Boas] RECIPES 547 
the boiled roots. Then they begin to eat with | spoons, and they 
eat much oil with them, because the roots are bitter. || Therefore they 60 
put much oil on, | so that they may not taste bitter. After they have 
eaten enough, | they drink a little water. This is the manner in 
which | in former times the Indians boiled the Erythronium-roots. 
They were | used by the Indians at feasts given to many tribes. 
That is all about the || one way of cooking them. | 65 
Boiled Erythronium.—Now I will talk again | about the way they 1 
are cooked at present, for at present the Erythronium-roots are 
boiled; | and they are kept by the woman who digs them and put | 
into baskets, and they are dried in the sun by those who gather many 
of them where they grow in || great quantity. First of all, the woman 5 
takes a kettle and | washes it out with water. When it is clean, she 
takes the | basket with Erythronium-roots, unties the top, and takes 
off | the dry grass covering. She takes a dish and | puts it down 
where she is sitting. Then she puts the roots into it, || and she pours 10 
onsome water. As soon as the top of the roots is covered, | she stirs 
them with her hands so that the soil may come off; | and when the 
water in which they are being washed is dirty,she takes out the | roots 
and puts them into another dish which stands on the floor. | When they 
have all been taken out, she pours out the dirty water in the corner 
of the || house and she washes the dish. | When it is clean, she puts 15 
Laxa q!olkwé x‘aasx‘ent!a. Wii, lax'da‘xwé ‘yos‘itsa k-ak-rts!n- 58 
naqé laq. Wa, lanm héq!ek-!mdzéséda Li!éna qaxs miéalaéda 
x‘aasx’Ent!ixs q!dlkwaé. Wi, hé'mis lagitas q!éqrlaxa L!éna 60 
qa k-!ésés p!egela malp!aénatyas. Wa, giilfmésé pol‘idexs laé 
xalex“‘id nax‘idxa holalé ‘wapa. Wa, hérm ha‘méx:silaénésa 
gildzesé bak!timxa x‘aasx’ent!é. Wa, la k!wéladzemxa q!énemé 
lélqwilaratya yisa gildznsé bak!tima. Wii, lazm gwal laxa ‘nem- 
x*fidala hai‘méx'silaénéq. ; 65 
Boiled Erythronium.— Wi, la‘mésen Gédzaqwal gwagwéex's‘alat 1 
laqéxs hi‘méx'silasE‘waasa até ‘nala, yixs hinx*Lendaaxa X‘aasx'En- 
t!é qaxs axélasd‘maéda ts!Oyanrmasa ts!edaqé qa‘s li axrmts!6o 
lixa Llan!ebaté, yixs éx‘*maé x‘ilasd’sa q!HyaLaqéxs laé ts!dsax 
qlayasas. Wa, hé*mis gil &x‘étso‘sa ts!mdaqés hinx*Lanowé qa‘s 5 
tsloxtig‘indésa ‘wapé laq. Wa, gil'mésé égigaxs laé ax‘édxés 
x‘aasx’Ent!aats!@ Llabata qa‘s qwétnyindéq. Wi, li, axddrx 
tslak‘iyafyas lélelxrd k’lét!ema. Wa, li ax*édxa loq!we qa‘s 
kagvalilés laxés k!waélasé. Wi, li k !ats!otsa x‘aasx'Ent!é laq. 
Wa, li gtiq!eqasa ‘wapé lag. Wa, gil‘mésé t!epelé oktiyatyasa 10 
x‘aasx‘Ent !iixs laé g-dlgElgésés efeyasowé laq qa lawiyés dzédzEx'- 
sEma‘yas. Wi, g-ilfmésé néx‘widéda ts!4sas ‘wapa laé golostendxa 
x‘aasx‘Ent!é qa‘s la golts!dts laxa dgtifla‘mé loq!wa k‘aéla. Wa, 
gilfmésé ‘witlosa laé qepEwelsaxa néqwa ‘wapa lax onilasasés 
gokwé. Wai, la, ts!oxtigintsa ‘wapé laxa ts!ats!e loq!wa. Wa, 15 
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