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78 this has been done, the chief’s speaker begins to praise them. | 
The guests never eat any of the stomach-fat | of the mountain-goat, 
80 but go out. This important feast || is given to many tribes; namely, 
dried brisket and sides, | and also the stomach-fat of the mountain- 
goat; for there is a myth about it and | about the seal, for it is 
valued more highly than an oil-feast by | many tribes. As soon as the 
former guests enter their houses, | they distribute the split cedar- 
85 sticks, for all the guests carry them || to their wives with the stomach- 
fat. The women at once | bite off a piece of the fat and chew it; 
and after it has been chewed, | they put it on the end of a split cedar- 
stick, so that there is a knob of fat at the end, | for they only wish 
it to be large enough to go into the mouth. They put the knob | 
into the fire; and when the stomach-fat is melted, they put it into 
90 the || mouth and suck the knob. When all the melted tallow has 
been sucked off, | they put the knob into the fire again; and when it 
begins to drip | with the melted fat, they put it back into the mouth; 
and they | only stop when there is only skin left at the end of the 
fat-stick. They only | suck it off and eat it. That is all about this. || 
1 Mountain-Goat Brisket——When there are two rival | chiefs in one 
tribe, and each has a | son-in-law who is a mountain-goat hunter, 
they watch each other | when they give feasts. When the chief’s 
5 mountain-goat hunter || has ten boxes of dried briskets and | sides 
78 gigimatyée. Wa, lanm héwiixarm himxidéda k!wélaxa ‘yEx"sE- 
ma‘yasa ‘mElxnowaxs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wai, hérm awilgila k!wel- 
80 tsdsa q!énemé lélqwilaratya x ilkwé dq !iibano Le*wa éwanddza‘yé; 
wii, héSmisLéda ‘yEx"sEma‘yasa ‘mEIxLowé qaxs nitlyambalaé LEfwa 
mégwaté; yixs hé‘maé nalitelasa L!énixs k!wéladzemaé laxaaxa 
q!énemé lélqwilanatya. Wai, gil'mésé laéréda k!weldé laxés g-ig’d- 
kwaxs laé ts!4sa xokwé k!watxLé qaxs ‘naxwatmé daléda k!wéldaq 
85 laxés grgrnEmé LE‘wa ‘yEx"sEma‘yé. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésa ts!édaqé 
q!px“id lixa ‘yrx"sema‘yé qa‘s maléx‘widéq. Wa, g-il'mésé ‘wi- 
wElx'sExs laé ixbents laxa xokwé k!watxtawa qa‘s li qoloxbéq; 
yixs 4fmaé ‘néx* qa héldzmqnlés laxés spmsé. Wé, li, tséxiEents 
laxés Imgwilé. W4a, gilsmésé yax‘ida ‘yasekwaxs laé Axéras laxés 
90 semsé qa‘s k'!extitsemayéq. Wa, o-il*mésé ‘witlawa yaxa yasekiixs 
laé xwélaxtents laxés lngwilé. Wii, go il'emxaawisé la ts!éts!aokt- 
laxs laé xwélaqa xétas laxés semsé. Wai, al'mésé gwalnxs lae 
frm la Llésa aixba‘tyaxa tséxp!éqé k!watxtawa. Wa, Afmésé la 
k!lamtddeq qa‘s hismx‘‘idéq. Wa, lazm gwal laxéq. 
Mountain-Goat Brisket.—Wa, g‘il'mésé ‘wax'sek!tisa ‘ma‘lokwe 
gigigimésa ‘nrmsgemakwé lélqwilaratya, wi, li q!walxorm né- 
negwiyatsa tétEwe‘nénoxwaxa ‘mElxLowé, wi, lalax’alaxs ddqwa- 
lap!aé yisa k!wélatsayasé. Wa, gil’mésé lana tewé'nénoxwasa 
5 gigima‘yaxa neqasgemé xéxEtseEm x‘ilk" loq!tibanowats!i Letwa 
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