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the attendant woman takes | the straps and her seat made of soft 
cedar-bark | and goes into the woods, where she looks for a good 
yew-tree; and when | she finds it, she puts the straps of the princess 
on to the tree. When || this has been done, she takes the cedar-bark 
and places it in the | cave in which the cedar-bark is hidden. It is 
finished after this. | 
Tue Sweat-Baru 
Now I shall talk about the ways of the Kwakiutl when | a man or 
woman is sick. They make a steaming-box; | that is, a long box of 
the same length as the | sick person, for the height of the steaming-box 
is two spans. || When it is finished, | not many stones are taken, for 
when there are many | there are twelve, and these are put on the fire of 
the house. As | soon as they are all on the fire, a large basket is taken 
and | aman goes down to the beach to low water mark carrying a 
large basket; || and when he reaches the seaweed, he plucks it off and 
puts it | into the basket. When the basket is full of seaweed, he | carries 
the seaweed-basket on his back up the beach and puts it down by 
the side of the | steaming-box. Then he takes many yellow cedar-tips 
and | places them down alongside of the steaming-box. Then he 
takes the seaweed || and puts some of it into the bottom of the steaming- 
dex sk‘yiis x'Omsas. Wai, la‘mé gwal laxeq. Wa, la‘mé ix‘edéda 
aéxEntsela ts!edaqxa qrx'idemas LBfwa k!waxLaiweso® kadzpx"sa 
éxentax'dé k !édéta qa‘s li lixa aL!é qa‘s alix ék-étwla L!emq!a. 
Wa, gil'mésé q!aqéxs laé qexit!édms qex'idemx'diisa 6xEnta laq. 
Wii, gilfmesé gwata lae ix*edxa k!waxLawése‘we k‘adzekwa qa‘s lis 
laxa k'adzek!waasé. Wi, lawésLée gwat laxéq. 
K: SALASA 
Lat‘meEn gwigwex's‘alal lax gwég'iflasasa Kwag-utaxa ts!alts!exité 
brgwanrm Lotméda ts!mdaqé. Wi, hérm &x‘étsowéda k ‘alasaats!e, 
yixa gildng'a gildasaxa ‘neEmasgEmg’‘ig’a LE‘wa ‘wisgemxsdaasasa 
brgwannmé ts!alts!exita, yixs ma‘tp!enk-ustaé laxens q!waq!wax’- 
ts!lanatyex yix ‘walasgemasasa k‘!alasaats!e. Wi, g*ilfmésé gwala 
laé ixsétspeweda k'!ése q!énem t!ésema, yixs Im*maé q!enemxs ma‘t- 
tsemag'iyowaé qa‘s xExLanowé laxa lpgwilasa g’okwe. Wa, gvil- 
emése ‘wilx'Lalaxs laé &x‘étse*wéda ‘walasé lexatya qa‘s li lents!ésa 
begwanbmé laxa L!emafisaxa x‘ats!aésé dalaxa ‘walasé lpxatya. 
Wii, gilfmésé lag'aa laxa L!esi!ek" laé k!ilx‘ideq qa‘s texts!ilés 
lixa lexafyé. Wis, gil*mésé qot!a lexatyaséxa L!esi!ek" laé OxLE- 
laxa L!pgwats!é lpxatya qa‘s li OxLdsdéselaq qa‘s li hindlitas laxa 
klalasaats!é. Wa, li ixtédxa dédextités‘yéxa q!énemé qa‘s g°axé 
ix‘alilas lax mag‘inwalilasa k !alasaats!é. Wa, li ix‘édxa L!EsL!n- 
kwée qa‘s tex‘alts!odésa wadkwé laxa Oxveélts!wasa k lalasaats!é qa 
