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I shall be nufis'ciq'^ (the wood that is used for such an arrow?) 



nmve' nuive' nwwe- ! 



^ This word generally signifies the cord or line on ^Yhich something is 

 strung ; especially : a short strap with a cross-peg on one end and a pointed 

 piece of bone on the other end to string the fish on that have been caught. 

 (Kl. Ordb. p. 256). 



5. qajd'Hitse-rta qaja'Hitse'! 



Let us see who shall be kajak! (or who has perished in 

 a kajak?) you are the kajak (or: you have perished in the kajak) 

 — you step back! 



6. qilaluwa'S'œrta (occasional game?) 



Let us play white -whale! — yes come, let us play with 

 toy harpoons {па-ЩаНа)] you shall be my buoy! the kajak makes 

 a spurt toward the whale, lifts the harpoon in order to throw it, 

 he harpoons it. 



7. рщ -iiarta iÅ'erus-crrÅuta (occasional game) 



Let us play that we have a stump-bed (a house) — 

 you shall be my husband and you shall be my son. Fetch some 

 food! — Let us play that you two are out hunting: my hus- 

 band is towing a captured seal, he has caught a harp-seal, they 

 say, go down to the beach and drag it up for him ! — Your 

 husband is fortunate to catch so much. — Ah your son has 

 caught a white-whale, your husband has got the side-piece for 

 his share, his younger brother has got the paAv .... 



8. is-it-cvicfrta! 



Let us play issittaiaq (the game in which the children 

 hold eacli other's hands and form a circle around one of their 

 number who half way squats down in the middle. This one 

 (is'it-oq) is to try to touch the others with his backside; the 

 one who is touched has to take his place in the middle, and 

 thus the game continues) utvaija is'lus'wria : I shall be the 

 one that squats down — (they sing:) wy^yp awativne is'it'a'ja- 

 pap-ata-jcv 



