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of cedar-wood that she split before. The four pieces of cedar-wood 42 
are held by those | which she broke last. After they have been tied 
together, they are in this way. (They form the head-rest.') | This is 
put under what has already been put in at the || head end of the 45 
cradle. Then she takes the four pieces of dressed deer-skin| (for 
pressing the forehead), three spans in length, and puts them under 
the middle | of the head-rest in this way, and she straps 
them over the cedar-bark | forehead- == presser; and 
after she has tightened them over the forehead, | she 
puts the head-string over it, and || puts the other end on the other 
side of the cradle. She pulls it through backward and forward | 
many times on each side of the head of the cradle. This is really 
put on tightly by the midwife. | 
When this has been done, she takes yellow cedar-bark, splits it 
into | narrow strips, and makes a mat one | span and four finger- 
widths || long and of the same width. | This is called ‘yellow cedar- 55 
bark woven head-cover.’’ | It is used to cover the head of the child 
when | he sleeps in the cradle with the forehead-presser on, and it 
covers the small part of the face that shows | and the cedar-bark 
forehead-presser. || 
When this has been done, she takes cedar-bark, and splits it into | 60 
long, narrow strips, and she makes a thin | rope. When she thinks 
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gilé xaya mots!aqé yixs hé*maé yipdemasa malts!aqé k!wa‘x1o alé 42 
koqwés. Wa, g-ilmésé gwal k:lilk-aqéxs laé g'a gwiilé*g'a Lidap!é.1 
Wa, lacmé axabots lixa la‘maral ixts!&4 qa q!edzexsés laxa Oxtr- 
wilts!4awasa xaap!ée. Wa, la 4x‘édxa moxsa érlaig’im t!emak-imé 45 
xa yudux"p!enk'as iwasgemasé qa‘s axabodés nénegoya‘yas laxa 
Ladap!é laxa g:a gwiilég-a (fig.). Wi, héem qrk'ntyéxa déxwe 
tlemakimé yixa alagimé t!emakimeé. Wa, gilfmésé gwal tak!titi- 
‘lalasoxs laé qek'ryindayowéda médrkwé se‘yak'!en laq qa‘s li néx’- 
sofyo laxa apsotigatyasa xaap!é. Wa, li q!ép!enx'sd lixa ‘wax'sa- 50 
noLEma‘yasa xaap!é, yixs laé alak:!ala tek!tlaso‘sa mamaydltsila. 
Wi, giltmésé gwatexs laé ix*édxa déxwé qa‘s dzedzpxs*endéq qa 
ts!élts!eq!astowés. Wa, li yibedzddeq. Wii, la ‘nemp!enk: laxens 
q!waq !wax'ts!ana‘yéx, wi, hé*misa modené laxens q!wagq !wax'ts !a- 
na‘yéx yix ‘waisgemasas. Wa, héemxaawisé ‘wadzowés ‘wasgEmasé. 55 
Wi, hérm Légades déx” yibedznwak"® ‘naxumé Wa, larm ‘naxu- 
mésa ginanemaxs laé t!ak‘imilaxés déxwé t!akimatyaxs laé 
méxts!axés xaap!é. ‘witla ‘naxwala laxa xaL!ala nélalas gdgiima‘yas 
LE‘wis déxwé t!ak‘ima‘ya. Ree 
Wa, gilfmésé gwatexs laé ax‘edxa denasé qa‘s dzEdzExs*rndéq 60 
qa gilsg: altstowe ‘tslélts tng lasta. Wa, la melx‘ideq qa‘s wilrnés 
1See Feo on p. 660. 
