtents 1a’xés Ingwi'lé. Wii, latmé’sé 
ge/xLalarm hi/nx‘tala; ‘na’Enemp!enaas hi’nx‘Lentsdxa gaa’la. 
Wii, la a’/lfem L!0’pxa la gwal ‘neqii’la. Wa, gi’ltmésé 1!d’prxs 
la‘éda ts!eda’qé ax%é’dxés k-!ipra’la qa‘s k!wétsn’/ndés la’xa 
hi/nx'ranowé. Wa, la aix*é’dxés la’logtimé qa‘s hi’/ng-alilés 14’xés 
k!wae/lasé. Wa, la ax‘é’dxa k:!ipra’la qa‘s k-!ip!i’/dés la’xa pa’Lasdé 
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