Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS ~ 667 
has cared for the child (the cradle) is hung up on the branch of the || 
cradle. | 
If the child is a girl, the mother of twins, | a good-looking woman, 
is called to come to the house of the parents of the child | when they 
untie the head-band the second time. This is after eight | days, 
when the mother of twins is coming to put her tongue to the eyes and 
face of the child; || and then she presses her mouth on the child’s face, 
so that she may be good-looking when she grows up. When | the 
child has had the head-band of kelp around its head for eight 
days, | they call a woman, the mother of twins, to come in the | 
morning, and to take the child out of the cradle. As soon as | she 
comes, she sits down where they put down the cradle. She first. || 
unties the head-line, and opens the | ends of the skin strips. Then 
she turns back the forehead-presser, | takes the wool off the fore- 
head, and she also takes off the cedar-bark|cushions on the sides of 
the face. | Then she unlaces the cedar-bark rope. And when | all 
this is off, she takes off the bedding of the child; and when all this is 
off, || she takes the child in her arms out of the cradle. (I forgot that 
she | unties the kelp head-band of the child, before the woman | puts 
her feet into the water.) The father of the child brings her the | 
wash-basin, and puts it down where the mother of twins is sitting, | 
for she will wash the child. Then they pour || cold rain-water into 
‘mésé gwala aaxsiliixa g'inanemé laé téxtwalélem laixa tégwélemasa 
xaap!é. 
Wa, giiltmésé ts!ats!adagemé laé Lé‘lalasn*wéda yikwilayag-olé 
éx'sdk" ts!edaqa qa g'axés lax g'dkwasa g‘ig'adInokwasa g-indnemé 
qo ét!édet qwéloyoLé qex’sEma‘yas x’Omsaxa malgitnalp !enxwa‘sia 
‘nalal qa El‘elxstowésa yikwélayag'ulé ts!edaqxa g'inanEmé LO‘ qa 
plép!nq!igeméséq qa éx'sokwés qo q!ilyax*widLo. Wa, gvilsmésé 
malgi‘nalexsé ‘nalisa g'inanemé qex'semalés x‘Omsaxa ‘watwadé 
qex'sEmésa x’Omsa, laas Lé‘lalase*wéda yikwilayag'dlé ts!edaqaxa 
gaala qa g’axés qwéltsemdxa g‘inanemé laxés xaap!e. Wii, gil- 
‘mésé g'ax k!wag'alila lax hatnélasasa xaap'é. Wa, li héem gil 
qwelétsdséxa sBfyak'!mné lamagenodLemé. Wai, li ét!edxa Swax's- 
bax“idxa Slagimé t!emaikimé. Wii, la nerodxa déxwe t!ak-imé. 
Wa, li &xddxa plaleme trlqwiwé. Wii, laxaé Sxddxa déxwe 
teltelgindteme. Wai, li qwélalaxa t!ex't!emag'exsé. W4§, gil‘mésé 
ewitlaxs laé ‘witla ixilax ma‘masa gininemé. Wai, gil*mése ewitlaxs 
laé q!elwtits!odxa ginanrme laxés xaap!ée. (L!ElewayenLagéxs 
qwélodaaxa ‘watwadé qEx’sEmés x'Omsasa g’inaénemax, k°!és*maé 
dzéx"stéda ts!edaqaxa ‘wapé.) Wa, la Ompasa gindnemé, ixsédxa 
kwiidzats!éLaq qa‘s g'axé hing-alilas lax k!waélasasa yikwilayag’dlé 
ts!edaq qaxs hé*maé kwiisilxa ginanemé. Wii, la giixts!oyowa 
‘wiida‘sta tsatsoxLé lixa kwiidzats!éraq. Wa, li k !ipstanowéda 
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