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686 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [BTH, ANN, 38 
that is, when there are many to look after them to get fire-wood 
and | food for them. |j 
This is the way of those who have twin-children and who have no 
relatives,— | those who do work before they have twin-children. 
When (a woman) gives birth to two | children, what she often does is 
to ask | the midwife to choke the twin- | children, that they may go 
back home to where they came from; and || the midwife is not 
allowed to disobey the wishes of the one | of whom she is taking care. 
Then she at once strangles the twins | that belong to the Salmon. 
She tries to do this | before anyone else sees the woman who has 
civen birth; and when | the twins are dead, they ask the father of 
the twins || to go and tell his relatives that his wife has given birth to 
two dead twins. | Then the midwife takes the afterbirth and washes 
it well; | after washing it, she hangs it up to dry. | Then the two men 
who climb the burial-tree are asked | to come and bury the twins. | 
When || they come, they quickly make two boxes for the | twin- 
children. They are of exactly the same size. | When they have been 
finished, they take a board out of the right-hand side of the | wall of 
the house in which the twins were born to take out the twins; | for 
they make the box outside of the || house, because the Indians say 
éafxénafya yixs q!énemaés héleg'imé qa Anéqaxa leEqwa LOf qa ha- 
‘mék pyala qaé. 
Wa, g'a‘més gwiiyi‘lilatsa k*!easé LéeLe_ala yikwilé hiyasek fla, yixa 
ééaxElaénoxwaxs k'!éstmaé yikwiltéda. Wa, g'ilfmésé mayolitsa 
ma‘lokwé ging'inanrma. Wa, hét!a q!inala gwéx’‘idaatséxs axl !a- 
laéda yikwilé ts!edaqxa mamayodltsiliiq qa q!wets!exodéséxa yikwi'le- 
mé ging'inadnem qa lis aédaaqa ni‘nak" laxés gi‘x'‘idaasa. Wai, la 
kleds gwex’‘idaatsa mamaydltsila ts!ediq Lalegweg’éx waldemasés 
maimayoltsilasr‘wé. Wai, li héxtidarm q!wéts!exddilaxa yikwi‘leme 
LiatleL!eyadzatya. Wiis, la‘mé hayalomalaa hé gwex’tidqéxs k !eds- 
‘maé g’ax dgtitla ddqwaxa mayora ts!edaqa. Wa, g'ilfmésé lételéda 
yikwi‘lemé ging inanema, laé héx'tidafmés 6mp laxsdis Axk’!ala qa 
lis nélasewé LéLELilisexs In‘lalaé yikwitlemasés genemé. Wii, la‘mé 
ixédéda mamayoltsila ts!ediqxa maéné qa‘s aék!6 tsoxwaq. Wa, 
gilfmésé gwal ts!oxwaqéxs laé géx‘walilaq qa lIemx‘widés. Wi, 
lamé wélailasefweda ma‘lokwé hehewénox” laxa dex'p!éqe Lasa 
qa gaxés winemtaxa yikwilemé L!an!en!pyadzatya. Wi, gilfmése 
gaxexs laé hailabala wtlx-idxa ma‘itseme qa g‘its!ewatsa ma‘lo- 
x"dé LlaL!eL!eyadze® ging inanema, yixs Alaé ‘nemalasa gilgfldase. 
Wi, g'ilfmésé gwalexs laé k'!exsdtsetwe hétk’!odenwalasasa yikwi- 
‘lats!@ g'Okwa qa q!eltsodaasxa la tétel yikwitlem 1!ar!en!eyadze 
ging inanrma qaxs hié wilise*wéda gits!ewasé L!asanifyasa yikwi- 
