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| USH DUCH'ELASHI |
MAKING SNOWSHOES |
| 1. Chuq'eya daghel'ich'i ush ken detghiłk'el. |
You [will] cut soft birch into strips for the snowshoe frame. |
| 2. Yethdi detghishax. |
Then you [will] carve it. |
| 3. Yethdi yust ghu betsik'ghala bedenghiłyesh, |
Then you lash the head frame on the front, |
| 4. ch'u niłkadetghiłyesh. |
and you tie the tail together. |
| 5. Beqats'u batghilał. |
You put on the cross braces. |
| 6. Yethdi deq bak'nitighitsex. |
Then you pry the foot end up. |
| 7. Ghetnalggenda ghesh detghigget. |
When it's dry, you drill the frame holes. |
| 8. Yethdi gesh detghiłtl'il. |
Then you lace through the frame holes. |
| 9. Yethdi ush ghetl ił tghighet. |
Then you lace it with leather rope. |
| 10. Yethdi k'qałen ił hał ghetghiłnen. |
Then you lace the footpieces up. |
| 11. Yethdi k'k'ula banitnitghilał. |
Then you put in the footstrap. |
| 12. Ch'u qaditighildeł, |
And then you put them on, |
| 13. ch'u ba shtutghiyuł. |
and go hunting in them. |
