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where their feet are; || and after this has been done, she takes an 
olachen-net and | hangs one corner to the top of the rear post at the 
head,| and she hangs one corner to the rear post at the foot of the 
bed; and | after this has been done, she takes red cedar-bark and 
measures off two spans. | There she cuts it off. She || splits it into 
narrow strips. After she has split them, she | folds them in the 
middle, and hangs them to the net | which has been hung up. They 
are placed two spans apart. | When she reaches the end of the bed of 
the| mother of the twins, she puts them in, two spans || under the 
first row. There are four rows of red cedar-bark. | Then she takes 
the tail of a white-tailed eagle, pulls out the feathers, | and, when 
she has them all off, she takes spun nettle-bark. | This is used 
to tie on the feathers, which are hung between the | red cedar- 
bark, in this way: Now it is done. || Then she 
takes two thin poles and puts them across 
the two | posts over which the net has 
been hung, and she places the | other pole 
over the outside posts. Thenshe takes anew, | large mat and places 
it across as a roof, and she also puts a new | mat at each end 
walalaasas goog ngttyds. Wa, la ét!ed déx‘waslilasa ‘nemts!aqé lax 
Liasodptatyas; wii, li ét!ed déx‘watlilasa ‘nemts!aqé lax L!as‘alilas 
g og Egtyas. ‘Wa, gilfmése gwalée axatyas laé &x*édxa p!egwayaxa 
dzaxtn qa‘s poe icies ipsenxa‘yas lax Oxtayasa aLodptalilé Lama. 
Wi, lai géx¢wttdts Apsenxatyas laxa Lamasa Ox"sidzalilé. Wa, 
go ilemésé gwala laé Ax*édxa L!agEkwé qa‘s balidésa ma‘ip!enk-as 
awasgemasé lixens q !waq !wax'ts!ana‘yaxs laé t!os‘ideq. Wa, lii dzr- 
dzexs‘rndEq qa t!élts!eq !astowés. Wa, gilfmésé gwal dzpxaqéxs 
laé bes‘ideq qa narngExxiilés. Wii, tétrgidzddalas laxa p!egwayo 
la géwila. Wi, la maémalp!enk'é aAwalagdlaasas laxens q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!ina‘yéx. Wa, gil‘mésé labendex ‘wasgemasasa ki‘lélasasa 
yikwilé laé ét!édxa matp!enk-é lixens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex lax 
batnételisés galé aixatya. Wa, li mots!age‘naktlaxa Llagrkwé. 
Wii, li &x*@dxa naxsdeyasa ‘mElfmelba kwékwa qa‘s nexaléxa ts!El- 
tslelk'as. Wa, g-il*mésé ‘witlamasqéxs laé 4x°édxa mEdekwé gin. 
Wii, hémis la yitemséxs laé tétak‘odalasa ts!elts!elk-é lix iwigawa- 
fyasa LlagEkwé g'a gwiléga (fig.). Wi, lat‘mé gwala. Wi, la 
ixédxa malts! ae wiswitl dzoxtima qa‘s k‘adrtodés laxa malts!aqé 
LéLama yix la géxtitalaxa p!egwayowé. Wai, la k:adetotsa ‘nem- 
tslaqé dzdxtim laxa iasalilé LéLama. Wa, la ax‘édxa ts!ex-asé 
‘walas lé‘watya qa‘s Lepryindés laq qa silas. Wa, ts!éts!ex‘as- 
‘Emxadwise ‘naltnem lérlfwa‘yé saisEbatyas ‘wix'sba‘yasa kt‘lé‘lasa- 
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