4 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 19 13-1 S 



panidmh acm^ aquveyd qaimata umiyikcjq 



a daughter of him I well | whales | when they came | he made a fine boat | when 



umiayamik aquvaqtut taX-cmdmk qayjuymata 



they sailed the boat | they captured whales 1 five | when they brought | his 



anayan adcjqtotiyiye- m^uknun ktc-iaman-a 



grandmother | she distributed them around | among the people | well then 1 



qituyivuk nukatpiayuymik anayan ciWiqatiutiya 



they had a child | a boy | his grandmother | she took him for a sleeping-com- 



ayXiman iqmyak andya toqajami 



panion | when he grew up 1 their son | his grandmother | when she died | she 



mdiyoqtoq miuniayaluayamik ayayuqaqtuk 



charged to an eider-duck | when they lived on for a time | they became old I 



ana-k tdvraptauq 



his parents | finished also. 



Text II 



tcikcrikyoq cdimLn-in dneqtoaq ukpiyum 



A squirrel, the story goes | from its hole | which went out to play 1 an owl | 



ulak-a taimulaymani iaqtoq iciyman dndqoaqciya 



went over to it-] when it went over to it | it entered | when it entered | it called it out | 



ukpiyum tcikcnk dnieqcualuk kiayoya tcikcrik oqaqtoq 



the owl I squirrel | come out and play | the sun is warm | the squirrel | said 1 



cdpmiarimapta ki dnieqcualuk anirjq dmyman 



we shall be blocked out | come | come out and play | it went out | when it went 



cdpiya ukpiyum cdpim-ani fcikcnk oqalaktoq 



out I it blocked it | the owl [ seeiiig that it had blocked it | the squirrel | said | 



muminniaktuya dto'tuya ukpik dtoqtoq tcikcnk 



I am going to dance beautifully | sing for me | the owl | sang | the squirrel | 



una cicani cdvriyiya yeyaq cikCK-u yeyaq 



this one I its hole | I have blocked it I I I I 



cikiX-u yeyaq tci tci iciqcdluaqtoqyoq 



1 I tci I tci I though it tried to enter, they say | it 



ici.yd-oq ukpik oqalaktoq a cucaktdpit na-ka 



failed to enter | the owl | said | ah | what art thou trying to get ] not at all | 



man-a iviydtciaq picaqteriya tcikcTLk oqaqtoq ki iloq 



this I small blade of grass I I went to get it | the squirrel | said | come | cousin | 



avlaitayakpak-avit dto-tuya ciqon-eriqca\-uti.y 



when thou hast spread wide apart thy legs 1 sing for me | closing thine eyes 



kuiniruya pamiumayXan nuvutciayanun 



tightly I I am covered with backfat | right up to my tail | to its tiny end | I 



uqcyuqaqtuya ukpiyum dto'tiaqciya avlataklunilu 



possess fat | the owl | began to sing for it | both spreading out its legs | and closing 



ciqon-eriqcaqlunilu tcikcnk una cicani cdvnyiya yeyaq 



its eyes tightly | the squirrel 1 this one | its hole | I have blocked it | | 



CikiK-u yeyaq cikik-u yeyaq tcikcnk una 



I . • • ■ I • • • • I I t^^6 squirrel | this one 1 



cican tci tci tci iciqtoq tcikcnk ■ pamiuyankician kiydluaya 



its hole I tci | tci I tci | it entered | the squirrel | its tail | it alone | though it bit it. I 



