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70 finished eating, || they pick up what they did not eat and go out of 
the house; and they go into | their houses and put down in front of 
their | wives the eel-grass that they have taken along. They never 
drink water before they go out | and when they go into their houses. 
That is the eel-grass peeling feast given to | many tribes, for it is the 
75 food of the first people || in the time of the first Indians of the myth- 
ical period. ‘Therefore | an eel-grass feast is a valuable feast given 
by a man. | That is all that is to be said about eel-grass, for there is 
only one way | of eating it and of getting it. | 
1 Seaweed.—When the visitors have finished | eating dried salmon, 
the woman takes her seaweed | and tears it into strips; then she 
gives it to each of the young men. | And some take an adz and put 
5 the seaweed || on a block of hemlock-wood made on purpose: it is a 
span | and a half long and three | spans around, and it stands on the 
floor of the | house. Then they lay the seaweed flat on it, and the 
young men cut it with the adz; | and some of the young men chew 
10 it and putit || intoalarge dish. As soon as enough of the seaweed has 
been chewed, | they stop chewing, and the others stop chopping it 
with the adz. | Then a kettle is taken, and water is poured into it | 
until it is half full. Then the chewed | seaweed is put into it. Then 
xwarm hé gwégilé wadkwas. Wa, gil‘mésé gwal ts!asts!esExs laé 
70 dem gemxelitxes k lets !a°yawaye aoe li hoqttwelsa. Wai, lai hogwit 
laxés gig‘dkwé qa‘s gégemxEmlilrlésés mamuté ts latslayim laxés 
gegeneme. Wa, larm héwixa nax‘idex ‘wapaxs laé hoqtiwelsa 
Loxs laé hogwit laxés g'igokwe. Wa, hérm séx‘ilag‘ilaxa ts!ats!a- 
yima q !énemé leita qaxs hemagelanea Sie brgwanrma 
75 galadlex brektimg-alisa ‘naxwa nux"nemisa. Wii, hé'mis lag-ilas 
awilax'sélakwa ts!ats!ayimxs ts!asélatda begwanemé. Wai, lazrm 
ewala ts!atslats!aliixa ts!ats!ayimé qaxs ‘nemx‘‘idala‘maé ts!ats!n- 
ts!énafyaq Lefwa laielaénatyaq. 
Seaweed (Leqaxa tnq!rstn’né).—Wi, hé’*maaxs la’é gwal hi- 
‘ma’pa k!wé’laxa xa‘ma’sé, wa, la ix*é’déda ts!nda’qaxés tnq !estE/né 
qafs kltlk!tlpsa’léq. Wi, li ts!awanaqas la’xa ha‘ya/lfa. Wai, 
léda waod’kwé ax‘é’dxa k:!imLayowé qa‘s pa’xbrndésa tnq!EstE/neé 
la’xa hékwilatyé tu’mk'!pwé q!waxasa. Wa, lan’m é@’sEg‘Eyd la’- 
xEns q!wa’q!wax'ts!ana‘yéx. Wa, la yu’dux"p!enx'sé‘sta la’xEns 
q!wa’q!wax'ts!anafyéx yix wa’gidasas. Wii, li Lael la’xa g°d/- 
kwaxs la’é pagptali’téda teq!estn’né la’qéxs la’é tsEtsEx’sa’léda 
hitya’liiq. Wa, léda wad’kwé hi‘ya’fa ma’lekwaq qa‘s Axts!4/lés 
10 la’xa ‘wa’lasé 10’q!wa. Wa, gi’lfmésé hele’da malég-nkwé teq !Es- 
tn/nxs la’/é gwal malé’kwa LEfwa waod’/kwaxs tsek‘aa’sa k:!i’m- 
Layo. Wa, lan’m x*é’tse‘wéda hinx'Lanowé qa‘s gtixts!d’tsn- 
‘wésa ‘wa’pé qa ‘negoya’lés. Wa, la k-!esta’nowéda malé’g-Ekwé 
teq!este’né laq. Wa, li xwé’tasa g'elt!exia’la k-ats!ena’gé laq. 
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