Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Only that one I could not place my hand on it [?] 



I thought of it but I did not place my hand on it [?] 



They take from me, the singers, 



My song they take from me. 



Only that one [that song] I did not refrain from letting 



it go. 

 The drum I held it up high. 

 It robbed me, the spirit 

 Of speech it robbed me. 

 This [much of it] I have spoken first. 

 The spirit of speech it robbed me. 

 Only that one I do not want to look at him. 

 Over to one side I turned my eyes. 

 It robbed me, the wicked bearded seal. 

 Of the harpoon line it robbed me. 

 The sealers since they too had been unable to capture 



anything. 

 My harpoon line I did not let it go. 

 The sealers since they too had been unable to capture 



anything, 

 I waited, pulling hard on my harpoon line.' 



No. 27. Record IV. C. 38 



A Prince Albert sound Dance Song (pisik), sung by Haquyyaq, a Puivlcq woman 



Verse 1. pt. 1. ai ya ai ya iyilyocitiyivik 



uqcultyyuaq una tcikutnaymi ma-nilu 

 Refrain. ai ye ya e ya e ya qai ye yai ya qai yai ye 



Connective. i ya qai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. kdpoeq-oqpuija i ya ya qai ya 



qulvekxyaqtvMyapku aqveqtaqtejlyuaq camna 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 "Verse 2. pt. 1. qai ya ai ya iytljocittyivtk 



nayyuliyyuaq una nunami hamanilu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 "Verse 2. pt. 2. qayyueq-oqputja i ye ya qai ya 



ndlexyaqtuajapku tama-ni cailiyoq 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. qai ya ai ya iyilyocitiyivik 



eqdluneyuk una tacimaymi uvanilu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. ipueq-oqpuya ai ye ya qai ya 



qulvekxjaqtuayapku aqveqtaqtejlyuaq camna 

 (Refrain and Connective) 



' This song was composed and sung by the old shaman Ilatsiag (see Vol. XII, Pt. A., The Life of the Copper Eskimos. 

 P- 209). Its theme changes with the composer's thoughts. First he recalls a winter journey when he was riding on his 

 Bled, covered with caribou skins; the wind nearly blew them away, and he attributed this to the maleficence of his ei^gf^es 

 n^k T^^^ seeking his death. He passes on to the joy he felt at a certain dance when he taught his audience a ne\^^\ig. 

 Then he recalls a shamanistic performance when his guardian spirit took possession of him and spoke through his pCTson"' 

 and he remembers how he avoided looking at his fellow-shaman Kannuva, who was holding a seance at the same time* 

 *^i"ally comes a sealing episode, when Ilatsiag succeeded in harpooning a large bearded seal during a famine. He held fast 

 to his line and waited for the other sealers to come to his assistance. 



