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up, | and that the princes of the chiefs of the tribes may fall in love 
with you, | and that your beauty may be praised by all the princes | 
of the chiefs of the tribes.’ | 
When her speech is ended, she takes oil of the silver-perch and || oils 
the body of the child; and after oiling the body of the child, | she 
oils its head; and she does not stop until the head of the child | is 
soaked with oil. When | this has been done, she puts the kelp band 
around the head of the child; | and she puts on the bedding, and || 
everything else that belongs to the head of the child. After doing ~ 
this she | gathers the cedar-bark with which the body has been wiped, 
and puts it into a | water-tight box,—the same one into which she put 
the cedar-bark on which the mother of the | child sat after giving 
birth to the child; and into which the first excrement of the child, | 
and what was used for wiping its body, were put. This || box is 
called “‘cedar-bark box.’ | 
When the mother of twins finishes taking care of the child, | she is 
paid four pairs of blankets. | The midwife who took care of the woman 
receives the same pay. | They take off the kelp || head-band every 
eight days, and put it back around the head | after putting oil on the 
head of the child. | It is kept on for four moons. After four moons | 
deLo qa‘s mamawidalagéLos yis LoLarlgema‘yas g‘igigima*‘yasa 
lélqwilatatyé; hé*mis qa‘s Se aS ee HOB ‘naxwa LOLaEl- 
gimatyas gigigima‘yasa léelqwilaratya, idatsaga.” 
Wai, g'tlemesé qitilbé waldemas laé &x*édxa dzék!wisé qa‘s q!el- 
sit!édés lax 6k!winafyasa g'indinemé. Wai, gilfmésé ‘witla q!elékwe 
ok!wina‘yas laé q!eltsemdex x‘dOmsas. Wi, altmésé gwatexs laé 
dak lala la Leqsa dzék!wisé x'dOmsasa gininemé; wi, g'il*mésé 
ewalpxs laé qex'semdex x'Omsasa g'indnemasa Swatwadé qEex’srmés 
xomsé. Wii, a:mésé ‘witla ax‘acelodalas mémamasa g'inanemé 
Lefwa gwelgwilas x‘Omsasa g‘inanemé. Wi, g'il*mé-é gwaltexs laé 
qlap!éx"idxa dég-édayo .déx" Letwa k'adzekwe qa‘s ixts!odés laxa 
apmxaakwé gildasa yix la g-éts!swatsa k!wa*xLawésE‘was ibempasa 
ginanemaxs g'ilaé gwat mayoLa, Lefwa g'alé dimax"‘idayosa g'ina- 
nemé Lefwa dég‘idandgq la ‘witla g'éts!& fais. Héem regadéda g'il- 
dasas k'adzrgwats!e. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwila yikwilayag'olé Gaxrlaxa g'ininemaxs laé 
hilaqasd‘sa moxsa p!elxelasgema. Wii, héemxaawisé ‘waxa hila- 
grEmaxa mamayoltsila ts!ediqaxa aaxsilixa ts!edaqaxs g'alaé 
mayorasa g'inanemé, Wii, la hémenilaem qweloyowéda ‘watwadé 
qPx'sEmésa x*Omsexa malgténdilexsa ‘nila qats xwélaqé qex'Emda- 
yoxs laé gwal q!nltsemtse*wé x’Omsasa g*indnemé lalaa laxa 
mosgemé ‘mekila. Wa, g'il*mése mosgemgilaxa ‘mektliixs laé 
