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keep the cradle and the | back-rest, and they hide the clothing and 
the | cedar bark forehead-presser in the cave. They keep || the cradle 
in case the first-born child should have a younger sister. | 
Twins.'—They only change the cradle when a woman has twins: | 
for if she should have twin-children after having many other chil- 
dren, | the cradle is put away. | 
Then a wood-worker is asked to make for the twins cradles || with 
notched head-pieces. Then the wood-worker goes to work at once | 
trying to finish the cradles with the notched head-boards | before the 
twins are four days old; and when | the cradles with the notched 
head boards are finished, and the twins are three days old, | they 
put two feathers from the | tail of the eagle into 
two holesdrilled in thenotched headboard | of the 
cradle, two at each side, in this way: | 
Now the twins are wrapped up well in | soft yellow cedar-bark and 
in red cedar-bark. The faces of the | twins are painted red, and also 
those of the mother || and father. And the father of the twins must 
sit still; | he is not allowed by his tribe to do anything; he is not even 
allowed to get fire-wood | and water. His relatives | always sit 
by his side in the house in order to get the fire-wood | and the 
‘mésé héltemg'usté q!waxéda ginaneEme li axélaseeweda xaap !é LESwis 
Ladenég‘atyé. Wi, lata ‘witlaem la q!tlata gewélgwiilas Leéwés 
déxwé tlakpma‘yé laxa kadzek!waasé, yixs hé:maé lagilas Axéla- 
sE‘wéda xaap!é qo ts!afyanox"Lés gale mayoOLema. 
Twins.—Wi, léx'a‘més L!ayowatsa xaap!ixs yikwilaé yixa ts!n- 
daqé, yixs al‘maé yikwilexs laé q!eydkwés sasemé. Wii, Asmésé 
g’éxasE‘wéda xaap !é. 
Wii, la gag O‘nasE‘weda git !@noxwe qa‘s xaapéléex yikwe‘lats!aé ma- 
IpxLa qéqExEg’E’yO xéxaap!a. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé @4x‘idéda git !é- 
noxwé qaxs hayalomalaé gwalamasxa malexta GeqEXEg’EyO xé@xa- 
aplaxs k:!és:maé mop!enéla yikwilemé -g'ing'inanema. Wa, gil- 
smésé gwala malexLa qéqeXEg’Eyo xéxaap!axs laé yidtixtixsék nléda 
yikwitlemé ging inanema laé Lasédayowéda maémalts!agé gatyol lax- 
naxsdry‘asa kwéekwe laxa la maémaldzek" selé laxa qéqexpg‘iwa- 
‘yasa x@xaap!éxa g'a gwiilégva (fig.). 
Wi, lanm drm q!nq!enépsemlitéda yikwi‘lemaxa aék: !aakwé tatel- 
q!waakwe déxwa LE‘wa k'adzekwe. Wi, la gomex"sa_ gtig-um- 
yema yikwilemeé ging inangma. Wi, hépmxaawisé gwiilé ibrmpas 
LE‘wés Ompé, yixs &*maé la seldéla Ompusa yikwitlemé g-ing-ina- 
nema yixs k'!ésaé hélq!6lem axax’silasés gOkwloté, wax*ma leqwa 
Le‘wa ‘wapé la k'!és héelq!olem la ax*édeq. Wi, la‘mé héda LéLE- 
Lalis la hémenala k!wiimeleq qa‘s ixexa Naxwa x*exstsd%sxa leqwa 
LESwa ‘wapé LE‘wa hé‘madmasé qaxs k'!ésaé hélq!olem a‘mélas- 
1 See also pp. 631-635. 
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