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of a finger, | and itis one finger-width wide; | and she whittles down 
the end of it until it is thin. As | soon as she has finished this, she 
takes the root and holds it bottom upin her | left hand; and the woman 
holds the cleaner, the cedar-stick, in the middle || and scrapes off 
the dirt that is on the fern-root, and the | small roots that are on its 
surface. As soon as | the dirt and the roots that were on the out- 
side of the fern-root are all off, she | puts them on the mat again; 
and she only stops doing so when | all the fern-roots have been 
cleaned. As soon as this is done, she takes || her basket and puts the 
cleaned fern-roots into it; | and when they are all in, she takes up the 
basket of fern-roots and hangs | it up in the rear of the house, behind 
the fire. They are kept twelve | days drying in the rear of the house. 
When this is done, the woman | gets some fire-wood, and makes every- 
thing ready. When she || has the fire-wood, the woman takes a rest 
and when the fern-roots have been drying for eleven | days, the 
woman takes her large basket | and looks for good hemlock-branches 
and also wet leaves; that is to say, the | leaves of the salmon-berry 
bush and of the thimble-berry bush. These are referred to by the 
Indians as ‘‘wet leaves.’ | As soon as she finds them, she puts the 
wet leaves into her basket; || and when it is full, she breaks off hem- 
lock-branches and carries them under her arms; | and she carries the 
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x‘édéda ts!edaiqaxa leqwa qa gaxes gwalila. Wii, gil'mésé gaxeda 
lnqwiixs laé xds‘idéda ts!edaqé. Wii, gilfmése ‘némxsagiyowe 
‘naliisa tsak-use Ja x‘ilalaxs laéda ts!mdaqgé Ax‘edxés ‘walasé lpxatya 
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