488 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Our fine incantation, our fine cries/ 



Their own growlings too. 



My great companion, my great guardian spirit. 



My great companion, my great guardian spirit, 



? uncovering.^ 



No. 101. Record IV. C. 82a3 



Weather Incantation, sung by Afjtvyana, a Coppermine river man 

 Cf. Nos. 95 and 96 



qainyoq kic-uma qainyoq kicuma 

 qainyoq ktcuma ya qainyoq ktcuma ye ye qe qe 

 qinjaynaqcnyoq qaitqoyatm uviatqovluUn 

 qainyoq ktcuma ye ye 

 (Repeat) 



Translation 



Come, he says, thou outside there; come, he says, thou 



outside there, 

 Come, he says, thou outside there; come, he says, thou 



outside there; 

 Thy Qinrangnaq speaks, he bids thee come, he bids thee 



enter him. 

 Come, he says, thou outside there. 



No. 102. Recced IV. C. 89a 

 The Longspur's Incantation, sung by Ndneyoaq, a Coppermine river man 



Refrain. 



Verse 1. 



Verse 2. 



Verse 1. 



I yat yeyi ya t yai ye 



i yai yeyi yaya i yai ye 



i yai yeyi ya 



i yai yey ay ayi yai ye-e 



ilayma qimaymaya taiydtpuya 



uk-dluayamarj ayi yai ye 



qayataiyain-ama 



uvamnilu ay ayi yai ye 



ai ya 



(Refrain with extension ai ya) 

 ilayma qimaymarja taiydtpuya 

 uk-aluayamai) ayi yai ye 

 ai ya — qayataiyain-ama 

 nunanul'iya ayi yai ye 



Translation 



My parents when they left me behind, I 

 Although I tried, 



I could not raise myself from the ground 

 By myself. 



^ Cries of joy while dancing, or in tliis case probably, the ecstatic cries of the shaman possessed by his guardian si^fe '- , 

 * This incantation was sung by a woman shaman at the Liston and Sutton islands in January, 1916, during a s6a55e, 



intended to bring fine weather. It was said to be very old, and the real meaning not understood. Another version of it is? 



given in No. 104. 



^ This incantation was connected without a break with the preceding. No. 100. 



