502 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



No. 130. Record IV. C. 67 



Dance Song, sung by Atqaq, an Akcltniq man from Hudson bay 



Refrain. ye yai yai ye ye yai ye yai ya yai yai yai yai yai yat 



ya-a 

 yai yai yai ya e ye yai yai yei yai yai yei yai yai yai 



ya ye yai yai yai yai 

 yai ya yai yai yai ye ccumaiya 

 Verse 1. a icumaiyayivur/a-a-a tu-lcyli nunami ma-ni 



(Refrain) 



Connective. ya ye ai ■ i ■ 



Verse 2. ye takocaunuyinmaya nejyutiH ilaita ccumaiyale'yivuya 



tu'liyli nunami ma-ni 

 (Refrain) 



Translation 

 Verse 1. I have thought it out, the loon on the land here — 



Verse 2. They are not able to see me, the game, some of them, 



I have thought it out, the loon on the land here. 



No. 131. Record IV. C. 86a 



Dance Song, sung by Tamoxuina, a Bathurst inlet woman, learned by her from 

 Qaqcajvcna, a Pdlcq Eskimo from Hudson bay 



ai ya una ye ye yai ye ye yai 



yai ye ye yai yai yai yai ye 



aye yai yai yai yai e ye i yai i yai ye ya una yai i 



ya-a 

 ai ya ya unai yai ya qovianauyivoq yai ya hi ya 

 ai ya putulcyni qoiyaculxjayjqtoq payvai yai ai yai yai 



yai yai ye ya 

 ai ya kanya aluayyuymcylu huyainamiylu cma-a 

 citamdnik qoiyalx'yoqpalcxyayoqtDq payvai yai yai yai ye i 



yai yai yai yai yai yai ye ya 

 (Spoken: naunayman) 



Translation 

 That man was in a state of rejoicing. 

 At Pultulik he married 

 Kanra, and Aluaryuk and Huyaina — 

 Four women he married.* 



No. 132. Record IV. C. 82b 



Dance Song, sung by Tdmoxuina, who learned it from Qaqcayvina, a PdViq 



Eskimo from Hudson bay 



(The words of this song were not transcribed, as the singer professed. that 

 she could not repeat them exactly the same, and the speed of the song ■msM^ it 

 impossible to decipher them without her help.) 



1 This refers not to a case of polygamy, but to a temporary exchajige of wives made by the composer of the song when 

 visiting the Eskimos of Dolphin and Union strait in December, 1915. For this method of establishing friendly relations 

 with a strange tribe see Vol. XII, Pt. A., The Life of the Copper Eskimos, p. 85 f. 



