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32 and when her basket is full, she carries it on her back, and puts it 
down | by the side of the place where she is going to steam the 
chitons. Then she goes into the woods to get | skunk-cabbage and 
old fern. She puts these into a || basket, and carries the basket with 
fern on her back; and she carries the skunk-cabbage under her arm. | 
Then she goes home, and puts down the skunk-cabbage | by the side 
of the place where she is going to steam the chitons; and she also puts 
down the | basket with old ferns. Her husband cuts sticks | one 
40 span long, of red pine, with sharp points || and round, for spits for the 
chitons. As soon as these are finished, | she takes one of the chitons 
and pushes the spit of | red-pine wood through the middle of it. 
She does this with every one of them, | one spit for each chiton, in 
3 
or 
this manner: When they are all on the spits, | they are- 
ready, and she puts them into a basket. Then the man 
45 takes the || tongs and takes away the driftwood that is not 
burned; | and as soon as all the fire has been taken away, he 
takes the kelp and lays it | on the red-hot stones, and he 
puts old fern | over the kelp; and he takes the skunk- 
cabbage and | spreads it over the old fern. As soon as this is 
50 finished, he takes the || chitons on their spits and pours them on the 
skunk-cabbage. When this is | done, he takes a cedar-stick and 
pokes holes through the skunk-cabbage for | the water to pass through 
32 fmésé qot!é L!mgwats!és lexixs laé OxLdsdésaq qa‘s l& oxLandlisas 
laxa ‘nkg‘asLaxa k.!inelé. Wa, l& axé‘sta laxa ax!ék-as li axa 
k-lik'adk!wa, wi, hé*misa LEq!emsé. Wa, lamrm Axts!dts laxa 
35 lexatyé. W4, la Oxialaxa Leq!emdzats!é lexixs laaLal gemxelaxa 
klik: ladk!wiixs laé nifnakwa. Wa, li gemxenodlisasa klik: !adk!wa 
la mag‘inwalisasés ‘nEg‘asLaxa k:!inété. Wa, laxaé oxing-alisasa 
LEq!emdzats!é lexi laxaaq. Wa, lana ta‘wtinemas k‘!axwaxa 
‘nalnemp!enk’é laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx wtnagtila qa eéx'bés; 
40 wi, hé'mis qa lérlx-inés qa odemsa k'!inele. Wa, gil‘mésé gwa- 
texs laé AxSédxa ‘nemsgemé laxa k‘!inélé qa‘s ot!édésa 6dEmé 
wiinagiil lax nexsema‘yas. Wa, li ‘naxwarm ‘nemts!axsemaléda 
k:linélaxa O6demé g'a gwilég‘axs laé 6dekwa (jig.). Wi, la‘mé ‘naxwa 
gwalalaxs laé gits!& laxa lexatyé. Wa, la ax‘edéda begwinrmaxa 
5 k'Wprala qa‘s k-lips‘alax‘idéxa k-lésé q!ilx“itsa q!éxalé. Wa, 
gil'mésé ‘witléda giiltaixs laé Ax*édxa L!est!ekwé qa‘s ts!ax‘*alodés 
laxa xIx‘ixsemala t!ésema. Wa, li &x‘édxa Leq!mmsé qa‘s ts!a- 
kiyindés lixa Llest!ekwé. Wa, la ax‘édxa klik !adk!wa qa‘s 
Lepryindé laxa Leq!rmsé. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs laé &x‘édxa 
50 odekwe k:!inéla qa‘s gédzddalés lixa k'!ik'!aok!wa. Wai, g‘il‘mésé 
gwalexs laé Llenqemx’silasa k!wa‘xtawé laixa k:lik-ladk!wa qa 
lax‘silatsa ‘wapé LOo® qa k-ix%silatsa k'!atela. Wa, g-il‘mésé gwa- 
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