Boas] RECIPES 483 
and the steam to come out. When this is done, | he pours water on, 53 
and he takes some skunk-cabbage | leaves and spreads them over the 
top; and when it is all covered, he || takes mats and covers (the 55 
whole). When this is done, he | leaves it. After about four hours | 
(the chitons) are done. Then he takes off the cover-mats and | also 
takes off the skunk-cabbage cover. When the | cover is all off, he 
calls the people who are walking about to come and eat the chitons. || 
When they sit down, he gives each | one a spit with a chiton on it, 60 
and immediately they | begin to eat chitons. Nobody gets two | 
spits of steamed chitons, for they taste very salt; | and when they eat 
many chitons, these cause diarrhea. || After they have finished, 65 
they all go home. They do not invite | many tribes for this, and it 
is not eaten by the Kwakiutl. | Only the Seaward-Dwellers eat 
chitons, and also the Koskimo | and Gwats!énox" and G’ap!énox" 
and the L!asq!énox®. | Only those eat it. ‘That is all about this. || 
Boiled Chiton.—(When chitons have been gathered [see p. 293], 1 
they are eaten in the following manner:) At once (the woman) sends 
her husband to go and | invite hisnumaym. Immediately the woman 
takes | her kettle and pours water into it; and when it is half full, | 
she puts it on the fire. When it begins to boil, || the woman takes the 5 
basket of chitons by the handle and pours | them into the kettle. 
texs Jaé tsas‘itsa ‘wapé laq. Wa, la &x‘édxa wadkwé k°:!ik:!a6- 53 
kwa qa‘s Lepryindalés lag. Wa, giil‘mésé hamelqryaxs laé 
aix‘édxa lérl*wa‘tyé qa‘s nasmyindés laq. Wii, gil'mésé gwalexs laé 55 
bas. Wa, laxent!a modts!agevelagila laxens q!aq!alak:!ayoxens 
‘naliqéxs laé tlopa. Wa, la‘més lét!édex nayimas lérl*wa‘ya. 
Wa, laxaé lawiyddxa nayimé k'!adk!wa. W4a, gil’‘mésé ‘wislawé 
nayimaséxs laé Lé‘lalaxa q!tnamé‘sta qa lis k‘!intk:!alfidxa 
klinete. Wa, gilf'mésé k!is‘alisexs laé ts!ewanageméda ‘nal- 60 
‘nemts!aqé odek" ‘negik" k:!inét lag. Wa, li ‘naxwarm héxi- 
darm kk: !intk:!al‘idxa k-!inélé. Wai, lazm k:!eis malts!axk:!rtséxa 
odekwé ‘neg Ek" k‘!inéla, qaxs LOmaé drmp!a. W<4, hé‘miséxs Alaé 
wulelistlamasex q!ék*!edzayaéda k-linétaxs hi‘mafyaé. Wa, gil- 
‘mésé gwalexs laé ‘wifla ni‘nakwa. Wéa, lanm k:!és Lé‘lalayo laxa 65 
q!énemé lélqwilaratya. Wii, laxaa k-!és hi‘miisa Kwag-ulé, la 
léxa‘ma L!anlasiqwila k:!intk !alxa k-!inélé LeSwa Godsg’imoxwé 
LE‘wa Gwats!énoxwé LE‘wa G-Ap!énoxwé, wi hé*misa Llasq!é- 
noxwé. Hérm ‘waxéda hi‘mapaq. Wa, lanm gwal laxéq. 
Boiled Chiton.—Wai, hé’x-‘ida‘mésé ‘yalaqaxés latwtnrmé qa lis 1 
Lé’‘lalaxés ‘ne‘mé’motée. Wii, la hé’x-‘idatméséda ts!eda’qé Ax*é’d- 
xés hinx'La’nowe qa‘s gtixts!6’désa ‘wa’pé laq qa ‘nngoya’lé- 
séxs la’é hi’nxLents la’xés lngwi'lé. Wai, g‘i’l'mése medelx‘wi’- 
dexs la’éda ts!eda’qé k:!d’qtilitxés q!n’nyats!é lexatya qa‘s gtix- 5 
ste’ndés la’xa hi’nx'Lanowe. Wai, la &x‘é’dxés k'!ipta’la qa‘s 
