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5 of the bed of the || mother of the twins and her Salmon children. 
After this has been done, | she takes eagle-down and puts it on the 
red cedar-bark, | and the feathers which hang from the net on the 
rear of the wall of the bedroom. | 
When this has been done, she takes the after-birth of the twins ° 
and washes it, so that all the blood comes off; and after:doing so. 
10 she || hangs it up near the bed of the | mother and of the twins; and 
she takes the wrapping of the children, and | puts it into the cedar- 
bark box, which she places at the | outside of the head of the bed 
that she made for the mother of the twins, for that is the name of 
the | bed of the twin mother and of her children. When this has 
15 been done, the |) woman who has had twins before speaks, and says 
to the mother of the new-born twins and her | husband, to her who 
is still sitting on the floor where she gave birth to the | twins near 
the fire of the house, and she says: | ‘‘ Now, take care, friends! for you 
will take up in your arms these | cradles with the supernatural ones, 
20 when you go to this house which I made for them; for you || will 
really take care of both of those whom you have obtained by good 
luck, your | friends, so that they can not complain of us if they should 
get sick. | I say so, that you may do everything in the right way. | (I 
mean that the Salmon children are jealous; | for it kills one of the || 
25 twins if one if them is treated well. And | the one whom you do not 
treat well will become weak at once, go away, and leave behind his | 
5 sa yikwilé Lefwis L!an!eL!eyadzafyé sasEma. Wii, g*ilfmésé gwalexs 
laé Ax*édxa qemxwiisa kwékwé qa‘s qemyx‘widés laxa L!at!egekila 
LEfwa ts!elts!elkilisa la k !ogwig'alit p!egwatyos kt‘lélasa. 
Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs laé ixtedxa maénasa yikwitlemeé ging ina- 
nema qa‘s aék'!é ts!ox¢wideq qa ‘witlawés rlkwa. Wa, gvilfmésé 
10 gwal ts!oxwaqéxs laé gexwalilas laxa ‘nexwala laixa kit‘lélasasa 
yikwilé Lefwis sasemé. Wii, li &xtédxa q!enépemx-diis qats &x- 
ts!odés laxa k'adzrgwats!é gildasa. Wa, li hing-alilas lax 1 !asodp- 
talilasés ixafya yikwilats!@ gaélasa, qaxs hé*maé Legems kislé- 
‘lasasa yikwilé Lewis sasemé. Wii, giilfmésé gwala, laéda yikwi- 
15 layag'dté ts!edaq yaq!ng'atta. Wa, la ‘nék‘a laxa yikwilé Le‘wis 
laswiinemaxs hé*maé k!tdzilé mayovélasasa yikwilasa ma‘lokwe 
yikwitlems laxa ‘nexwanilisé lax lmgwitasa g'okwe. Wii, la ‘nék-a: 
“Wagil la yan!arex ‘né*nemok" qa‘s ‘nemax‘‘ida‘méLos q!rtelital- 
xa xéxaapts!ila ‘nafnawalakwa qaso gaxt laxgin gOkwélek’ qadx, 
20 qaxs Alak’ !alinaqds ‘nemalal aék‘ilal qaoxs wawalk'inatyaq6s, ‘nénE- 
qaxsmok", qa k ledsés q!emk:!alaydltsox qo lelagtilxsédlaxo. Wii, hé- 
‘mésen lag*ila ‘néx’ qats walemkalaxda‘xwads aék ila laxés ‘naxwa- 
Lads gwayitlilasteq'. (Héden ‘nénakilé yixs 6dzegemak'aéxwa 
Lian!eyadzatyeéx g'inginanema, yixs hé*maé gayalatsa ‘nEmokwe 
25 laxa yikwitlemé ging'inainemxs aékilaseswaéxa ‘nemokwe qa‘s hé- 
x‘‘idafmés lélagiilxtidaxa k'!@s@ aékilasetwa qa‘s li lowalitsés 
