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the wash-basin, and put | one red-hot stone into the water in the 
wash-basin | for the child. When the water is just getting warm, 
they take out | the stone. The mother of twins puts her | left foot 
35 into the water in the wash-basin, || and puts the child on her instep. | 
Then she takes well softened yellow cedar-bark, and | she squirts 
water on it out of her mouth four times, and she says, | ‘ Now, my 
darling, I give you my good health, for I never get sick, | and every- 
thing comes to me without difficulty. You shall grow up well, || 
40 and you shall marry princes of the chiefs of the tribes.” |—| 
After she has prayed, she takes a | small chamber-vessel that she 
kept hidden, and which is almost full of | her urine. She holds it in 
45 her right hand || and speaks again, and says: “Now, | my darling, 
I will put on your body this of which all kinds of sickness are afraid, | 
that it may protect you against danger, and that the spirits may be 
afraid of you.” | 
And when her prayer is at an end, she pours this water into the 
chamber-vessel | in which she is going to wash the child. She 
50 takes yellow cedar-bark, and dips || it into the urine and water. 
Then she begins at the | right-hand side of the head of the child and 
washes it with the yellow cedar-bark, going along the right side of the 
body; | and after she finishes the right side, she | washes the left side 
31 ‘nEmsgemé x‘ixsEmala t!ésem laxa la q!ots!& ‘wap lixa kwidzats!e- 
Laxa g‘ininemé. Wai, gilfmésé k-ox"staxidexs laé k:!ipwista- 
nowéda t!éseme. Wi, lida yikwilayag'ole ts!mdaq dzéx"stasés 
gemxoltsidzatyé g'ogiityo laxa ‘wabets!iwasa kwidzats!éLaxa g'ina- 
35 nemé. Wii, la k!waig-altsidzetsa ginanemé laxés Aiwig-altsidza‘ye. 
Wa, lii Axsédxa aék'laakwé titelq!waakwe q!oyaak" déx" qa‘s mo- 
p!ené srtboqasés ‘wapaéL!exawa‘yé lag. Wai, la ‘néka: “ Wii, aida- 
tsagii, la‘men lfsasen héléts!éna‘yé lax, yixg'in k'!ésék’ ts!x'q !aé- 
noxwa Loxgiin atmék walilatsa didrk'asé; wi, hé‘mis qa‘s hétem- 
40 gustids gig igemdalax LoLarlgema‘yasa g*ig'Egima‘yasa lélqwila- 
Lafyé qa‘s lafwiinemx'‘idLos.”’ 
Wa, gil'mésé gwal ts!elwaqaxs laé 4x‘édxés q!ilatekwexés kwa- 
kwidzeméxa halstlarm k'!és qot!axa kwiits!exa hes*maxa yikwila- 
yag ole ts!ediq iismésa. Wi, li datasés hélk:!olts!anatyé laxa 
kwakwiidzemé. Wiis, la édzaqwa yaq!ng‘atta. Wii, la ‘néka: “Wa, 
adatsagi, larmk’ lalg'ada k-ilemg'asa ‘naxwa ts!éts!ex-q!olema 
lag‘aaLelal lin qa dadamewexol qa‘s k‘ilemadsasa hadyatilalagasé.” 
Wa, gilfmése q!ilbé ts!elwagatiiyis laé gtixstentsa kwiits!é 
laxés kwiidzastaxa g'inanemé. Wii, la ixtedxa déxwé qa‘s dzop- 
50 stendés laxa kiikwéqrla ‘wapa. Wi, hé*mis g'ig‘itela hélk' !ote- 
mafyasa g'indnrmaxs laé kwiis‘ideq hixela lax hélk:!ot!ena‘yas 
giisetasa dexwe. Wa, g*ilfmésé gwalxa hétk:!ot!enatyaxs laé ét!ed 
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