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30 sweet.”’ || After the feasters have finished the feasting-song, they 
stop | eating. Then the speakers of each side | exchange compli- 
ments; and when they stop speaking, all go out. Then | the house- 
dishes are taken by the feasters of the numaym to those who have 
not eaten all the contents. That is all | about this. || 
Feast oF SALAL-BERRIES AND CRABAPPLES MrxED 
1 When a chief wishes to give a very great feast, when he gets angry 
(with another chief), | he buys many boxes of crabapples with water 
and | many bundles of dried salal-berry cakes and oil. When | he 
5 has them all, he takes a small canoe, which is || washed out well. 
When it is clean, it is carried into his house. | His wife unties the 
covers of her salal-berry boxes, for | sometimes they use five or even 
eight salal-berry boxes, | if the chief has much property to buy them 
10 with. | Then the woman takes them out and puts them |/into the small 
canoe. Now, there is one salal-berry box | to each canoe. They are 
put into the canoes to soak. | Then she asks the young men of her 
husband’s numaym | to go and draw much fresh water. | The young 
15 men go, carrying a bucket in each hand, and draw water; and || when 
they come back, they pour it into the canoe for soaking the dried 
salal-berry cakes. | When the salal-berry cakes are just covered, 
30 Wi, grilfmése q!welidéda k!wamélala denxeliixs laé gwat tsp- 
tselx"stag’éda k!welé. Wii, la‘mé yaéq!ent!aléda adyilkwasa ‘wa- 
fwax'sawi. Wii, gilfmésé q!wel‘idpxs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wi, la‘mé 
k-addalayowé leloqiiliisa k!welde yis ‘ne*mémotas. Wai, lazm gwat 
laxéq. 
Feast oF Sarat-BeRRIES AND CRABAPPLES MIXED 
1 Wi, hé‘maxs Lomax"‘idaé ‘nek'éda gigima‘yé, qa‘s ts!endegimé 
‘walas k!wélasa, wi, li kilx*widxa q!énemé tsétselx"staats!i LE- 
fwa q!éx'sayokwé t!eqa. Wai, hé‘misnéda iléna. Wi, g'il‘mésé 
‘wila lanmgéxs laé ix‘édxa im‘imaye xwaxtixwagiima, qa‘s aék'!é 
5 tsloxtig'indeq. Wi, g'il‘mésé égigaxs laé Lelételaq laxés g‘okwe. 
Wai, la genemas x‘6x‘widxés t!ét!eqaats!@ xaxexatsema, yixs ‘nal- 
‘nemp!enaé sek’ !asgema Lox lit‘maax ma‘igtinaltsema t!etlegats!é 
xaxexatsema, yixs q!énemaé dadek‘asasa g‘igima‘ya qa‘s k‘ilomq. 
Wi, hé'mis la Axwiilts!lasdsa ts!edaqé, qa‘s li prlx*falexsrlas 
10 laxa xwaixwagiimé. Wii, la‘mé ‘nemsgema t!egats!€ xaxitsem 
laxa ‘nemts!aqé xwixwagtima. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘wi‘la 1a pagexdzE- 
kwa xwaxtixwagiimasa t!eqiixs laé ha‘yailaax hi‘yal‘iis ‘ne*mémd- 
tasés la‘wiinrmé, qa liis tsiix q!énmema ‘wE‘wap!eEma. Wii, lax'da- 
*xwé ‘nax"*ma hiyalfa ‘wi'wax'sgemxa nakngats!ix laé tsi, qa‘s 
15 gaxe giix‘alexselas lixa pépegwats!ixa t!eqa Xwaxtxwagiima. 
Wai, g'il‘mésé t!sprya ‘naxwéda t!eqiixs laé gwala. Wa, la‘mé héx’siil 
