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23 bone hook and | plucks off the long hair. When it is all off, he 
spreads it out | over his fire in order to singe off the hair that 
25 is left on. As soon as it is|| all off, the skin shrinks, and then 
becomes thick on account of the heat when | it is put over the 
fire. Then he spreads it on a short board, and | takes his knife, 
whatever it may be, a stone knife or | bone knife. Then he cuts it 
into strips; and | after it has all been cut, he puts stones on the fire. || 
30 After he has done so, he goes into the woods and takes hemlock- 
branches and | much skunk-cabbage. He carries them home and 
puts them down in his | house. Then he takes a digging-stick and 
digs a hole | near the fire, two spans long and | the same width, and 
35 also the same || depth. As soon as he has finished, he goes to get 
water with his bucket. | He brings it and puts it down. Then he 
takes the tongs and picks up | red-hot stones and places them in the 
hole. | As soon as there are many stones in it, he takes hemlock- 
branches and | places them over the stones; and when there are 
40 enough on them, he spreads skunk-cabbage || over the hemlock- 
branches. When this also has been done, | he takes cedar-wood 
and pokes holes through the skunk-cabbage leaves. He | takes the 
skin that has been cut into strips and coils (the strips) up on the | 
skunk-cabbage. When it is all in the hole, he takes more skunk- 
cabbage leaves and | spreads them over ithe; whole). When they are 
22 Wa, gil‘mésé ewilawada Stalneaas laé géxaxés gaLayowé q!as 
p!elwaléx sexsek-e‘yas. Wa, g‘il'mésé ‘wi‘laxs laé alabexalas 
ee Ingwilé qa ‘witliwés ts!éx*idé hibrdzrdza‘yas. Wa, g‘il‘mésé 
25 ‘witlaxs laé t!emxéwida qa‘s li wAx‘wida qa hisa giiltixs laé 
aaxELalayaé. Wa, li Lebrdzdts laxa ts!ats!ex"samé. Wa, la 
ax‘édxés k'!énpenxe Jaxés gwéx'sdrmg‘anema LO® tl!ésx& LO 
xaxx'i k'lawaya. Wa, li bex‘édeq qa tlélts!eq!astowés. Wa, 
g il'mésé ‘witwelx'sexs laé xrx"LEntsa t!ésnmé laxés legwile. Wa, 
30 gilfmeése gwalexs laé laixa aLlé qa‘s &x‘édéxaaxa q!waxé LE‘wa 
q!énemé k'ladk!wa. Wa, gaxé gemxelaq, qa‘s gemxalilés laxés 
gokwé. Wa, li ax‘édxa ts!dyayixa Lex’semé qa‘s ‘lap!alilé laxa 
mag‘inwalisasés legwilé matp!enk'as ‘wisgemasé Jaxens q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!inatyex, wi, la hérmxat! ‘wadzextowé; wi la héemxat! 
‘walabetalé. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalxs laé tséx’ Sidxa ‘wapé yisa naga- 
ts!é. Wa, g’axé hing-alitaq. Wa, li &x°édxa k‘!ipralaa qa‘s k !ip!i- 
dés laxa xix ixsemala tlésem qa‘s li k lipts!alas laxa ‘labekwe. 
Wa, gil'mésé qléts!Axa tlésmmaxs laé ix‘édxa q!waxé qa‘s ts!a- 
x‘alddés laxa t!lesemé. Wa, li hélalaxs laé Ax‘éd laxa k:!aok!we 
40 qa‘s li Lepryints laxa q!waxé. Wa, gil'emxaawise gwalexs laé 
ax‘édxa k!watxLiwé qa‘s rlengumsélés laxa k:ladk Wwe. Wa, 1é 
ix‘édxa tlélts!eq!astowé prsk‘éna qa‘s li q!slxtiyindilas laxa 
k !adk!wée. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilts!axs Jaé ixédxa k:!aok!we qa‘s 
LEpeyindalés lag. Wa, gil'mésé la waktixs laé ax‘édxa k!wa‘x- 
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