BOAS] RECIPES 528 
takes out the fern-roots with her hands | and puts them into the 
basket; and when they are all out, || then she fills up with earth again 
the hole in which she had been baking. She | just throws the soil on 
top of the stones; but she throws out of the house the seaweed | and 
the hemlock-branches and the wet leaves which were on top of the 
fern-roots. | Now the fern-roots are done. That is the | end of this. || 
Eating Fern-Roots.—Four days after | the fern-roots have been in 
the house and have been cooked, | the people are invited. Often the 
chiefs of the tribes eat the fern-roots, | for it is really a valuable 
food. | When the guests have taken their seats, the woman || takes 
a food-mat and spreads it in front | of those who are going to eat the 
fern-root. Then she pours oil into oil-dishes; | and when all the oil 
has been poured into oil-dishes, | she takes dry spawn of the silver- 
salmon and she puts it | on the food-mat. Then she puts the oil- 
dishes || before her guests; and she takes fern-roots and | puts them 
down, two for each man. | The guests at once take up one, and | 
begin to clean off what can be plucked from the lower end of the root; 
and | when they get off all the black bark, they dip it into the oil 
and || eat it; and if others prefer to eat it with dried | spawn, they ; 
mix it, and they do not dip it into oil. | When they eat all the pieces 
tsak-usaxs laé ixts!Alas lixa lpxafyé. Wii, gilfmésé ‘witldlts!axs lae 
xwélaqa dzemts!otsa dzeqwa laxés ktinyasdé. Wa, lazm arm 
dzmmégintsa dzeqwa lixa t!ésemé. Wa, lita k-!atsa L!esit!ekwé 
LEfwa q!waxe LE‘wa LEq!Emsé yix ék:!élts!ix-diisa tsak-usé laxa 
Liasana‘yasés g‘Okwé. Wii, laem L!opéda tsak-usé laxéq. Wi, larm 
gwita laxeéq. 
' Eating Fern - Roots. Wi, gii/lfem mo’p!enxwa‘sé ‘na’liisa 
tsa’k-usé la &xé’t la’xa g‘d’kwaxs la’é L!o’pa. Wa, le Le’- 
‘lalayorm 1a’xa g‘d’kiiloté. Wa, la hé q!tinala meka’xa tsa’- 
kuséda g'i/gigima‘yasa Jé’Iqwilata‘tyé qaxs 4’laé la’wené he’mao- 
masa. Wai, hé’maaxs la’é k!ts‘a’lita Lé’lanrmé li’da ts!eda’qé 
ix'e/dxa ha’‘madzowé 1é/‘watya qa‘s lé Lepdza’molilas 1a’xa mer- 
ka’taxa tsa’k-usée. Wi, 1a k!ti’nxtslodilaxés  ts!é’ts!ebats lisa 
Lié’na. Wai, gi/lfmésé ‘wi'‘la k!ti’nxts!ewakwa ts!é’ts!ebats!ixs 
la’é &xe’dxa latlemwéts!aakwé gé@/*nésa dza‘wii’né qa‘s 1é &xdz0’ts 
la’xa ha’*madzowé {@/'watya. Wai, lé k'ax-dzamoli’telasa ts !é’ts!8- 
bats!é la’xés Lélanemé. Wai, la &x‘é’d la’xa tsa’k-usé qa‘s lé 
xEx‘wali/telasa maé/maltsemé qaé’da ‘na’nemokwe bé’brgwane- 
ma. Wa, hé’x‘fidafméséda k!we’lé da’x‘‘idxa ‘na’inemsgeme qa‘s 
sé’x-idéxés la klilpoyo lax 6’xsda‘yasa tsa’k-usé. Wa, g’i’l‘més@ 
la’wiiyéda ts!0’la xex'witne’séxs la’é ts!ep!é’ts la’xa Lle’‘na qa‘s 
himx“i’dég. Wa, gi/lfmésa wad/kwée hé 4x‘é’tse*wa |emo’kweé 
gé’'ni, wi, la hé ma’yimsé. Wa, la k!és ts!epa’xa L!é’*na. Wa, 
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