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67 and cover it over. | They do not let the steam blow out. | They do 
not leave it there a long time, before the woman takes the short 
70 tongs | and lifts up one side of the covering of old mats. || She picks 
up: some clover-roots and puts them into a small dish, and | she 
pinches them with her fingers; and if they break in two, | they are 
done. Then the man takes off the | old-mat covering and spreads 
the mats on each side of the steaming-box. | When this has been done, 
75 two men take up || each one clam ee i oe and push it through | 
each side of the clover-basket in which the clover has been steamed, | 
and they lift it up out of the | steaming-box. Then they put it 
down on the old mats which are spread | on the floor, and they pour 
80 it all out. When the clover is all out, || they put the basket down at 
the left-hand side of the house. | Then the woman spreads the hot 
clover over the | old mats, so that the steam comes out and so that 
they get cool. | After this has been done, the woman takes the dishes 
and | puts them down. Then the two men take the steamed || 
85 clover-roots and put them into the dishes; and when all | the dishes 
are full, they begin at one end of the dishes and go to the other, 
breaking up | the roots with their hands. When all the clover-roots 
are in pieces in the | dishes, the woman takes oil and pours it over 
them; | and when they are covered over with oil, they mix (the roots 
67 yindés laq. Wa, la‘mé k''és hélq!alaq k-Ex"sfléda k:!atela. Wai, 
k'éstla flazm gpyaxs laéda ts!mdaqé aix*édxa ts!ésiala ts!ek!w: 
qa‘s k!wétostddéx Apsanafyasa nayimé k‘!ak'!ek‘lobani. Wa, la 
70 kMipled laxa Lex’seme qa‘s Axtslodés laxa talogime. Wi, li 
ép !étsés q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yé laq. Wai, gilfmésé héx‘idarm k:!ex"- 
sExs laé L!opa. Wa, héx-‘ida‘mésa begwainrmé nas‘0dex nayimas 
k lak Ink'!obané qa‘s Lep!aliteléq lax ‘wax‘sandlilasa ‘neg-ats!é. 
Wa, gilfmése gwalexs laéda ma‘lokwé bébrgwankm Ax‘édxa ‘nal- 
75 nemts!aqé k-tilakwa yix dzég-ayixa g'awéq!anemé qa‘s L!enxsodés 
lax ‘wax'sina‘yasa helosgemafyasa la L!dp ‘neg‘Ek® Lex‘sema. 
Wa, lax'da‘xwé klwak!wédaanddeq qa‘s k!wet*wtilts!odéq laxa 
‘neg‘ats!axa LEXx’sEmé qa‘s li k!wédrdzodts laxa la Lebél k-!ak-!n- 
k:!obani. Wa, li qmbrdzots lag. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witlolts!axs ]aé 
SO hanstolittsa lexatyé lax gemxotstililasa LEx'Lag‘ats!@ g-dkwa. 
Wii, laréda ts!edaqé iedvodalsen ts!elqwa LEx’sEm lise LEbilé 
k lak !pk:!obanaé qa lawalésa k:!atela. Wa, hé*mis qa k-ox‘widés. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laéda ts!edaqgé Ax‘édxa lorlq!wé qa‘s g-axé 
mex‘alitelaq. Wa, la &x*édéda ma‘lokwe bebrgwanrmxa ‘nEg" zkwé 
LEX’sEm qa‘s li texts!Alas laxa loElq!we. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wifwel- 
ts!ewaktixs laé giibendxa torlq!wé qa‘s p!op!oxsaléxa LEx‘sE- 
masés e‘eyasowe. Wi, gil'mésé ‘witla la p!ogekwaxa LEx'ts!aliisa 
lorlq!wixs laéda ts!mdaq@ Ax‘édxa Liéna qa‘s k!ing!nqés laq. 
Wa, gil'mésé la t!ep!rgerlisxa L!énixs laé xwétElg-intsés efeya- 
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