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11 also called | mussel-shell knife, for the first people used the mussel- 
shell for a knife | (this was sharpened by Deer when he met 
Q!a/néqgé‘lak’). | The woman takes the fish in her left hand | and 
15 puts it down on the old mat with the || tail of the fish towards the 
woman and the stomach turned towards the left | of the woman. 
She holds her knife in her right hand, | cuts off the head, and when 
it is off she cuts open | the back all the way down to the tail, cutting 
along the upper side of the backbone. | She only stops cutting when 
20 the fish is spread open. || Then she puts it back on the old mat. Then 
she takes | another fish and she does the same to it, and | she does 
the same with all the others. Now her husband | makes roasting- 
tongs of red pine, for they are going to roast the fish. As soon | as 
the work is finished, he gives them to his wife, and the woman || takes 
the roasting-tongs and she takes a long strip of split | cedar-bark and 
winds it about one span | from the lower sharp-pointed end of the 
roasting-tongs. | She pulls it tight as she winds it around it, and ties 
iton. Then the roasting-tongs will not | split when she puts the fish 
30 into them. As soon as || the woman has finished this, she takes one of 
the fish that have been cut open | and rubs it over the roasting-tongs. 
When these are | covered with blood and slime, she puts into it one 
of the fish that have been | cut open. It is put in crosswise. Then 
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11 yowé grits!n’me yixa x0/ls qaxs hé’/*maé xwa’Lay4sa g’a’li bnewa’- 
nema (yixs géxasE‘was gé’x‘ustalixs la’e ba’ko Lo® Q!a’néqgée- 
‘lakwé). Wa, lé’da ts!mda’qé da’x“itsés gb/mxolts!ana‘tyé la’xa pr- 
x'ite qa‘s ya’ gtidzodés la’xak'!a’k-!obana. Wa, lan’m gwa’saxsdaléda 
15 pex’té la’xa ts!mda’qé. Wa, la gwé’k-laésala lax gemxdlts!ana- 
fyasa ts!nda’qé. Was, la da‘tasés hé/tk- lots !ina‘yé la’xés xwa’/LayAxs 
la’é qak-0’dex hé’x'tlafyas. Wa, gil‘mésé la’wixs la’é xwalbrete’n- 
dex 6/xLaata‘yas qa‘s ha’xnlé ie ts!a’snafyas é’k:!ot!mndalax xa- 
kladzis. W4, a/l'mésé gwil xwa’Laqéxs la’é 4’lak-!ala la Lepa’ta. 
99 Wa, la Axdzo’ts la’xaaxa k'!a’k:!obanixs la’é @’t!éd Ax‘é’dxa 
‘ng/mé pEx'i’ta. Wa, laxaé hé’emxat! gwe’x‘‘ideq. Wa, li’na- 
xwarm hé gwé’x‘idxa wad’kwé. Wa, la’La la’*wiinrmas L!0’psa- 
yogwilaxa wtna’gilé qaxs L!0’péraxa pExi’té. Wa, g'i’lémése 
gwa'lé ixa’*yasexs la’e ts!as la’xés gene’mé. Wa, la’da ts!eda’qé 
25 da’x‘‘idxa L!opsayowe. Wa, la ix‘e’dxa giilt!a ts!éq!adzo dzexn’k" 
dena’sa. Wai, li qux‘faLn’lots la’xa ena mp!enké la’xens q!wa’- 
q!wax'ts!ana‘yé gig itela lax benba‘yé éx:béséda L!opsayowe. Wa, 
la tek!ita’lafmé qexdfyaséxs la’é yitla’Lelots. Wa, lan’m k:!ésr 
x0’x"sLa L!0’psayowé qo lat L!0’pts!odayota prxi’té laq. Wa, g‘i’/l- 
30 ‘mésé gwa/tnxs laé’da ts!mda’qé da’x*‘idxa ‘ne’mé 1a’xa xwa’Lekwé 
pexi’ta qa‘s ts!ekit!é’dés li’xa L!d’psayowe. Wa, gii’*mésé 
meEgiig’é ‘txa E/Ikwa Lefwa k'!é’lixs la’é L!0’pts!otsa ‘nn’mé xwa’- 
LEK” pex‘i’‘ta. Wa, laz’m gé’k'!rnatyaxs la’é &x‘é’dxa dzE- 
