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twins; | that they do not put on the head-band until the navel-string 
comes off on the | fourth day; and after putting the head-band 
around the head of the | child belonging to the Salmon, the woman 
who has had twins (before) speaks | and says (Prayer for the twins): 
“O friend! || that is the reason why you come. You come to benefit 
those who have come to be your | parents, and you have come to 
make them rich and to | defend them against sickness, O friend 
Salmon! you, Supernatural-One!”’ | 
As soon as the prayer has been ended, she puts the child belong- 
ing to the Salmon | into the cradle with the notched head-board, 
-and she | follows the way that is done with those who are not twin- 
children. | 
When this has been done, she turns her face to the other | cradle 
with the notched head-board, arranges everything in it; and after 
that, | she takes in her arms the child belonging to the Salmon, takes 
off the bedding | of yellow cedar-bark and red cedar-bark; and when 
it is all off, she takes the || split kelp and puts it around the head of the 
child | belonging to the Salmon; and after this she puts it into the | 
cradle with the notched head-board; and the woman who had borne 
twins before speaks, | pressing with her left hand on the chest of the 
child belonging to the Salmon, | and says (a prayer for the second || 
twin-child in the cradle): ‘‘O friend! I beg you, Supernatural-One, 
to | grow up well with your brother, Yayaxwe‘ya, and that you do | 
yixs alfmaé qEx’sEmtsE‘wé x‘Omsasexs laé lawiiyé ts!EyOxLa‘yasxa 
la mop!enxwé‘as ‘nala. Wa, gilfmésé ewal qex’semdex x‘dmsasa 
Liat!eyadza‘yé ginanema, wa, la yaq!ng'a‘léda yikwilayag'dlé ts!n- 
daqa. Wa, la ‘néka (ts!elwaqaxa yikwi‘lemé g‘inanema): “Yat, 
qastii, héq!amaaqés gaxelé qa‘s gaxads ék'andOmaxds g'Axaqds 
gigadmokwa. Wi, hémeés g:axelos qa‘s q!éq!omgiladsaq"; wa, 
héemis qa‘s dadamayadsaq”, qastaé, mEyOxwa‘na, yuL, ‘nawalak".”’ 
Wi, gilfmésé q!tlbé ts!elwaq!éna‘yas, laé q!elts!dtsa L!an!eya- 
dzatyé gininrkm laxa qExEg’Eyowé xaap!a. Wé, la‘mé 4em negel- 
tréwex gwayllilasée qaéda k!ésé yikwitlema. : 
Wa, gilfmeseé gwalexs laé gwégemg'ilit laxa ‘neméxLa qexrg’E- 
yowe xaap!a qats héhilailéx gwélewilas. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
q!rtelitaxa L!at!eyadza‘tyé gindnema. Wis, li ixalax q!enépsema- 
fyasxa déx" Lefwa k'adzekwé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witlaxs laé ix:édxa 
LEpsaakwé ‘waSwadé qa‘s qex’sEmdés lax x‘Omsasa L!aL!nyadzatyé 
wininema. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé q!elts!otsa g'inadnemé laxa 
qpxbg'Eyowé xaaip!la. Wa, li yaq!mga‘léda yikwilayag‘dlé ts!n- 
daqa laxés LeExwalaénafyasés gemxolts!anafyé lax obafyasa L!au!r- 
yadzatyé g'inanema. Wi, la ‘nék‘a (ts!elwaqaxa alé xaapts!oyo 
yikwitlema): “Yur, qasté, latmen hiwaxelaLoL ‘nawalak" qa‘s 
wig iLos hélmalag‘ilisLot Le‘wox ‘nEmweyotéx Yayaxwe‘ya, yix qa‘s 
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