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674 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN. 85 
water and food | for the couple, and the twins who belong to the 
Salmon, are not allowed to have misfortune | — |. 
As soon as the twins that belong to the Salmon are four days old, | 
When the navel-string comes off, they take the cradles with the | 
notched head-boards, put them down on the floor one on the right-hand 
side of || another woman who has been the mother of twins, and they- 
put down | the other one on the left-hand side; and when everything is 
ready, | they put the bedding into the two cradles with notched head- 
boards. There is | no difference between the bedding of twins and 
that of single children. | The only difference is that a cradle with a 
notched head-board is used, and that the four || feathers from the tail 
of an eagle stand on the | notched head-board of the cradle, and that 
the faces of the twins are | always painted red every fourth day, 
together with the faces of their parents, and that this continues | 
until the twins are ten months old. | 
As soon as the woman who has had twins before, finishes arranging 
the bedding || in the cradle that was put down at the right-hand side 
of the | woman who has had twins before, she takes on her arms | the 
first-born child belonging to the Salmon. She takes off the| wrap- 
pings of yellow cedar-bark and of red cedar-bark; and, after taking 
them all off, | she takes the split kelp and puts it around the head of 
the child belonging to the Salmon. || And this is different in regard to 
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nokwa hayasek ala Lefwis yikwitlemé L!at!pyadzatya ging ina- 
nema. 
Wi, wilfmésé moxsekiléda yikwilemé L!an!ryadzatya g‘ing’ina- 
npmeé yixs laé lawiiyé ts!eyOxLatya. Wi, la‘mé ix*étsEsweda malexta 
qeqEexpg’ byoweé xéxaap!a qa‘s li hanalitlema ‘neméxta lax hétk!o- 
tagawalilasa ogt‘la‘maxat! yikwilayag'dl ts!ediqa. Wa, hing-alis- 
lema ‘neméxta lax gemxagawalilas lax laénatyas ‘witla gwatalé 
ixts!iweé gwélewiiliisa malexta qéqexeg'Eyowe xéxaap!a, yixs 
klefisaé ogtixits gwélewiiliis lax gwélgwiilasa ‘nemodk!wéedzatyé 
mayoLema lax dgtili laxa qéqexEg’ eyowe x@xaap!a Leewa maémo- 
tslaqé ts!plts!plk-s naxsdptyasa kwekwaxs laé Lavata lax Ag‘iwafyasa 
qéqmrxEg byowé xeéxaap!a; Wii, hétmisa yikwélemé ging’ inanemxs 
laé hémenalapm giimsa LEfwés gigadmokwaxa maémoxsa ‘nala 
lalaa lax hélogwilax'demtasa yikwitlemé ging ininema. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwalta yikwilayag‘ole ts!ndaq hélax gwélewiiliis 
Ots!4fwasa ‘neEmMéxLa qEXEg’ByO xXaap!axa hatnitté lax hélk: !otaga- 
walifasa yikwilayag‘olé ts!edaqa. Wa, grilfmésé gwala laé q!eleli- 
axa galé mayolidayd Llat!eyadzé g‘inanema. y Wi, li ixddex 
q!enép!enafyas déx” Lefwa kadzekwe. Wii, gilfmésé ‘witlixs laé 
ixtédxa ‘waSwadé LEpsaakw a qa®s qEx’sEmdeés lix x‘Omsasa L!aL!E- 
yadzé gininrma. Wii, hépm ogtiqalayosa yikwi‘lemé g'inanrema, 
