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732 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (ETH. ANN. 30 
And this is about the shaman who, as you say, bites the skin of the 
one who is being cured | to make the skin blue. Now you shall 
really know || what is done by the shaman. When the shaman is 
asked to cure a person, | he goes at once and sits down at the right- 
hand side where the sick person lies in bed. | Then he asks the sick 
person for the place where he feels | sick. Then the sick person tells 
him, putting the first finger | on the place where he feels the sickness. 
Then the shaman || washes his hands in a dish containing water, 
which has been put down for him for sucking out the disease. | After 
the shaman has washed his hands, he feels of the place referred to 
by | the sick man. Then the shaman presses his | first finger on 
the place where the sickness is, and he presses it down for a long 
time. | As soon as he lifts his finger, he watches the || place that he 
has pressed in. If it gets red at once, he knows | that the sick one 
will get well. Then the shaman is glad. | When the place which he 
has pressed in remains white and never gets red, | then the shaman 
recognizes that the sick one can not live long | after that. When it 
does not get red for a long time and || gets red gradually, the shaman 
says that he will be sick for a long time. | Then he sucks at the place 
that he has pressed in; and when he lifts his head, he watches | the 
place where he has been sucking. And when it turns blue, he knows 
that | the sick one will not live long. When it | turns red, the 
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sEfwe qa t!extwidés Liésas. Wi, la‘méts aAlak-!alal q!alarelal lax 
gwatyi'lilasasa pixila. Wa, hé*maéxs laé ha‘yalik:!ase*weda pixila 
li héxfidanm la qa‘s k'!wagralilé lax hélk:!otaga‘wa‘lilasas qrlgwé- 
lasasa ts!ex‘q!a. Wa, lai wtitaxa ts!exq!a lax q!ik-Elasaséxa 
ts!px‘fla. Wa, li néléda ts!ex'q!axs laé ts!emx“itsés ts!mma- 
lax'ts!anafyé laxés qliigile ts!mx'q!olema. Wa, léda paxila ts!en- 
ts!enx‘wida laxa g'ax ha‘néla k-!ats!e q!ots!ewax'sa ‘wapé. Wai, 
gilfmésé gwaléda paxila ts!ents!enkwaxs laé plex*widxa gwe‘yasa 
ts!ex’q!a bregwankrm ts!ex‘ila. Wa, léda paixala ts!embrtentsés 
ts!pmilax'ts!anayé lax neqeliisa ts!ex‘ila. W4&, li gagila ts!ema- 
faq. Wii, gilfmésé wéx<‘idxés ts!emalax'ts!anatyée Jae doqitlaxés 
ts!emalasox'dé. Wai, gilfmésé héx-‘idamm L!ax‘wida, laé q!Avela- 
qexs éx‘ida‘méta ts!ex'q!a. Wa, la‘mée ék'@ niqafyasa p&xAla. 
Wii, gilfmésé 4em ‘melstoirlé ts!emalaasdiis, héwixa L!ax‘wida. 
Wii, héem mamalt!ék:!ésa pixalixs k-!esere gilal q!tlava ts!ex'q la 
bregwanrm laxéq. Wi, go il'méseé gigiila k!és Llaxtwida, wii, li 
Liagtinakila, wi li ‘nék-éda paixiliqexs gileLe ts!mxq!al. Wai, la 
k: lextwidxés ts!emalasox"dé. Wii, gilfmésé x it!edexs laé doqwa- 
laxés k-!lax"mote. Wa, gilfmese k-!és t!exfwida laé q!Atelaqéxs 
k lés@iré gilal q!ilana ts!ex‘qa begwankma. Wa, gilfmésé Arm 
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