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After she has done so, she takes the long hair of a woman and || 
20 makes it into a string. She stops when the string is five spans | 
long. Then she puts one end through the hole. | It serves to tie 
down the forehead-presser, |*so that it fits closely to the forehead of 
the child on the upper part of the | nose. It is called “hair rope for 
head-presser.’’ || 
25 After this has been done, she takes strips of dressed deer-skin, | 
and measures off a strip three finger-widths wide and cuts it off. | 
Now it is a long strip. Then she measures off three | spans, and she 
cuts off | four of these. These are called “deer-skin head-strips.’’ || 
30 There are four of these three | finger-widths wide, and three | spans 
long. When this is done, she | takes cedar sticks and splits them 
into thin pieces one finger-width wide, | and half a finger-width || 
35 thick, and a short span long. | After she has made | four of these, she 
takes two more cedar-sticks and measures | the width of the head- 
piece of the cradle near the bottom. | She breaks them off in this 
length. Then she takes another measure at the end of the back-rest |j 
40 and she breaks it off. She takes a strip of | narrow split cedar-bark, 
and with it she ties them together, making a grate of the| four pieces 
Wii, gilfmésé gwalexs laé ix‘édxa g'ilsg'ilt!a se*yasa ts!edagé qa‘s 
20 mét!édéq. Wa, gil'mésé sek: !ap!enk’é ‘wasgemasas laxens q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!anatyé laé gwala. Wi, la néx'sdts laxa néx’sflatsa sEtya- 
k'lené lamagendLematya. Wii, héem Irk!idayoxa déxwe t!a- 
k'pmé qa 4lés q!esila lax ogwiwa‘yasa g‘iniuemé 16° ék !ebatyas 
x‘indzasas. Wi, héem Légades médek” setyak’!en lamagenoLemé®. 
25 Wa, giltmésé gwata laé ixtedxa iligim t!emakime. Wa, la 
mens‘idxa yadux"dené laixés q!waq!wax'ts!inatye laé t!os‘ideq. 
Wii, latmé giilsgildedzowa. Wis, la ét!éd mens‘idxa yidux"p!enk’é 
laxés q!waq!wax'ts!anatyé laxa Alag'imé qa ‘wasgemats. Wa, la 
mox"sé t!osatyas hé gwex'se. Wa, hérm LégadEs ilag'imdzo t!r- 
30 mak‘imé. Wai, latmé modxsa yidux"den laxens q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
naf‘yex yix Aiwaidzetwasas. Wa, la ytdux"p!enk laxens q!wa- 
q!wa'xts!anafyéx yix i&iwdsgemasas. Wai, gil’mésé gwalexs laé 
ixtédxa k!watxLaweé qa’s papex'sendéqxa ‘nemdenas Swadze- 
‘wase laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx; wa, li k-!oden laxens q!wa- 
35 q!wax'ts!anatyéx yix wigwasas. Wa, li ts!ex"ts!anatyé Awasge- 
masas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyex. Wa, gil‘mésé gwala mo- 
tslaqé Axis laé ixtédxa malts!aqé dgii‘la k!wa*xLawa qa‘s mens‘idés 
lax ‘widzrgEwasas Oxtewilts!4wasa xaap!é lixa mag*jxsé laé k6- 
xsendeq. Wi, li ét!éd mens‘itsa ‘nemts!aqé lax dbafyasa La- 
40 denég’é. Wi, laxaé kOxstendeq. Wi, li Axtédxa dzexekwé 
ts!éq!adzo déxwa. Wi, latmé k'!elg-emnox"s yixs laé yibrdzodxés 
