6 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



amamamk dnaya 



yonder | my feces | 



amamamk anaya 



yonder | my feces | 



ejidtcidt akunyani qaqohqtajiau 



tte low hills I in between them | go and devour I 



qya qya qya 



Kra I kra | kra | 



Text IV 



in^ukyoq una pi.c-ualaqmi tucaroq atoqtudmik 



A man it is related | this one | walking along | heard | something singing | 



tciku man-a avataqmayo iyiyi-i-iya qiXautayiyaq 



the ice | this one | when it came along the shore | I looked at it | his big drum | 

 nipakin^iqcoqyoq taina culi tucayayiya kuc-ema 



it was a low sound, it is said | thus | again | he kept hearing it | at last | he stopped 



nalakciKiydcpoq cuayoq camna nipanyoyaqtoaq 



again to listen [behold, it is said I down there | that which kept making the noise | 



anminH nivakmayo cuayoq una kdneyuq 



beneath him | when he dug it up | behold it is said | that one | a sculpin |the 



dtoqtoaq ioqotLqn''iq\uyo. 



one that was singing | finding it to be killed. 



Text V 



m^u-k in^umqcuk aynata kamioyayiya 



Two people | were living | his wife | was always making boots for him | 



arjotat acm" qayiyaqmqcjq kicxma aynata 



her husband | however 1 was continually making arrows I finally | his wife | 



tiyXicuUqpa kamioyayiydluayamLUy 



desired to steal after him | because she was constantly making him new boots | 



iumaica caneyamciyun mdliyinHya qa\-ikamiurj 



his tracks | on one side of them ] she followed him | when she drew near him | 



tautuk-a ayoyty imnamun piciktaqtoaq an-oyanilu 



she saw him | her husband | against a cliff | repeatedly shooting | his clothes also | 



ayikniyc aitqatnilu kamiknilu dtoyoni acin^ 



he rubbed them | both his mittens | and his boots | singing | however | when 



ayiocaqamiufj pi.dyayiya uqpiyam qayayani uqpiyam 



he finished it | he kept shooting it | the small willow | on its branch | the small 



qayayani aya lyi yaya cyi yaya-a tautudnikamiuy 



willow I on its branch | anga | ingi | yanga | ingi | yanga-a 1 after she had seen 



airjq ayonmm" civoani aiman acin^ 



him I she returned home | her husband | before him | when he returned 1 however | 



andqaqyilaqmiy Lmnaluyaqciroq dto'tanik 



they whiliDg away the evening ] she began to murmur | his song | when he 



qayeqciyamiuy ayotata cudk-a nakin" iXdpiuy 



recognized it | her husband | he scolded her | whence | didst thou learn it | 



aynata kioya tamaya nunamm" poiXaqimaya 



his wife | answered him | hither | from the ground | while it came up to me | 



iXdkiya 



I learned it 



