BOAS] RECIPES 411 
they throw the sucked head-bones into the fire. | When this is 
done, they eat the liquid with the meat; || and when they have had 
enough, they stop eating with spoons and they drink a little water. | 
That is what the Indians refer to as “cooling off;” and when they 
finish, | they go out. That is all about one way | of the Kwakiutl 
of cooking perch. There is only one way of cooking it. | 
(2) This is the manner in which the perch is cooked by the Koskimo. 
It || is cut open in the same way as I said first, and the scales are 
seraped off. | When the intestines and the gills and the | scales are 
off, the woman squeezes out the stomach and the guts, and | she 
squeezes out the slime of the gills. After she has done so, she 
throws (the perch) into a dish, and she does this with all the others. | 
When this is done, she takes her kettle and pours some | water into 
it, a little less than half full. Then she puts it on the fire. | When 
it begins to boil, she takes the whole perch | and puts them into the 
kettle; and when they are all in, | she takes the intestines that had 
been squeezed out, the stomach, and the | gills, and puts them in. 
She lets this boil for maybe more than | half an hour according to 
the watch. | Then the kettle is taken off-the fire. Now it is done. | 
They never stir it, for it is called “whole perch.” | The woman 
ts!exLendxés k!wix"mdté xfiqsa héxtla‘yé laxa Ipgwilé. Wa, 
gilfmésé gwalpxs laé ‘yds‘idxa ‘wapala Letwa q!emlalé. Wa, 
g il'mésé polidexs laé gwal‘ydsa. Wa,] a xarex~‘id nax‘idxa ‘wapé. 
_ Héem gwe‘ydsa bak!timé k‘Oxwaxdda. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
hoqitwelsa. Wa, !anm gwala ‘nemx“‘idala h&‘méx'silaéneéxa Lamawé 
yisa Kwag-ulé, yixs ‘nemx“idala‘maé hi‘méx'silaéna‘yaq. 
(2) Wa, g-a‘més hi‘méx'silaénésa Gosg'Imoxwaxa Lamaweé, yixs hé*- 
maé gweg'ilaxs laé t !ekwaq laxen g-alé waldema LOxs laé k‘dsilayiwés 
gobrtée. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlawé yax-yig‘ilas Le‘wa q!dsna‘yé LE‘wa 
gobetaséxs laéda ts!edaqé x 1x“idex moqilis LE‘wis ts!néxé. Wa, 
li q!wésdlax k'!élisa q!dsna‘yé. Wa, gilfmésé gwalnxs laé ts!px- 
ts!ots laxa loq!we. Wai, la ‘nixwarm hé gwéx‘idxa wadkwe. Wa, 
eg il'mésé ‘witla gwatexs laé &x‘édxés hinx‘Lanowé qa‘s gtixts!odésa 
ewape Jaq. Wi, la benk:!oldza‘yaxs laé hinx-Lents loxés lngwile. 
Wa, gilfmé@sé medelx‘widexs laé &x%édxa Amemk:!indla ramawa 
qa‘s ixstendés Jaxa hinx'Lanowé. Wa, giil*mésé ‘wi‘lastaxs laé 
aixfédxa xigikwé ts!enéxa qa‘s ixstendés LE‘wa moqtila LESwa 
q!osnatyé. Wa, li medelxtwida. Wa, laxent!a hayaqax nEexsE- 
gfrelagila laxens q!aq!alak !ayaxsens ‘naliiqé ‘wa‘wastalasas ma- 
rmdelqiilaxs laé hinx’sanowa lixa legwilé. Wi,lazrm L!opa. Wa, 
larm hewixa xwét !@tse‘wa qaxs hé*maé Légadrs Aamstaékwé Lama‘ya. 
Wii, lida ts!edagé ax‘édxés loq!wé Lefwis gelemx‘ii xElyowa qa‘s 
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