Koas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 695 
Then the mother of twins opens her | box and_ pinches off some 
of the dry afterbirth, | and she takes some of the soft nettle-bark, 
and also her stick for cauterizing. | She takes these to the 
house of the one whom she is going to cauterize. Generally they 
cauterize || the knees or the chest, or both sides of the head, | 
if a person has headache; or, if a | man or woman has backache, they 
cauterize on each side | of the small of the back; or if they have 
pains in the chest, they | cauterize on each side of the collar-bone, 
or sometimes above the nipples; ||or when there is pain on each 
side of the head, they cauterize both temples | or often on the back 
of the neck and of the head, | but most frequently they cauterize the 
knees. | 
When the mother of twins arrives, she sits down. She takes the | 
afterbirth and breaks it up into small pieces. She takes the || rubbed 
nettle-bark and loosens it. She mixes it with a piece of the after- 
birth, | and takes the cauterizing-stick. She puts the afterbirth 
and | nettle-bark which are mixed into the hole at the end; and when 
the hole of the | cauterizing stick is full, she lays it on the place where 
she is going to cauterize. She takes | cedar-wood, puts one end into 
the fire, and, when it burns, she || sets fire to the material in the cauter- 
izing-stick. And when it burns evenly, | she presses it down with 
qafs li x‘Gpasds. Wa, héx‘ida‘méséda yikwilé ts!edaq x-Ax‘widxés 
maénats!é gildasa qa‘s épddéxa g:ayolé lixa le*mokwé maéna. Wii, 
hé*misa q!oyaakwé giina. Wa, hé*misés x‘Gbedzowe. Wa, latmé 
dalagéxs laé lax g:Okwasés x‘dpasoLé. Wii, héem q!tinala xdpaso- 
wa iwagoLatyaqens LESwtns haq!tibayéx Lefwiins éwandLema- 
eyéx, yixs ts!ex'ts!flaéda begwanemé. Wax'l iwigoxéqrndweda 
begwanrmé Lo'ma ts!Edaqé lé xOx'apoxLentsdsa ‘wax'sot !pnatya- 
sEns xEMOmoweg'atyéx. Wiax'é ts!enpEla la maémaltsema x‘dpatyé 
laxens hanasxawa‘yéx Loxs yaeé lox ék'!andfyaxsens dzaméx, 
wix' ts!ex'ts!ala li ‘wax'sandLematya ‘nalfnemsgeEmé x‘dpatfya 
Loxs q!iinalaé ‘nemsgema x‘Opa‘yé laxens OxLiyéx Leéwtins dwap!a- 
eyex. Wa, yirmxat! q!tinala x‘dpase*wéda Okwiix'atyé. 
Wa, gilfmésé gax k!wag-aliléda yikwilé ts!mediqa laé axédxa 
maéné qat‘s tsdtsets!endéq qa 4lés im‘imayasté. Wa, 4xédxa 
q!oyaakwe gtina qa‘s belédéq. Wi, li gwégtilqasa q!wélkwé maén 
laq. Wa, la ixedxa x‘dbrdzowe. Wii, li dzdpstotsa maénqrla 
gtin lax kwax"bafyas. Wa, gilfmésé qdt!astowa kwax"bafyasa 
x‘Obayowaxs laé pax‘arnlots laxés x‘OpasoLé. Wii, la axédxa 
k!wafxLawé qa‘s méx'Lendés dbatyas. Wi, gilfmésé x'ixtédexs laé 
tséx'tots laxés xGbayowé. Wai, gil'mésé ‘nemala x ixsédé ‘wadze- 
gasasa x’Obayo laé Laqwalaxa yikwilé ts!edaqsés gemxolts!ana‘yé 
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