poas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 653 
bowels move, so that the bad things || in the belly of the child come 
out; and when this is done, she puts an | old blanket around the 
child. Now, if it is a boy, it is called Tsaxis, | because it is born 
at Tsaxis, and that name is given to him. | 
When the child is ten months eld, straps are put on him. Then 
his father invites | his tribe, and all the men go into his house. | 
They sit down and watch the singeing of the hair of the child; for 
they put | a comb under the hair of the child, take dried split cedar- 
wood, | and light the end in the fire. With these | they singe off the 
hair of the child. When it is all off, | they take the knee-straps of 
skin and put them around the knees, || and the ankle-straps of skin 
are put around the ankles, and | the arm-straps are put on and the 
wrist-straps. When this is done, | they put red ocher on the child’s 
head; and after this is done, they | put asilk handkerchief around the 
head. Then all the | men paint themselves with ocher; and after all 
this is done, || the father gives a silk handkerchief to each | man. 
After the father has given a silk handkerchief to them, he | says, 
“This is given by my child Déyad.” Heisno longer called | Tsaxis. | 
I have forgotten about the afterbirth of the child, which is kept in 
the house for || four days. Then the man takes | yew-wood and cuts 
one end of it so that it is sharp like | a needle. It is four finger- 
lax tek lisa ginaneme. Wa, gilfmésé gwala lae q!enépsemtsa 
p!elp!elxamadzese laq. Wa, la‘mée LégadEs Tsaxisé yixs babagt- 
maé, qaxs hié mayutemé Tsaxisé. Wai, la‘me yala Léqélasos. 
Wa, li hélogwilaxs laé kinxwédrekwa, yixs laé Lelalés Ompaxés 
ge dkiilote, qa liis ‘witlaéx lax giokwasxa begwanemx’'si. Wai, la‘mé 
‘naxwa_ k!tisémilxa la ts!ex‘iltsemdex sp*‘yiis, yixs axabayaéda 
XEgEMax sE‘yiisa g'inanemaxs laé ix‘étsESwa lemxwa xO0k" k!wa‘x- 
Lawa. Wa, la‘mésé méxbentso® laxa legwilé. Wa, hé‘mis la 
ts!ex-Eltsemdayox sk‘yiisa g'inanemé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witlixs laé 
ix étsE'weda qéqEx’p !éga‘yé k!tits!a, qa‘s qéqex’p !ég indayowe laq. 
Wa, laxaé qéqpx'sidzentsdsa kitts! qeqrx’sidza‘ya, LESwa qé- 
qEx’sEyap!a‘yé, LESwa qéqEx'ts!ana‘yé. Wii, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
qobrltsemtsr‘wé x‘dOmsasésa gtimsé. Wa, giilfmésé gwalxs laé 
qrx'imtsosa silk-é lalaxwiwa‘ya. Wii, gilfmeése gwalexs laé ‘naxwa 
etims‘idéda ‘naxwa bébrgwanrma. Wai, g‘il‘mésé ‘naxwa gwalexs 
laé Ompasé yax‘witsa ‘nalfnemé silk’ lalaxwiwe? laxa ‘naxwa 
béebegwanrma. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilxtosa silk’é lazlalaxwiwa‘yaxs laé 
‘nekéda Ompé: “ Hisdoxwa Déyadéxen xtinokwéx. La‘mox gwal 
TsaxisLa.” 
Héxoien Leléwésr‘wa maénasa ginainemé yixs gil‘maé mop!En- 
xwa‘sé ‘nalas Axét laxa go dkwaxs laéda begwankmeé Ax‘édxa 
Liemq!é qa‘s k'lax*widéx aipsba‘ya qa éx’bés, qa yuwes gwex’sa 
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