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63 she has twisted enough | she stops, and puts it on to the cedar-bark 
loops. She | pulls it backward and forward (lacing it on). Its 
name now is “string for lacing the child into the cradle.”’ |) 
65 When this has been done, she takes cedar-bark, splits it, and | 
twists a long rope. When she has enough for | hanging the cradle, 
she stops making the rope; and she takes the | cradle-rope and ties 
its end to the | end of the elastic branch, from which the cradle is 
70 suspended. || Then she puts up the branch near to the place where 
the mother of the child is sitting; | and after it has been done she 
ties the end of the thin rope | to its end.’ Thisis called the “ pulling- 
rope,” which is used when the child cries. | Now she has finished 
the work at the cradle. This is all about the ways of the | 
Nak !wax'da‘x" and Kwag'ul, and the various things that belong to 
75 the || cradle, and their names. | 
‘1 Treatment of the Infant.—After four days | the kelp band around 
the head of the child is taken off. | The head of the child 
well oiled with oil of the silver-perch. When | this has been done, 
5 the kelp band around the head is also oiled, | and then it is put 
back around the head of the | child. It is put on tight; and when 
this has been done, | the child is put into the cradle, and | the skin 
strips and the head-string are put on tightly; and | after the woman 
62 denrma. Wa, giilfmésé k‘otaq lanm hél‘asgem laxés melagitaqéxs 
laé gwala. Wi, ax‘avelots laxa tlex-t lEmag- exse. Wi, latmé 
néx'sawi‘lila liq. Wi, héem Légades densen t!eEmak-édeme. 
65 Wa, gil*mésé gwalexs lae ixsédxa denasé qa‘s dzedzpxs‘endéq. 
Wa, la melxideq qa giilt!@s denema. Wa, gilemésé helala lax 
tegwelemsa xaap!é laé gwal mela. Wii, la &x‘édxa tégwildemasa 
xaap!e. Wa la axfarelotsa tégwélemsa xaap!a lax dba‘yasa 
xtisElabatyasa tégwéldemasa xaap!é. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
70 Lag’alilas laxa raEware lax k!waélasas Abempasa g'inanemée. Wa, 
eilemess gwilexs laé mox"bentsa wilé denem lax dba‘yas.' 
Wii, héem Légades néxayo denrm, yixs q!wig'alaéda ginanemé. 
Wa, lamzm gwala éaxeElaxa xaaip!. Wi, lamm gwala yix gwég’ilasasa 
Nak!wax'da'xwé Lefwa Kwag'ulaxa ‘waxax‘idalaasasa ewelgwiilasa 
75 xaap!é LO® LELEgEMas. 
1 Treatment of the Infant.—Wii, g‘il*mésé mop!enxwa‘sé ‘nialiisexs 
laé qweloyowéda ‘wa‘wadé qrex’seEmés x'Omsasa g’'inanemé. Wa, la 
aék'!la q!elsétse‘wé xOmsasa g’indnemasa dzéek!wise. Wa, gril- 
‘mésé gwalexs laé q!rlédzotse*weda ‘wiSwadé qex’sEmésa X*Omsasa 
5 wininemée. Wa, g'ilfmésé gwatexs laé qex’semdayo lax x'dmsasa 
ginanemé. Wi, lamé tek!itela. Wi, gvilfmésé gwatexs laeé 
xaapts!odayo lixés xaap!é. Wa, la‘mé ‘naxwa la lak!iiti‘liilasesweéda 
lag’! ime t!emak‘imé Lefwa sefyak'!iné lamagenoLtemeé. Wii, gvil- 
1See_Vol. V, pl..31, Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedicion. 
