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wash him to remove the | cedar smell from his body; and when his 
40 body has been wiped off, || oil of the silver-perch is rubbed on his body. 
After | this has been done, they take soft shredded cedar-bark and 
wipe off his| body to remove the silver-perch oil. . The reason why 
they quickly 1ub the body with | silver-perch oil before it gets dry and 
while the body is still in perspiration, | is because they do not want 
45 the skin to get hard; for || they say that the skin of a sick person who 
has been steamed will be | very painful the day after, if the silver- 
perch oil is not rubbed on the body, | because the skin gets hard, and 
he feels very sick; | but the skin of a person gets never hard if his 
body is rubbed right away with | silver-pere 
50 This is all about one way of the sweat bath. | 
There is another method of sweat bathing. As soon as the person 
comes out of | the steaming-box, he washes his body with cold water; 
and after | this is done, he wipes it with soft shredded cedar-bark. 
Then another person | takes rough sandstone and puts it into water 
55 which is ina | dish. Then he takes the root of blue hellebore and rubs 
the root of the| blue hellebore on the rough sandstone which is in the 
water in the dish. | As soon as the water in the dish becomes roily, the 
sick | person sprinkles his body with the blue hellebore mixed with the 
water, | after he finishes steaming; and when his body is all wet with 
60 the || blue hellebore mixed with water; the sick person remains sitting 
lala lax ok!wina‘yas. Wi, giiltmésé gwal dég'itaxés ok!winatyé 
40 laé Axsédxa dzek!wisé qa‘s q telset !edes laxés ok !winatyé. Wa, giil- 
emese gwala laé Axtédxa q!oyaakwé kadzek" qa‘s dég'ités laxés 
ok!winatyé qa lawiiyésa dzek!wisé, yix lagritas hay lols q!plsétasa 
dzek!wisé laxés Ok!winafyaxs k !és‘maé lemx‘tinx'‘ida yixs hé*maé 
alés pose Oklwinatyas qaxs gwaq!klaa L!emx‘édés L!ésé qa‘laxs 
45 Lomaé ts!ex‘ila‘laé iésasa tslalts!ex'ité begwanemxa tensasés 
k lalasax'dem yixs k lésaé q!elsét!étsa dzek!wisé laxés ok!wina‘yé 
qaxs Mla‘maé la L!emxtwidé Lilésas. Wai, la‘laé flak: lala ts!ex‘ila. 
Wii, la‘laé héwiixa L!emx‘idé L!ésasa begwanEmaxs héx"‘idaé q!Elsé- 
t!étsa dzek!wise laxés ok!winafyaxs k-!és*maé lemx‘tinx'tida. Wii, 
50 lanm gwal laxa ‘nemx“idata gwégilasxa k’ !alasa. 
Wii, ovatmés ‘nemx"idala gwég'ilatsa k-!alasa yixs g’ilfmaé lalts!4 
laxés k!alasaasé, laé ts!ox‘wit !étsa wtida‘sta ‘wapa. Wa, g'il*mésé 
ewila laé dég'itasa q!oyaakwe k'adzekwa. Wii, léda ogi‘la begwa- 
nem ixtédxa k'!or!a dena qafs Aixstendés laxa ‘wapé q!dts!ixa 
55 loq!we. Wii, la ’xtédxa L!op!ek-asa Axsolé qa‘s g'éxésa L!dp!rk‘asa 
ixsolé lixa k'!or!a desnaxa Axstalilé lax ‘wabrts!4wé laxa loq!wa. 
Wii, gilfmésé néx‘widéda ‘wapé ‘wabrts!Asa loq!we laéda ts!alts!r- 
x'ité begwinkm xosit !étsa Axsdléstala ‘wapa laxés ok!wina‘yé, yixs 
laé gwal k*!alasa. Wi, g°ilfmésé ‘naxwa la k!iingé ok!winatyas yisa 
60 dxsolestala ‘wapa laé Ama ts!alts!ex'ite begwanem seltala k!waéla 
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