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656 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL LETH. ANN. 35 
TREATMENT OF INFANTS 
Washing the New-Born Child.—When the child is born, | it is 
taken out of the hole by the midwife, who cuts | the navel-string 
after she has tied the end with twisted yellow cedar-bark. She | 
takes a wash-basin and pours cold water into it. She || puts four 
stones, not very large, into the fire. Then the woman takes | well- 
rubbed yellow cedar-bark, and with it she wipes the body of the 
child, | so that what the midwife calls the “tallow” of the body of 
the child | that is just born comes off; and after she has wiped the 
body of the child, she takes | a pair of tongs and picks up one of the 
red-hot stones; and || the midwife speaks to the red-hot stone, and | 
says: “TI pray to you, Supernatural-One, to give to our darling | the 
power to withstand sickness.” | 
And after she has finished her speech, she puts (the edna stone) | 
into the wash-basin of the child. Then she takes another || red-hot 
stone, speaks to it also, and | says, as she holds the child in the left 
hand, and | the tongs in the right hand: “TI pray to you, Super- 
natural-One, | that the curses of those who are jealous | of the 
name of his father may not harm him.’’ || 
And after her speech is at an end, she puts (the stone) into the same 
place where she put down the first one | she prayed to. Then she 
TREATMENT OF INFANTS 
Washing the New-Born Child.— Hé‘méxs g'alaé mayoltidayowéda g'i- 
ninemeé, wi, li q!etelélemsa mamayoltsila ts!edaqa qa‘s tots !endéx 
ts!pyOxLafyaséxs laé gwal yiLoyodrq yisa médekwe déxwa, wi, li 
isxtedxa kwiidzats!@ qa‘s gtixts!odésa ‘wapé wiida‘sta laq. Wa, la 
mosgema k*!és Aiwa t!ésem ixiala laxa Ipgwile. Wi, la‘mé Axsedéda 
ts!edaqaxa aék !aakwe q!oyaak” déxwa qa‘s dég'ités laxa g'inanemé 
qa‘wilawésa gwetyisa maimayoltsila yasex*tinésa g'indnemaxs g’alaé 
mayoLema. Wai, gilf'mésé gwat dégitaxa gindnemaxs, laé ixtédxa 
tsléstala qats k-liplidés laxa xixsemala t!ésema. Wa, la yagq !E- 
galéda mamaydltsila ts!edaq laxa xixsemala t!ésema. Wa, la 
‘nék'a: “Wa, lafmen hiwaxelor nawdlak" qa‘s lasadsasés k !éts!é- 
na‘yos labrdpx"sa ts!éts!ax'q!olemé laxg-anufx" wawatk‘ineék-.”’ 
Wii, gilfmésé q!tlbé waldemas laé k'!ipstents laxa la q!ots!4 ‘wap 
laxa kwidzats!éLaxa ginainemé. Wai, li ét!ed k*!ipsemdxa ‘nems- 
gpmé x‘ixsemala t!ésema. Wis, laxaé édzaqwa yaq!rg‘atta. Wa, 
laxaé nék'a laxés q!ptk*!eqelaénatyaxa ginanemé. Wii, la dalasés 
hélk:!0lts!anatyé laxa ts!éstala: ‘Wa, latmen hiwaxelo, nawilak" 
qa‘s lisadsasés k*!éts!énatyos labedex'sa hingwatyisa odzegemé- 
qeliis Legemas Ompasek’.”’ 
Wii, gilfmésé q!ilbé waldemas laé k!ipstents lixa laasasa g“ilx*dé 
ts!elwaqaso‘s. Wa, la éet!led k-liplidxa ‘nemsgemé x ‘ixsemala 
