484 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



No. 89. Record IV. C. 89b 



Weather Incantation, sung by Nane'yoaq, a Coppermine river man 



ai yai ye yai ye i ya aiy ye 

 ai yai ye yai ye yi yay ai ye 

 e i ye i yai ye i yay ai ye 



(Repeat from beginning) 

 ceqmcq pck-a tdtpck-a aij ye 

 ai yai ye yai ye yi yaj ai ye 

 e i ye i yai ye i yay ai 



Translation 

 The sun up there, up there. 



No. 90. Record IV. C. 81b 



Weather Incantation, sung by Kdneyoq, a Puivliq girl 



pamani qcya-yluleqtuya pamani 

 ai yai yai i yai yai yai yai ya 

 qiyayluleqtwrja qiyajlukqtuya 



(Repeat these three lin6s) 

 (Spoken: qilej-um dtuayalua numijcj-amm-i) 



(Repeat the three lines again) 



Translation 



Up yonder I begin to sigh [?], up yonder 

 I begin to sigh, I begin to sigh. 



(Spoken: Qilaq's song during his dancing) ^ 



No. 91. Record IV. C. 81c 



Weather Incantation, sung by Kdneyoq, a Pucvliq girl 



in-utt cdnaneqpay tn-utt cdnaneqpayaya 

 in-uit cdnaneqpay cn-uct cdnaneqpayaya 

 ndtciyuyo nidqociyuyoyo ai yaya 

 in-uit cdnaneqpay cn-uct cdndneqpayaya 

 cn-uct cdnaneqpay cn-uct cdnaneqpayaya 

 ndtciyuyo nidqociyuyoyo (e he he e he he) 



Translation 



The people they worked hard, the people they worked 



hard. 

 Sealskin objects, fillets for the head. 

 The people they worked hard, the people they worked 



hard. 

 Sealskin objects, fillets for the head. 



^ This incantation waa sung by a shaman named Qilaq at an Eskimo settlement in Dolphin and Union strait during the 

 month of January, 1916. As soon as it was ended he invoked his guardian spirit and held a sSance to dispel the stormy 

 weather which had prevented the men from hunting seals and brought the people to the verge of starvation. 



