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of-Property;”’ that is, if the Seaward-Dwellers | are invited. Then 
he calls the common people. | His tribe goes ashore at once, and they 
stand at the right-hand side | of the whale. They stand according to 
their seats | at the feast; but Place-of-Property stands near the dorsal 
fin || of the whale. The whale les on its belly, and (the head chief) 
holds in each hand | a butcher-knife. He puts these on the | 
back of the whale’s neck, and measures one fathom. | Then he moves 
backward, cutting along the two sides of the whale | towards the 
tail, back of the dorsal fin. Then he stops. The (people) || cut 
around the neck of the whale, beginning at the back of the | whale’s 
head; and the one next in rank to Property-Place cuts off a piece of 
blubber half | a fathom wide, beginning at the cut made | by 
Property-Place, downward to the belly of the whale. | The one next 
in rank cuts a piece of the same width, || and all the men receive 
pieces of the same width as they | cut off the blubber crosswise down- 
ward. As soon as all | the blubber is off, the women | cut a hole in 
the thin side of the whale, and cut off the inside fat. | When it is all 
off, they put it aboard the canoes. || Next they cut off a piece of the 
tail of the whale; | and when it is all off, they go home to their 
houses. | Then they unload the blubber and put it down above | 
laéda Lé‘lanemeé. Wa, la Lé‘lalaxa ogwida‘yé g dktilots. Wa, héx-4i- 
da‘mésé hox‘wiltowe g dktlotas qa‘s li q!wagvalis lax hétk:!odmn6- 
dza‘yasa gweE‘yimé. Wa, la héem Lax‘walaatsés k!wayaxs k!wélaé 
laixa g’okwe, yixs laiaLé YaqoLasé Laxwala lax nexseméLelis Lag‘a- 
fyasa gweE‘yimé. Wa, la hé gwig'endxa gwe‘yimé laxés ‘wax‘sEn- 
ktilaénafyaxa srsex*xa k-lak‘!pwayd. Wa, hémis hix‘warelé 
OxLaatatyasa gwe‘yimaxs laé bal‘idxa ‘nemp!enk’é laxEns baLixs 
laé k‘lafnnaktila xtilde‘naktilaxa ‘wax'sddég‘atyasa gwr‘yimé la 
héxsdendala lax gwak:!ot!exta‘yasa Lig’atyaxs laé ‘wala. Wai, la 
k'lastentsE’wa Oxawa‘yasa gwE‘yimé gigitela lax OxLaatd‘yasa 
gwrtyimé. Wa, léda makilax Yaqorasé k‘!éx‘idxa neq!sbodé 
laxens baLax yixs ‘wadzEwasasa k:!nyolé, gigitela lax iwtinxa- 
‘yas ixafyas YaqoLasé, babanaaqa lax tek lisa gwetyimé. Wa, 
laxaé dgwaqéda makilaiq, héemxaé ‘wadzowé k:layas. Wa, la 
‘naxwarm hé iwadzowé k'!ayasa ‘nixwa bébrgwanrma laxés gE- 
géxsalaéna‘yaxés k‘!lamaxerlase‘we. Wa, gil'mésé ‘naxwa k°!é- 
ktixs laé sapodxa k:!ék-!eyoté. Wa, gil'mésé ‘witlaxs laéda ts!é- 
dagé k:!éxsodex prlnodza‘yasa gweE‘yimé qa‘s kex‘idéx tsEnx- 
tsrnwilas. Wa, g-il’mésé ‘wi‘lamasexs laé moxsaq laxés yatyats'e. 
Wa, laemxaawisé ‘witla k‘layap!xa kits!xsda‘yasa gwe‘yimé. 
Wa, gilfmésé ‘witloLqéxs laé ni‘nakwa laxés gOkwé. Wi, héx‘i- 
da‘mésé moltodxa k-!nyolé qa‘s Ax‘alisElés lax ara‘tyasa ‘walasé 
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