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much water. || After she has finished drinking water, she takes the 30 
broken pieces of dried salmon, | dips them into the oil which is in the 
small oil-dish, and puts them | into her mouth. She chews very 
slowly, and she continues | doing this while she is eating the broken 
dried salmon. As soon as she has swallowed her food four times, | 
she stops eating, and immediately || the attendant takes her dish and 
oil-dish and | puts them away. She draws water for the princess to 
drink after eating; for | the various kinds of straps are put around the 
body of the princess, | who wears a hat with a tassel, and abalone 
shells tied to the | outside of the hat and abalone shells are sewed 
to her blanket. || This is called ‘the abalone-blanket of the maturing 40 
princess,” | and her hat is called “the abalone-hat of the maturing 
princess.” | If her father owns a copper, the expensive copper stands | 
at the right side of the maturing princess. The copper is placed 
there | that the princess may easily get coppers to carry on her back 
to her || future husband. She continues sitting in the house for | a 45 
month. This is called hagdédzaslit (“flat things meeting inside of the 
house”’). | She washes four times every fourth day. | Then the 
straps are taken off her body, and it is called “taking the straps off 
the body of | the maturing girl.’”’ Then the eyebrows are pulled out 
by the || attendant shaman-woman, and she cutsoff | herhair. Then 50 
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gilemésé gwal naqaxa ‘wapé, laé dax“‘idxa k'lobrkwé xa‘misa qa‘s 30 
ts!plédés laxa L!éna q!ots!4xa imatyé ts!ebats!i qa‘s ts!eq!Esés 
laxés semsé. Wa, li iwak-alaxs laé malékwaq. Wé, li héx‘sizem 
ewer ilaxs ha‘mapaaxa k'!obrk" xatmasa. Wa, gilfmésé mop!Ena 
nex'wed laxés hi‘ma‘yaxs laé gwal hitmapa. Wa, héx’‘ida‘mésa 
aéxEntséla ts!edaq ixédex hi‘maats!is Lefwa ts!Ebats!é qa‘s li 35 
géxaq.. Wa, li tséx'‘idxa ‘wapé qa nagég'ési éxenta k!édéla laxés 
laénatyé ‘witlarm qéqrx‘alaLelé qex'édemasa éxenta k:!édéla LEfwis 
qwaLexLila LetEmila. Wi, latme q!enq!enaléda éx'ts!eme lax 
OsgEMa‘yas LEtEmlas. Wai, laxaé q!enq!enaléda éx'ts!emé lax nE- 
x‘imatyas. Wa, hépm Légades éxendemk:!nn éx'ts!emala nex‘t- 40 
natyé. Wa, hé*misé tetemlas yixs Légadaas éxenteml éx'ts!emala 
Leteml. Wa, gilémésé Ompas Axndgwatsa L!aiqwa, laé Laéla q!nyo- 
xwé Liaqwa lax hétk:!6dend_temalilasa éxenta k !édéla, yix lagilas 
hé gwaéla Llaqwa qa hotemalésa k !édélaxés L!aqwégita laxés 
latwiinemia. Wai, la‘mé lalaa hé gwaét lixés éxendats!é gOkwa, 45 
laxés ét!édex'demia éxental. Hérm Légadrs haqdza‘litxa éxen- 
tiixs laé mop!ena kwiisa laxa maémop!enywa‘sé. Wa, lapm ‘wrla 
law6yowé qéqrex’édemas laxéq. Wai, hépm Légades qwelét!édpx 
qéqex'Eliisa éxenta. Wi, latmé k!tilxitse'wé aznasa éxenta k°!é- 
dét yisa aéxentséla ts!edaq pixila. Wa, héemxaawis k*!ebeltsem- 50 
