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basket-maker, | or around the neck by a woman who knows how to | 
dry halibut or who knows how to cut salmon, or by those who know 
how to dig | allkinds of clams; that the girl, when she grows up, may 
get these without difficulty. || And also, when they wish | a girl or a 
boy to be a good dancer when he or she grows up, they put | the 
navel-string of the girl around the legs of a woman who is a good 
dancer; | and when she knows well how to tremble with her hands, | 
they put it around the wrist of her right hand. They do this, || that 
the gicl may know well how to tremble with her hands when she 
dances. | And they do the same with the navel-string of the boy; it 
is | put around the wrist of an expert cannibal-dancer, that he may 
become a good dancer | when he grows up. That is all. | 
MatTouriry 
This is the princess of the real chief of the numaym | Maimtag’ila. 
He is the head chief of all the numayms of all | the tribes of the 
whole people. They are the ones about whom I talked, | who have 
for their chief ‘maxttyalidzé. The chief has for his princess | 
K ledétée‘lak". The name K’ !édété‘lak® of the princess comes | 
from her father, when she becomes mature, and is sitting in 
the house for the maturing girl; | therefore she is called princess 
(K !édét, “sitting still in the house’’). The word k’ !édét has two 
meanings. | She does not move while she is sitting there, her knees 
fyaasa k-!et!enoxwaxa lé*wafyé LEefwa L!abatilaénoxwé ts!Edaqa. 
Wa, li qrenxalaxa ts!myOx"Lafyasa ts!ats!adageméxa_ t!Elts!éno- 
xwaxa k‘!awasé@ Le‘wa xwaL!énoxwaxa k‘!Otrla Le'wa Lawenoxwaxa 
‘nixwa ts!éts!ek!wémasa qa holemaliltsa ts!ats!adagemaq qo q!tl- 
yax‘widLo. Wii, hémiséxs walagrlaé qa‘s yr‘winoxwés qo q!tilya- 
x‘widLo, yixa ts!ats!adagemé Loma babagumé. Wai, larmxaé la 
qex'sidzafyax ts!pyOx"Lafyasa ts!ats!adagemasa yr‘winoxwé ts!E- 
daqa. Wa, gilfmésé xtiléq!weénoxwa yeE‘winoxwé ts!edaqa laé 
qEx'ts!anafyax ts!pyOx"Latyé lax hétk'!olts!anatya. Wa, héem 
lagilas hé gwiilé qa xtiléqtilésas ts!ats!adagemaxs laé ye*winoxwa. 
Wi, laxaa hérm gwegilase*we ts!eyox"Lafyasa babagumé, yixs 
laaxat! qpx'ts!anésa yrfwinoxwé haimats!a qa yESwinoxwéLes qo 
qttilyax*widto yixa babagumé. Wa, larm gwala. 
MATURITY 
Hésmae k !édétasa flak !ala g‘igimésa ‘ne*mémotasa Maimta- 
gila, wi, hépm xamagrmalatsa ‘naxwa ‘nalfne‘mémasa ‘nixwa 
lelqwilata‘yasa loxala, laxen waldemxg‘in lix'dék’ gwagwéx's‘al- 
laqéxs gigadaas ‘maxtiyalidzé. Wa, léda gigimatyé k !édadns 
K:ledetélak". Wa, hérm giginplats K-!édétélak® la k:!édéltsés 
Ompaxs g’alaé éxent!éda, yixs g-alaé lats!ag-alit laxés k !éde‘lats!é 
éxEndats!ié. Wai, latmé k-lédét Jaq. Matte gwébalaasasa 
k ledele. Wa, latmé fem seldétexs k!waélaé trsalés okwixa‘yé 
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