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68 legs | on the floor as she sits down. She takes much soft shredded 
cedar-bark and | places it between her knees; and after this has 
70 been done, || she calls the woman to sit on her knees. | The woman 
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has her legs outside of the thighs of the old | woman, and the old 
woman puts her arms around her. The | old woman puts her arms 
around the waist of the woman; and when the child is about to be 
born, | the old woman blows down each side of the neck || of the 
woman; and after the child has been born, she tries to get the | 
afterbirth; and when it does not come quickly, she takes a small 
dish | and places it in front of the woman, and she puts her finger 
down her throat | untilshe vomits. Then the afterbirth comes out. | 
Then the woman moves away, and they call her husband. || As soon 
as he comes, they take a knife, and twisted cotton thread | with 
which they tie the umbilical cord of the child. | After this has been 
done, they cut it off; and when it is off, they take a washtub | and 
pour it half full of water. Then the old | woman puts her left foot 
into it, and || she places the child on it so that it sits on the instep, | 
while she is holding it with her left hand. She washes it with the 
right hand; | and when this is done, she takes soft shredded cedar- 
bark | and wipes the child’s body with it. After this is done, she 
takes red ocher | and puts a little in its mouth in order to make its 
k!waélaé. Wii, li &x‘édxa q!enemé q!oyaak" k-adzekwa, qa‘s 
ix‘olilés lax Awigawa‘yasés Okwiix'atyé. Wa, gilfmésé gwal‘ali- 
texs laé Lélalaxa ts!mdaqé, qa liis k!wak-ixéq. Wi, la‘mé w!ée- 
Llasot!Enatyé g-Og"ngttyawasa ts!edagé lax @wandlg:atyasa q!tilya- 
kwé tsledaqa. Wi, la‘mé kip!mxaiwa‘yéda ts!edaqaq. Wii, liida 
q!tilyakwe ts!ediq k‘iboymnwéxa ts!mdaqé. Wa, gilfmése séxidéda 
ginainemaxs laé poxwots!odéda q !iilyakwe ts!ediqex ‘wax'sandlxa- 
wa‘yasa ts!edaqé. Wa, gil'mésé lawiiyéda g‘inainemaxs laé laloLlaxa 
maéné. Wii, gilfmésé k:!és geyol g'axexs laé ix‘étsesweda lalogtime, 
qa‘s li k-agemlilas lixa ts!mdaqé. Wii, li gelx*witsés q !waq !wax"ts !a- 
nafyé. Wii, g'il'mésé hox‘widexs laé lawiiyéda maéné. Wii, g'il'mésé 
lawiixs laé Léqtlitxa ts!edaqé. Wii, la‘mé Lé‘lalasp‘we la‘winrmas. 
Wi, gil’mésé g-axexs laé ix*édxa k !Awayowé LE‘wa mEdEkwe yawa- 
brdzowa. Wii, hé‘mis la yil*idxa ts!»yOxLa‘yasa g'inineme. Wai, g‘il- 
‘mésé gwalexs laé t!ots!edeq. Wii, g'il'mésé lawiixs laé Ax‘édxa ts!A- 
ts!é, qas giixts!ddésa koxsta ‘wap lag. Wii, la‘mé dzéx"stéda q !itlya- 
kwé ts!edaxsés gemxdltsidzatyé g‘dgiiyo liq. Wii, hé‘mis la 
q!pkatelodaatsésa g'inainemé, qa k!walés lax Awig-altsidzatyaséxs 
laé dilasés gemxdlts!inatyé laiqéxs laé kwiisasés héltk:!ots!ana‘tyeé 
lag. Wii, gilfmésé gwatexs laé ix‘édxa q!dyaakwé k‘aidzekwa, 
qa‘s dég'it!édés laq. Wi, gilfmésé gwatexs laé Ax‘édxa gigum- 
yimé,fqa‘s tobrensés liq, qa halabalés k'!ixfitsa ‘yax'simeé g-aés 
