Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 687 
that it brings short life to those who make the | box if the bodies are 
pat into it inside the house of the parents, even | in the case of 
those who are not born as twins. After the twins | have been put 
into the box, they paint their faces with ochre. Now, | the faces of 
the two dead children have been painted with ochre. || When this has ! 
been done, they put wrappings around them, | and put them into the 
box. Then | they take a long cedar-bark rope and put it around the 
burial-box | to hold down the cover, and also for the four men to 
carry them, | when they bury them. Then it is in this way: 
After || the ropes have been put around, eight Salmon people AAA 
come] and stand by the sides of the burial-boxes, two |on each 
side; so that there are four people carrying | each burial-box of 
those who are dead. Then they go to bury them. | The two men 
who climb the || burial-tree go a lene distance ahead, each carrying 
one short board, and they fone for a good tree with good branches on 
which to place the bo: rial boxes of the twins are 
placed. As soon as they find what they are looking for, | they climb 
up, and put down the boards where | they are to be. After they have 
done this, those who are going to bury them arrive, and || place the ‘ 
burial-boxes at the foot of the twin burial-tree. Then | the eight 
Salmon people sit on the ground. Now one of the tree-climbers 
comes down, takes the | rope, and puts it around the middle 
‘lats!@ g-okwa, yixs ‘nék‘aéda bak!umaqéxs wiwtlgilililaéxa wtlaxa 
grits !né ewasLasa telé lax AwiLelis g og Okwasa gig'adIndkwasa wax’*em 
k'!és yikwélema. Wa, giilé meee eretoromeds yikwitlemé laxa 
gits!pswasas laé gitmstitsosa gigtm‘yemé. Wa, la‘mé hamelqrm- 
dryowa gtigttmyEmé lax gogtigematyasa ma‘lokwé létn‘l ging: inane- 
ma. Wa, gilfmésé gwalpxs laé q!enépsemtsosés q! innepnrne. Wai, 
lawisLeé Tieioye lasers gigits!m.wasé. Wa, gilmésé gwalrxs laé 
ixétsr‘weda giilt!a densen denrma qa‘s qrx'sEmdayaxa giits!n- 
fwasé qa Blalayasa yiktiyatyé; wi, hé‘mis qa dalaatsa mokweé bebr- 
gwinrm qo lat wtinremtaLeqxa ga gwiilég'a (fig.). Wa, gil*mésé 
gwata wilxsema‘tyé g‘fxaasa matgtmalokwé L!aL!eL!eyadzatya 
qa‘s li LaLonelsaxa gvits!Efwasasa L!aL!eL!Eyadzafyéxa maéma‘lo- 
kwé lax épsana‘fyas lax maémodk!wina‘fyasa L!aL!ei!pyadza‘yé dalaxa 
‘nemsgEmeé gits!Efwatsa la léle‘la. Wa, la qas‘idéda wtinemta yixs 
gryolaaLat qistidéda ma‘lokwé béebrgwinrmxa héhr*wéenoxwaxa 
dex'p!éqé Lasa dalaxa ‘nalfnemxsa ts!ats!nts!ix'sema. Wa, lafmé 
alix ék'a Lis lax hélaliis Llenak'@ qa paqalaatsa hinx’dematasa 
degats!isa L!aL!EL!nyadzatyé. Wa, gilfmeésé q!axés alisn‘wé laé 
gwalelarm la hax‘wida qa‘s li pax‘aLelotsa ts!ats!ax"semé lax 
ixistas. Wai, g ilsmeéseé gwale ixafyas g’axaasa wtinemta qa‘s hin- 
gablséxa dédeg‘ats!é lax Oxnafyasa L!aL!eEL!Eyadzép!éqé Lasa. Wi, 
la k!tsElséda malgina‘lokwé L!an!ei!pyadzatya. Wai, gaxé g-ixa- 
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