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As soon as all are in, || the woman wipes out with shredded cedar- 
bark | a medium-sized dish. As soon as she has done so, she takes 
the | large dish with the stripped currants and puts it down where 
she is sitting. | Then she takes a large wooden ladle, dips it into the | 
stripped currants, and dips them into the || medium-sized dish. 
When it is half full, she puts it aside and | takes another medium- 
sized dish, and she puts it down where the other one | stands con- 
taining the stripped currants. She puts | stripped currants into it; 
and when it is half full, she | puts it away. She continues doing this 
with the others; and when || all the medium-sized dishes contain 
currants, she takes her oil | and pours it on, so that they are floating 
init. When | she has done so, the horn spoons are given to all those 
who are to eat | the raw currants; and when every one who is going 
to eat currants has a spoon, | then the dishes with the currants are 
placed in front || of them. Now there are three men to | each dish. 
As soon as all (the dishes) have been put down, | those who are to eat 
the currants take up the horn spoons, and | all begin to eat the cur- 
rants floating in the oil. There | is more oil in (each dish) than there 
are currants, because the currants without oil cause constipation. || 
They do not stop eating until all | the oil and the currants are at an 
end. Then those who have been eating the raw currants go out. | 
aéLexs laé héxida‘ma tsedaqé dédrgEg-asa q!oyaakwé k-adzek" 
lixa hityala loelqhwa. Wii, g-ilfmésé gwatexs laé ix‘edxa k‘imdr- 
gwats!é ‘walas log !wiixa qlésens qa‘s hang-alilés laxés k!waélasé. 
Wi, li ax‘édxa ‘walase k!wagrga k-ats!enaqa, qa‘s tséqés laixa 
kpmdekwé q!ésena. Wii, lii tseyostlasa k‘emdekwé q!ésena laxa 
hifyal'a loq!wa. Wa, gil‘mese negoyoxsdalaxs laé wiqililaq qa‘s 
ixsédéxa dgti‘liixat! hélfa loq!wa qa‘s li hinstolitas lax ha‘nélas- 
dasa li q lets !alaxa kimdekwe q!ésena. Wai, laxaé tséts!otsa 
kimdrkwé q!ésena laq. Wii, g:ilfemxaiwisé negoyoxsdalaxs laé 
wiqililag. Wa, Ax"sit*mésé hé gwégilaxa wadkwe. Wa, g-il'mésé 
witwtilts ewakwa hi‘yala q !éq lets !Ala Lonlq !waxs laé &x¢ adxee Lléfna, 
qa‘’s k!ting!eqéq. Wa, la‘me t!lep!ngerlisxa L!éna. Wi, g-il‘mésé 
gwilexs laé ts!swanaedzema tslololaqé k-ak-nts!eneq laxa qlesq las- 
taxa k‘lilxé q!ésena. Wa,gilfmésé ‘wilxtowéda q !ésq !asLaxa k: !il- 
x'é q!éseniixs laé k'aédzeméda q!éq!ets!ala lozlq!wa laxa q!ésq!as- 
taxa k:lilxé q!ésena. Wa, la‘mé yaéyuduxiléda bébegwanrmaxa 
‘nalnemexta loq!wa. Wii, gil’mésé ‘wilg-alitexs laé héx-idatma 
q!ésq!astaxa q!ésena Ax‘edxés ts!éts!ololaqé k-ak'rts!enaq, qa‘s 
‘naxweé q!ésq!as‘ida laxa tlep!egrlésaxa L!éna q!ésena. Wai, la‘mé 
hé qligawa‘tya Lle‘nasa q!ésena, qaxs aat!ilagilaéda q !ésenixs 
kleAsae L!efna k!ingems. Wai, al'mésé gw at q!ésq!asexs laé ‘wi- 
ataxe q!ésena LE‘wa Lié‘na. Wai, gil’‘mésé ‘wi‘laxs laé hoqiwtilséda 
