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pressed | against her breasts; she is sitting still on the floor. And 
when she eats, || she eats four pieces of broken dried salmon, which 
are put into the dish of the | princess; and there is a little oil into 
which the four | small pieces of broken dried salmon are dipped. 
And when this has been put into the dish, her | attendant, who is 
always a shaman, takes up the dish and | puts it before the princess, 
and the princess only looks at the || dish which is placed in front of her. 
Then the attendant goes to draw | water, and gives it to the princess. 
Then the attendant | shaman-woman of the princess takes her 
drinking-tube of bone | taken from the wing of an eagle, and she puts 
one end of the | drinking-tube into the water. The attendant 
shaman-woman || holds the bucket with water, and the attendant 
woman speaks, | and says, “ Now, take a drink. Don’t overdo it. | 
Put the end of the drinking-tube into your mouth that you may have 
a small mouth, princess, | and do not take a large mouthful when you 
drink. You may swallow four times | that you may not be stout, 
princess.’’ Thus she says. || Then the princess puts her mouth to the 
end of the bone drinking-tube, | and she just opens her mouth and 
pushes the end of the | bone drinking-tube into it, and she just sucks 
at it and | swallows water four times. Then she stops, for the 
attendant shaman-woman watches | that she does not drink too 
lixés dzédzamé. Wa, latmé k!edelé. Wa, hé*méséxs laé himx*‘ida, 
wii, li moxwédaléda k'!Oobekwé xa‘masa ixts!4x hi‘maats!isa k!é- 
dete. Wa, hésmésa holalé L!éna qa ts!ebatsésa mox‘widita &im- 
‘Amayastos k !opé xatmase. Wi, gilfmése gwalfalts!axs laéda aé- 
xentséla ts!edaq, yixs q!inalaé pixila dag‘ililaxa hi‘maats!é qa‘s 
li k'agemlitas laxa k !edeélé. Wi, asmésé doqwaléda k !édétaxa hi- 
‘maats!ixs laé kagemaliteq. Wa, la tséx-tidéda aéxentséla ts!r- 
daqxa ‘wapé qa‘s lis lixa éxenta k-!édéta. Wai, la ixk !aléda aéxen- 
tséla pixila ts!edaqxa k'!edélé qa Ax*edéséxés nagayowé xax‘En 
wayot lax p!eremasa kwékwé. Wii, li L!enxstents ipsbatyasés 
nagayowe laxa ‘wapé lax héénémasa aéxentséla pixila ts!edaq 
ditaxa ‘wabets!ala. Wi, la yaq!egattéda aéxentséla ts!edaqaq. 
Wi, li ‘néka: “ Wig-itlag’a nax*édLex. Gwala hiyaxsrq!axs laaqos 
métq!edzentsox dbafyaxsds nagayowaqO6s qa‘s t!ogiixstéLos kledél. 
Wii, héemis qa‘s k !ésads iwawaemk:a nekwaaqosaxa mosgemstowé 
‘wipaxés neEx‘wéetsE‘wos qa‘s k'!éséds pEn!ésiol, k ledel,”” ‘néx'- 
‘laé. Wi, laem himbendéda éxenta k'!edétxés xax*rné nagayowa. 
Wa, lat‘mé hilstlaem &x‘éd@é spmsas laé himbendrex dbatyasés 
xAxtrné nagayowa. Wi, li hilsrlaem k!imtaq. Wa, lafmé mop!r- 
nakm nex'wédxa ‘wapaxs laé gwala qaxs doqwata‘maéda aéxEn- 
tséla pixiila ts!edaqa, qa k !ésés nanagolost!eqaxa ‘wape. Wa, 
