Songs of the Copper Eskimos 503 



SONGS FROM POINT HOPE, ALASKA 



No. 133. Record IV. D. 7b 



Point Hope Dance Song, sung by Unalina and Cuhaiyoq, two Mackenzie river 

 women who learned it at Herschel island 



qoviacuk dtoyiyaya iluali nakovluyo eqedyamali e 

 ya Ukiyaymiut qcm-eqciwyaymata aulayuyneymata 



qcneqtoaylayit a kayeyaqtoamuyo 

 ye ye yaya camufja qa kivanmun qaya camuya qa erinun 

 cmekcuaylaya kivanmun cma e ye ya e 



(Spoken: huko) 



Translation 



Gladly I sing it, how my body was cured when I awoke. 



The Point Hope people when they have harnessed their 

 dogs, when they are prepared to depart, let us just 

 watch them travelling to Kangeraqtoq. 



Down thither, eastward, down thither, to the mountains, 



Let me travel along the edges of the slopes eastward. 



No. 134. Record IV. D. 7a 



Point Hope Dance Song, sung by Unalina and Cukaiyjq, two Mackenzie river 

 women who learned it at Herschel island 



taijani m-iCmck tikciayapta cupiaqtayapta imanilu 



paqetpaya e ya 

 uyoyuyani maliqaqluyo cuklacyaytanektoq ttkiyaymun 

 e e e ye ye e ya e yaya 

 e ye e ye ye ye ye yaya yaya ye tylumun iceyami 



cc-umamctuyoqpaci-i 

 ye ayiyaye ye yaye yaye yaye 

 e ye ye yay ye ye yaye yaye ya ihyata dtoylukpuyo 



dtautcctun d-tl'uta 



Translation 



Over there, settlements, when we sailed before the wind, 

 when we tacked frequently, even thus I found him. 



His own nephew, after following him, he found him in 

 good health, to Point Hope [following him]. 



Into the house when he entered he wished you all plenty 

 of luck. 



Hoorahl 



All of us, our singing in unison being. 



