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when that is ready, they take dried berry-cakes and | break them 
into four pieces. And when that is ready, they | take viburnum- 
berries, four spoonfuls. When all this || is ready, the father of the 
one who is lying sick in bed takes the dry salmon and | throws the 
pieces into the fire, one by one. And the | mother of the one who 
lies sick in bed says, “O Sitting-on-Fire! now eat, and protect | my 
child, Sitting-on-Fire!”’ | 
Then the father of the one who lies sick in bed takes also cinque- 
foil roots; he || takes one (root) and dips it into the oil. And | 
the mother of the one who lies sick in bed says again, “O Sitting- 
on-Fire! go on, and pray to the | spirits, that they may have mercy 
on my child!’ Thus she says. | 
Then the father takes also one of the dried berry-cakes, dips it | 
into oil, and throws it into the fire. Then he himself says, || O 
Sitting-on-Fire! now do have mercy on me, and | keep alive my child 
here, Sitting-on-Fire! Have mercy | and press back my child here, 
spirit, and I will take care of this, | supernatural one, that_I may still 
have for a while my son here! Long-Life- | Maker!”’ || 
And when he has put all the berry-cakes on the fire of the house, 
then | he takes one of the spoonfuls of viburnum-berries, and three 
times he aims at | the fire of the house. The fourth time he pours 
them on the fire; and he | says, ‘‘Take this, Sitting-on-Fire! and 
laq. Wii, lan’m gwa’lila. Wa, la é’tléd Ax‘e’dxa tleqa’ qa‘s 
k:!0’p!édéq qa‘s mo’x"s‘endéq. Wi, laz’m gwa’lila. Wi, la é’tled 
ix°e/dxa t!e/lsé mowe’xta ka’ts!enaqa. Wii, lam’m ‘na’/xwa 
ewa'lita. Wi, la &x‘é’dé 6’mpasa qe’lgwilaxa xa‘ma’sé qa‘s 
fna‘neme’mk-é ts!exia’laq la’xa Ingwi'té. Wi, la ‘né’k@ 
ibr’mpasa qe/lgwilé: ‘ Wii, k!wax-Lali’, wé’k-asqo laz’ms da’da- 
‘mEwilxEn xtind’kwaqen, k!wax'Lalai’!” 
Wii, la é’t!edé 6’mpasa qn’lgwilé &x‘@’dxa t!ex"sd’sé, qa‘s da’x“‘i- 
déxa ‘nr/mé qas ts!ep!e’dés la’xa L!é’*na. Wa, la @’t!éd ‘né’/k-é 
ibr’mpasa qp’lewilé: “ Wii, k!wax'Lalai’, wé’g'il la hawa’x‘rlarexa 
ha’tyatilagasa qa wax‘é’dés wa’sen qag‘in xtind’kwik-,” ‘né’ké. 
Wii, la @’t!edé 6’mpas Xx‘@/dxa ‘nn’me la’xa t!eqa’ qa‘s ts!ep !é’dés 
la’xa Li!é’'na. Wii, la ts!exnn/nts. Wi, la q!ulé’x’stem ‘né’ka: 
“We/k-asla k!wax'Lalai’, laz’ms wé’g il g'a’xEn qa‘s wa’x‘idads qa 
q!tla’lagiltsg’in xtind’kwik’, khwaxtalai’! Lar’ms waxt 1a’la- 
ewalaqaltsg’in xtind’kwik’, haya‘tilagasai’ qa ndgwa‘mé aa’xsilaqek’, 
‘na’walakwai’, qa no’gwa‘ma‘wisLé's xwa’yEnx"silaqek’, gileildo- 
kwilai’.”’ 
Wii, la ‘wi’‘léda t!eqa’ la’x‘nala la’xa Imgwi'té. Wa, la é’t!éd 
ixfe/dxa ‘nemé’xia k-a’ts!mnaq t!n’Isa qas yo’dux"p fené noOx"nd- 
kwas li’xa Ingwi’té. Wii, la mo’p!enaxs la’é gixiE’nts. Wii, la 
né/ka: “ Wé'k-as, k!wax‘talai’, lan’ms hawa’x‘rlalxa hy’yatilaga- 
