Boas] RECIPES 565 
eaten their breakfast. || At noon they invite all the men when | they 
have a winter dance. As soon as the messengers go out to call, | 
the wife of the one who gives the elderberry-feast gets ready and | 
clears her house. After she has done so, she brings out her | dishes, 
which she puts down at the right-hand side inside the || door of the 
house where the elderberries are to be eaten. There she also puts the 
large water-buckets | and the elderberry-boxes and oil. When | every- 
thing is ready, she sends some member of (her husband’s) numaym 
to go and | draw water; and when those who have gone to get water 
come back, she fills | the large buckets with water; and the woman 
also takes her spoon-basket || and puts it down ready by her seat at 
the left-hand side | inside the door of the house where the elderberries 
are to be eaten. Now | the guests come in, after they have been called 
again by the messengers. As soon as | they come in, they wash the 
dishes; and when this is done, | (the woman) unties the cover of the 
elderberry-box and takes out the || elderberry-cakes. She unties the 
cedar-bark strings, and | throws two cakes of elderberries into each 
of the dishes. | As soon as every one is in a dish, fresh water is 
poured on; | and she leaves them there while the feasters begin to 
sing | their feast-songs. She wants the elderberries to soak. || As 
soon as those who are to eat the elderberries finish singing | the four 
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laé tsléts!éqa. Wa, gilfmésé la giiléda Lélalmlg-isaxs laé héx‘i- 
da‘ma gEnEmasa ts!éx‘ts!anasLaxa ts!@ndzowé xwanal‘ida qaf‘s 
ex'widéxés gokwé. Wii, gilfmésé gwalmxs laé mex‘tit!alitelaxés 
lorlq!wé qa g'axés mexstalil lax hélk:!otsililas Awitnliisés ts!ex-- 
tslax‘ilats!@né g‘Okwa; wi, hé‘misés awaweé naxEngats!i. Wa, 
hémisés ts!énats!é xaxadzema; wi, hé‘misa L!éna. Wii, g-il'mésé 
‘wila g-ax gwalila laé ‘yalaqasa g-ayolé lax ‘ne‘mémotas qa lis 
tsix ‘wipa. Wi, g-ilfmésé g-axéda tsiix-daxa ‘wapaxs laé qoqtit !a- 
lalitéda A4wiwé nagngats!iixa ‘wapé. Wa, lii ax‘édxaaxés k-ayats!é 
yixaaxa ts!edaqé qa g'axés gwalila laxés k!waélasa gemxotsililas 
iwérelas t!ex‘iliisa ts!éx-ts!axTlats!@ gdkwa. Wa, g-ax‘mé ho- 
ewiLEléda Lé‘lanemé qaxs le‘maé yala @tsé‘stasE°wa. Wa, gilfmésé 
‘witlaétexs laasé ts!ox‘iig‘intse‘weda torlq!wé. Wa, g-il'mésé gwa- 
texs laé xaktiyindxa ts!énats!é xaxadzeEma. Wa, li 4x‘wtits!ilaxa 
ts!éts!endzowé qa‘s qwelaléx yaéltsema‘tyas k-adzekwa. Wa, la 
pElx:alts!Alasa maémalexsa tséndzowé lixa ‘nalSnmeméxta lorlq!wa. 
Wai, gilf'mésé q!walxots!ewakwa loElq!wixs laé gtiq!eqas0‘sa ‘wE- 
‘wap!emé. Wa, Afmésé la hé gwaélimxs laé k!we‘lala denxeléda 
ts!éx-ts!ax'Laxa ts!éndzowé. Wi, lazrm ‘néx: qa péx‘widésa la 
pex'stalit ts!éndzowa. Wi, gilfmésé gwal denxerléda  ts!éx-- 
ts!ax‘Laxa ts!@éx‘iniisa modsgEme ts liiq !ala q!emq!smdrmaxs laé 
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