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76 mouths when they are eating the boiled codfish with spoons. | She 
only distributes spoons among the guests. | As soon as they have one 
each, they put the dishes in front of them; | and when all this has 
80 been done, the young men take buckets by their handles and || place 
them before the guests, and they all drink; | and after they finish 
drinking, they eat with spoons; and after they have finished, | the 
young men tale away the dishes, and they carry the rest to the 
wives | of the guests. Other | young men give water to the guests. 
85 This was called by || former generations [the first past men] ‘‘cooling 
down when they drink water after | having eaten with spoons boiled 
fish.” After they finish drmking, | they go out. That is all 
about this. | 
1 Tainted Codfish.—tI first talked about the fresh boiled | codfish. 
Now I will talk about | what the Indians like best,—tainted boiled 
codfish. | When the codfish has been kept for a very long time in the 
5 corner of the house, || and when it begins to be tamted, the woman 
takes the tainted codfish | and puts it into water that is in a large 
dish. | As soon as the body is soaked, she puts it on the fire | and 
turns it over and over; and when the body is warm, | she rubs off 
10 the scales. Then the woman || takes an old mat and spreads it out 
76 lafmaé tsa’xtitexstaléda yo’saxa ha’nx‘Laakwe né’ts!afya. Wai, 
]é’x-a‘mésa k‘a’k-Ets!mnagé la ts!ewanaédzem 1la’xa k!we'le. Wai, 
gi’/lmésé ‘wi/lxtdxs la’é k'axdzamdO’lilasdsa 10’Elq!wée. Wa, gi’ 
fmésé ‘witlaxs la’éda hi‘ya’lfa k-!o’qtlitxa néna’gats!é qa‘s lé 
80 hanx:dzam6’lilas 1a’xa_ k!we’lé. Ws la’x:dafxwé ‘witla na/x‘ida. 
Wi, gi’l'mésé gwat na’qaxs la’é yo’s‘ida. Wai, gi’/'mésé eva 
la’ ede hi‘ya’ia k-a’g‘flitxa 10’Elq!wé qa‘s lé mo’t!sts lax gEgENE’- 
masa k!we’lé be’ buewanecia: Wi, la’ré 6’t!edéda wad’kwe 
hifya’Fka naiqai*matsa ‘wa’pé la’xa ecole Wa, hé’em gwe‘y0’sa 
85 gi/lx'di begwa’nmm k‘d’xwaxddéda na’x‘idixa ‘wa’paxs la’é owal 
yo’saxa hi’nx'Laakwé mamad’masa. Wai, gi’/l*mése gwal na’qaxs 
la’é ho’qtiwelsa. Wa, lan’m gwal 1a’xéq. 
1 Tainted Codfish (Q!al né’ts!e*)—Wa, hé’rm gé’ta hi&/nx'Laak” 
né’ts!afyEn gt Ix'dé gwa’gwex's‘alasa. WA, la* mé’sEn gwa’gwex’- 
s‘alat lax éx‘a’g-atyasa ba’k!timéda la q!al hi/’nx‘Laak" né’ts!a‘ya. 
Wai, hé’*maaxs Ta! é gi’la &xé’la né’ts!atyé lax oné’gwilasa g°d’kwe. 
5 Wa, gi’l*mésé la qla’Midexs la’éda ts!nda’qé Ax‘é’dxa q!a’lé né’ts!a- 
fya qa‘s lé Axsth’ndnq la’xa ‘wa’pé q!o’ts!4 1a’xa ‘wa’lasé 10’q!wa. 
Wa, gi/lfmésé po’s‘idé o’k!wina‘yaséxs la’é &xLE’nts la’xés legwi’le 
qa‘s 1é’ Shue Wi, gi/lfmésé ‘witla la ts!pxtwi’dé 6’k!wina‘ya- 
séxs ia’/6é x'i/temg" trn’le go’betas. Wa, la‘mé’séda ts!mda’qe Ax‘ 
10 6’dxa k'!a’k!obané qa‘s Lep!a’lités lax on4’lisasés legwi'té. Wa, 
