672 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 35 
20 Now you know why the women of the Koskimo have long heads. | 
All the bedding in the cradles of the Koskimo women | and Kwag' ul 
women is the same. Therefore | the mountain-goat wool is prized 
highly when it is bought by the Koskimo women from the | Kwag' ut. || 
25 The only difference is in the lacing of the child among the Koskimo 
women. | They use deer-skin, and they cut a narrow strip | half a 
finger-width wide and | very long. Two pieces are cut off. After 
they have been cut off, | the woman takes the back-rest and lays it 
30 down flat || where she sits. Then she takes the long strips of thin 
dressed cedar-withes | and puts them on the edge of the back-rest, 
in this way: She takes the | narrow strip of deer- 
skin and uses +> sit to sew on at (1). | After that she 
measures off ===: the cedar-withes and sews it on at 
(2),| and then °—*<s she also sews it on at (3), || and finally 
at (4). She does the same | at the other edge of the back-rest. 
After doing so, | she places the back-rest on the back-rest holder. 
Then it is finished. | It is called “deer-skin rope sewed on to back- 
rest.” | This is the old style of the Koskimo women. || 
40 If a child dies, the cradle and | the clothing are taken to the 
cedar-bark cave; but when | the child grows up to be healthy, they 
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20 Wii, lamms q!ilavelax lag‘ilas g‘ilsgiltema ts!édaqasa G-dsg'imu- 
xwé. Wi, la naxwarm ‘nemaxisé gwélgwilasa xaap!isa Gogi- 
tslaxsemé Lefwa Kwakig‘olaxsemé, yixs hé*maé lagita q!eyoxwa 
plalemasa ‘melxtowaxs k’elxwase‘waasa Gogiits!axsemé lixa 
Kwag'ulé. 
25 Wi, lexatmés ogtiqalaxa t!ex't!emag'pexse laxa Gogtits!axsemé, 
yixs laé ax‘édxa k*!elx-éwakwasa géwasé qa‘s t!OsoOdéxa ts!éq!adzowe 
laqxa k:!odené laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx yix ‘wadzewasas. Wii, 
la gilsgildzowa. Wi, la matexsa t!dsatyas. Wi, gilfmésé gwala 
ts!edaqé t!osaqéxs laé Ax*edxa Ladenég'atyé qats pax‘alilés laxés 
30 k!waélasé. Wai, li &xtédxa giilsg‘ilt!a wiswiltowé selbkk" dpwéxa 
qa‘s kat!arelodés Gbatyas laxag'a gwiilég'a (fig.). Wa, lit ix*édxa 
ts!éqladzewé k-!nlxiwakwé qats t!emg:aarelodés lax (1). Wai, 
gilfmésé gwala laé k-!msplaxa dmewexé laé ét!éd t!emg*aaLrlodex 
(2). Wa, giltmésé gwatexs laé é!téd t!emg-aatelodex (3). Wa, 
35 g'ilfmésé gwalexs laé et !éd t!emg'aaLelodrx (4). Wii, lii héemxaat! 
gwex‘idxa ipsenxatyasa Ladenég’atyée. Wa, g*ilfmésé gwalexs laé 
pax‘entsa Ladenég'atyé laxa Ladenégéx'dema. Wa, lamrm gwala. 
Wii, héem régades k:!elxiwak" t!emak-iigésa t!ex't!emag'Pxse. 
Wii, héem Alak: ‘ala gildzesé gwalaasas lixa Gogtits!axsemé. 
40 Wa, gil*mésé In‘léda gininemé laé ‘witlaem layowa xaap!é laxa 
kadzek!waasé Letweés gwelgwiila laxeés ‘waxax'‘idalaasé. Wi, giil- 
