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VI. SOCIAL CUSTOMS 
Customs ReLatine To EATING 
This is the size into which the salmon is broken when a chief- 
tainess gives to eat to the chief. | Into larger pieces breaks it the 
wife of a | common man. | 
DISTRIBUTION OF PORPOISE 
The dorsal fin and the side-fins of the porpoise are given to chiefs 
at || great feasts. ‘To the head chief is given | the chest of the por- 
poise. The body is given | to the common people. That is all 
about this. | 
DIsTRIBUTION OF SEAL! 
The hair-seal also teaches the common people their place; | for 
chiefs receive the chest, and || the chiefs next in rank receive the 
limbs. They only give pieces of the body of the | seal to common 
people of the tribes, and they give the | tail of the seal to people 
Customs RELATING TO EATING 
Wii, héem k-'!opésa modzilasa g‘igima‘yaxs himg‘ilaaxa bE- 
gwanrmé. Wa, lata iwawastowé k-!opafyasa genemasa bregwa- 
nemax’sala. 
DistriBuTION OF PoRPOISE 
Wa, héem yaq !wémasa g‘ig'egima‘ya Liig‘a*yé LE‘wa basbelé laxa 
‘walasé sakwélaxa k'lolot!e. Wa, hé‘mis yaq!wemasa xamage- 
mafyé gigima‘tya hiq!wayasa k-lolot!e. Wi, li yax‘widayuwa 
ogwidatyé laxa bébegwanrmq!alame. Wa, larm gwal laxéq. 
DISTRIBUTION OF SEAL! 
Wi, héemxaéda mégwaté q!darblatsa brgitilidatyaxés Awalox*‘- 
timasé qaéda gig'egima‘yaxs yiagwadaasa hiq!wayowe LE‘wa 
LasLala laxa g‘iigelé. Wii, &‘mesé la yEyaqwax's‘alayo dgwidafyasa 
mégwaté lixa brgtitidatyasa lélqwalatatyé. Wii, li yax*widayowé 
1See also p. 544, lines 206-209, the translation of which is as follows: Only this teaches the common 
people their low position; for when cinquefoil-roots are given at a feast, the chiefs receive the long 
cinquefoil-roots, and the short roots are given to (the common people); for chiefs eat the long cinque- 
foil-roots, and all the common people eat the short roots. 
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