Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Verse 14. 



Verse 15. 



Verse 16. 



5«i^erse 17. 



Verse 18. 



The sealers though they hauled up many seals, 



The one seal I obtained I could not procure a companion 



to it. 

 Wishing to begin to walk 



To the land behind [northward] I proceeded to walk. 

 The thought entered my mind, Apiana [man's name?] 

 Expecting to meet him I proceeded to walk. 

 What is this, this here, the thought that enters my mind? 

 His sled it caused him to be exceedingly angry [because 



it upset]. 

 And I then having no possessions [on the sled] 

 Since I did not become angry I laughed aloud at it.^ 



No. 2. Record IV. C. 62b 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Haquyyaq, a Puivliq woman 



Verse 1. pt. 1. i ye yai ye yi yai tiMcaiyejivi-YU 



uwaliayyu camna ttkicaiyejiviyu 

 Refrain. i ye yai ye yi ya 



ye i ye 



ye yi yai ye yi yai ya 

 Connective. i yai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. uwaliayyul-i nahyyuchi capku 



t ckicumaqcuy it t ikicaiyeyivtyu 

 (Refrain and Connective). 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. i ye yai ye yi yai Uhicaiyeyivtyu 



uwalmyul-i camna ttkicaiyeyivtyu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. cdvcyyucli — uwalinyuli capkoa cavtyyuil-i capku 



ttkicumaqcuym Ukicaiyeyivcyu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. i ye yai ye yi yai ttkicaiyeyivtyu 



uival-i qa camna ttkicaiyeyivtyu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. kayhiyyumli capkoa (Spoken: aiyoqctn-apku) 



Verse 1. pt. 1. 

 Verse 1. pt."2. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. 



Translation 



I could not reach 



Waliaq^ down there I could not reach. 



Waliaq's swimming-places those. 



After wishing to reach them I could not reach. 



I could not reach 



Uwalinruk^ down there I could not reach. 



1 This song is a record of a journey made by the composer about 1900, when she travelled with her husband from Stapyl- 

 ton bay in Dolphin and Union strait to Tree (Kugaryuaq) river in Coronation gulf, for the purpose of making lamps and pots 

 from the soap-stone {utkuciUaq) in that vicinity (See Vol. XII of this series, Pt, A., The Life of the Copper Eskimos, p. 54). 

 All the places mentioned in the text lie between the Coppermine and Tree rivers. The song was very popular for many 

 years. It was heard by Mr. V. Stefansson in 1911 (Anthrop. Papers, A.M.N.H., Vol. XIV, Pt. 1, p. 34), and taught by his 

 Alaskan Eskimo Natkusiak to the Indians on Dease river (op. cit., p. 263). 

 H|i 2 Waliaq (or Uwaliaq): the district between the Rae and Coppermine livers, much frequented by caribou, which were 

 ^mven into the lakes and rivers by the Eskimos and speared. Hence the reference to "swimming-places." 



3 Uwalinruk (or Uwaliniq): a vague term to denote the country inliabited by western Eskimos, who, until the middle 

 of the 19th century, used to travel as far as Wise point to trade with the Copper Eskimos. This song would indicate that 

 knives were the most important articles bartered by the western Esldmos. 



