Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 703 
box,so | that it is covered withseaweed. The thickness of the seaweed 
is four fingers | in the bottom of the steaming-box. | Then he takes 
tongs and takes up the red-hot stones and | puts them on the seaweed. 
He does the same with the other || red-hot stones, but the stones are 
not placed close together. | When all the red-hot stones are in, he 
throws more | seaweed on, four fingers thick. | Then he takes yellow 
cedar-tips and lays them over the seaweed; | and when there are many 
yellow cedar-tips on it, he takes an old blanket and || water and pours 
water into the steaming-box;| and after he has poured water over it, 
he spreads the old blanket over it. Now the | man lies down on his 
back naked in the steaming-box, and the | old blanket is taken and he 
is covered with it, so that only his head shows. | Then he lies for some 
time in the steaming-box until || the stones begin to get cold. Some- 
times | a sick person lies until noon in the steaming-box, if the | heat 
of the steam bath is right. If the heat of the body is so great that he 
can not endure it, | then the sick man is taken out again | and some of 
the hot stones are taken out, || that the heat may be1ight. When this is 
done, he lies down on it again; | and the sick person does not come out 
of the steaming-box | until the perspiration of his body begins to get 
cold. Then his body is shaking | because his body is cold. Then they 
ha‘melxts!awésa L!esL!ekwé laqxa modené laxens q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
nafyex, yix wagwasasa L!EsL!Ekwé lax oOxuélts!4wasa k‘!alasaats!é. 
Wa, la axtédxa k'!ipralaa qa‘s klip!édés laxa xixsemala t!ésem 
qafs k'lip!eqés laxa LlesL!ekwé. Wa, la ha‘naltsa wadkwé x‘ix’Ex- 
srEmala t!ésema laqéxs k'!ésaé memk-dlaxa t!ésemé. Wai, gril- 
‘mésé ‘witlaxa x‘Ix'exsemala t!ésemxs laé lexayEntsa wadkwé 
L!esL!ek" laqxa modeEné laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex yix wagwasas. 
Wai, la ax‘édxa dédexwata‘yé qa‘s LeExwayrendalés laxa L!esi!ekwé. 
Wai, gilfmésé q!énema dédextitaé‘yaxs laé 4x*édxa p!Elxa‘ma LEtwa 
‘wape. Wa, la tsadzeLeyintsa ‘wapé laxa k-!alastla. Wa, g’il- 
‘mésé gwal tsiisaxs laé LepEyintsa p!Elxa‘ma liq. W<A, li xanaléda 
bregwanrmaxs laé netryindxa la k'latela. Wi, li ax‘étsnewéda 
p!elxzlasgemé qa‘s nasnyindayowé laq. Wa, la‘mé léx’arm la nélaté 
xomsas. Wa, héx'siitmés gwéts!4 lixa k Silasaats!é lalaa laqéxs 
k-léstmaé wiidex*idéda t!ésem, yixs ‘nalfnemp!rnaé lag'aa lixa 
nEqiléda ts!alts!ex'ité begwinrm kiilgéxa k !alasgliq, yixs hélalaé 
ts!elqwataéna‘yasa k:!alasrliiq wix'é ts!ets!elxktina li k!és béba- 
k!wema. Wai, hé*mis 4em la xwélax‘tilts!mwatsa ts!alts!exité br- 
gwankm. Wa, axwiiqdilase*wéda wadkwé ts!elqwa t!éspma, qa hél- 
falés ts!elqwalaénatyas. Wé, gil‘mésé gwal laé xwélaqa kilqaq. 
Wai, larm al*rm lalts!4wéda ts!alts!ex ite begwanrm laxa k: !alaseliiq 
yixs laé wtidex'idé gosiis dk!winafyas. Wa, lafmé xwanalé ok!wi- 
nafyas qaéxs laé k'!enaésa. Wi, la‘mé kwiis‘ida qa lawiiyésa déx"- 
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