noas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 613 
for the place at the upper part of the river is sandy; | and it is said 
that a woman was cutting old sockeye salmon when her | lover came 
and cohabited with her while she was cutting the salmon. | Then 
she was seen by her husband, and therefore he || said that the sun- 
dried salmon should be called “place of cohabitation,” and at once | all 
the men named it that way. He was trying to make bis | wife 
ashamed by it. Now the sun-dried salmon always has the name of 
“place of cohabitation.”’ | That is the end. 
Customs Reratine to Fisn-Traps 
As soon as the ends of the ribs (of the fish-trap) have been tied at 
the place where the kelp-fish is to go in, | (the woman) tests it, (to 
see) whether it will be lucky or unlucky. | She puts if down by the 
side of the fire, | takes her fire-tongs, and takes up a not really big 
piece of | coal. She puts it into the fish-trap, puts down the | 
fire-tongs, and takes hold with her hands of each side of the | fish- 
trap. Then she shakes it up and down, so that the coal jumps up 
and down | in the trap. If it only crumbles and the glowing coal | 
goes out, the owner knows that the fish-trap will be lucky || and that 
the fish will not come out again the same way | as they went in; but 
if the coal jumps out again | through the way by which the kelp- 
fish go in, then the owner knows | that the trap will be unlucky. | In 
dziisa wa. Wiis, 1lo’ilaé xwa’Léda ts!eda’qaxa melo’lé; wii, g°a’x‘laé 
La‘liis q!o’pledqéxs hé’*maé a’lés xwa’Laxés xwa’LasE‘wé. Wa, 
laem‘la’wisé dod’x‘wateltsés 1a/‘wtnemeée. Wa, hé’mis late ee 
‘nex’ qa Le’gadésés q!o’basa ta’yalts!ala. Wa, he acide mesa 
na’xwa brgwa’nem Lé’x‘édrs. Wa, lark’m Hama’: ‘ts !alaxés 
genE’mé la’xéq. Wai, hé’merndla‘mésox la Lé’gaddxda_ ta’yalts!a- 
lixs q!0’basé. Wa, lan’mxaa 1a’ba. 
Customs Retatine To Fisn Traps 
Wi, gi’l'mésé ewal malagexste’ndEx g’i’poLasasa pEx‘i’taxs 
lafmé gwa’naLEX gwé’x" sdemtasa LEgE’me LO* hélagé Lo* wa’naqe. 
Wii, lafmé’ sé hi’/ng‘alitas 1a’xa ma’g‘inwalisasés legwi/lé. Wi, li 
ax‘6’dxés ts!é’sLala qa‘s k-lipse’mdés 1a’/xa k'!@’sé &’larm ‘wa’lastd 
gii/lta. Wa, la k-lipts!o’ts la’xa Legr’mé. Wa, lai k-at!a’lilasa 
ts!@‘sialixs la’é té’tegEnotsés e*e* yasowé ‘nem lax ‘wa’x'sand‘yas¢ 
Lege’mé. Wa, li ya'tléda qa da’daqtinéqtilésa gii/Ita lix ots!a’- 
wasa LEgE’mé. Wa, gi’l’mése &’em ts!emx"‘i/déda gii/ltixs Loxs 
k-lilxi’daé, wi, lan’m q!A’teléda Axii/nokwaseqéxs hé’laqéés 
LEgE’mé. Wa, lan’m k‘!é’snéda pEx'i’té xwé’laqal malts!a’lak 
la’xés g‘ii’ts!alasé lag. Wa, gi’/lmésa gti’lta xwé’laqa ‘nexéwitt- 
ts!’ dex‘wtilts!4’ la’xa g-d’poLasasa pEx‘i’té, wii, lame q!a/LE- 
léda axii’nokwaséqéxs k!é’séré hé’laquéda Legrn’mée. Wa, li 
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