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35 Now the cradle is placed on its side, for you know that the back- 
rest | is so placed that it does not reach up to the back of the head of 
the child. It | is put in in this way that the child may have a long 
neck when it grows up. If | the back-rest should reach to the occi- 
put, the child would have a | short neck when it grows up; there- 
40 fore || the neck of the child is bent backward when it is put into the 
cradle. | 
When the back-rest is finished, the midwife takes | shredded 
cedar-bark and measures the length of the | inside of the cradle, so 
that it is the same length as the back-rest. Then she cuts | it off 
45 and puts it on the back-rest. There are four layers of the || under- 
bedding. This is un-rubbed cedar-bark. After the under-bedding 
has been finished, | she takes well-rubbed cedar-bark and | measures 
the length of the inside of the cradle, beginning at the head of the | 
cradle down to where the feet of the child are to be. Then she | cuts 
it off, and she spreads it over the under-bedding. This is called || 
50 “soft bedding.” There are four layers of this over the under-bedding. 
Now it is in | this way, the soft bedding is the 
first togo in at the place | ==y/ where the head of the 
child lies. | 
When this is done, she takes mountain-goat wool | well spun, and 
55 spreads it over the soft bedding. || The soft wool does not extend 
35 Wa, larm qogwiléda xaap!é qats q!aladsax gwiilaasas LadEnég’a- 
fyaxs, yixs k‘lésaé lag'aa lax iAwaplafyasa g'inanemé. Héem 
lag‘ilas hé gwilé qa gilt!exowésa g'inanEmeé qo q!tilyax*widLo. Gil- 
. ‘em lag'aéda Ladenég’atyé laxens ‘mrgwap!atyaxsEns x*Omséx, laé 
ts!rk!iixowéda g'inanemaxs laé q!ilyaxtwida. Wa, hé'mis lag-itas 
40 Llot!exfléda g'inanemaxs laé xaapts!Ala laxés xaap!é. 
Wi, larm gwaléda Ladenég'atyé. Wi, li &xsédéda mamayodl- 
tsila ts!edaqxa k-adzekwé qa‘s mens‘idés lax ‘wasgemg'rg‘aasasa 
ots!iwasa xaap!é qa ‘neEmasgEmés LE‘wa LadEnég‘a‘yaxs laé t!os‘i- 
deq qa‘s ts!ak'nyindés laxa Ladenég‘a‘yé lax hi*moxsagilaénatyasa 
5 tslaxts!é k!es q!o*yaak® kadzekwa. Wai, giilfmésé gwaléda 
ts!axts!axs laé Axtédxa aék’!aakweé q!dyaak" k‘adzekwa qa‘s mens- 
‘idés lax ‘wisgemasas Ots!4wasa xaap!é g'ig'itela lax Oxtrwilts!Asa 
xaap!é lag'aa laxa ixalaastas gdg'Rgtiyasa g'inanemé. Wii, laxaé 
tlos‘ideq. Wa, li Lepryints laxa ts!ax'ts!awé. Wa, héem régades 
50 telxts!iwé. Wi, lamsmxaé hi‘mox"sagdilaxa telxts!4. Wi, latmé 
ga gwiilég'a (fig.). Wai, hérm alés “nema telxts!4 lag'aa lax 
ixilaasLas x‘Omsasa g-inanEmé. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwatexs laé &x‘édxa p!alemasa ‘meElxLowexa lai 
aék*!aak" yibekwa qa‘s Lepryindés laxa telxts!4. Wii, latmé héem 
55 walalaxa p!alem telx‘tinéyé Obatyasa Ladenég’a‘yé lix OxLaatifyasa 
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