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brother, and will go home to the Salmon tribe from which he 
came.) | That is what I mean, friends! that you may take good care 
of those | whom you obtain by good luck.’ Thus says the woman 
who has had twins before, || to the woman and her husband. | 
As soon as her speech is ended, the young mother of twins | and 
her husband arise, and both take up at the same time the cradles 
with the notched head-boards. | Together they go,—the woman who 
has had twins before and | husband and wife,—side by side, going 
towards the bed in the room; || and when they reach it, they put 
down the cradles on each side of the | place where the mother of the 
(new-born) twins is going to lie down. Now she les down between 
the twins, | and her husband sits down near her bed. | After this 
the woman who has had twins before takes a rest, for they | never 
pass four days without changing the || kelp head-bands of twin- 
children. | 
When four days have passed, the woman who has had twins 
before unties | the head-band of the twin-children. She takes 
perch-oil and oils their heads and | also their bodies. When the 
heads of the twin-children are soaked with perch-oil, || she takes the 
kelp head-bands and | puts them around their heads, with the 
right tightness; | and after she has done so, she paints their faces. 
She paints them both in the same way, | and she also puts the same | 
yuemésen ‘nénak id né‘nemok" qa‘s asméLos yaL!al laxés aéki- 
lasLads, qads watwalkina‘yéx,”’ ‘néx~‘laéda yikwilayag‘olé ts!edaqa 
laxa yikwilé hayasek Ala. 
Wa, gilfmésé q!ilbé waldkmas laé ‘nemax~id Lax‘tliléda yikwilé 
hayasek’dla qa‘s ‘nemx*‘idé dag‘ilitaxa qéqexEg'EyO xéxaap!a qa‘s 
la galagiwaléda yikwilayagolé ts!ediaqa. Wa, la ‘nemagoLemaléda 
yikwilé hayasek‘dlaxs laé gtiydtela laxés ktlélasré. Wa, giil- 
emésé lag'aa laqéxs laé ‘nemx‘fid hing‘alilas lax ‘wix‘sanddza‘yas 
ktelélastasa yikwilé. Wa, latmé ktlkwagodxés yikwitlemé. Wa, 
asmés la k!wag'alilé a:wtinemas laxa ‘nexwalalilé laxa ki‘lélasé. 
Wa, lat‘mé gwat laxéq yawas‘idéda yikwi‘layagolé ts!mdiqa, qaxs 
kl!ésaé hiyaqax mop!enxwa‘sa L!an!pyadzatyé qex'semalés x‘dm- 
saxa ‘watwadeé. 
Wa, gilfmésé mop!enxwa‘sa g'axaasa yikwilayag’dlé ts!edaq qwé- 
lodex qex’sEMafya x’Omsasa L!aL!eL!eyadzatyé; wi, la ax‘édxa 
dzék!wésé qa‘s q!nls‘idés Jax x‘Omsasa L!aL!EL!pyadzatyé. Wai, 
li Ogwaqax Ok!winafyas. Wii, gilfmésé Leqasa dzék!wésé x‘Omsasa 
Llat!pL!myadzafyaxs laé axsédxa ‘waswadé qrex'sEmés x‘Oms qa‘s 
qex'sEmdés lax x'Omsas. Wii, la hel até Iek!titalaénatyas. Wa, 
gilfmésé gwalexs laé gums‘idex gogtimatyas ‘nemala LEfwa ‘nE- 
‘nEmweyote qa‘s la nisnakwa laxés g'atyatnaktilasé miesila.) Wa, 
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