Eskimo Texts 7 a 



Text VI 



iWu-k iWumqcuk ku-kmi tu-tuqaqtuami 



Two people I had their dwelling-place | on a river | on one possessing caribou | 



kic-ema neqe-qlivut oqajaqtuk nuliajik 



finally ] they began to lack food | they two repeatedly said | husband and wife | 



qitunjahk neqiqc'yainHaqni.vXuyLt'' pifjacumk qitunjaqaqmqcuk tu'tumk 

 their children | commencing to lack food I three | children they two had | caribou | 



paqetciXiaqman nulia'yt.k niya-tuhqcuk 



when one could find by hunting | the husband and wife | proceeded to set snares 



paijaqtut tapkwa qitunyayit" niyale-qcainahqcuk 



again 1 they used to stay at home 1 those | their children | they failed at last to 



acin" unoaqmayo aivkuUk unoaqtitahqmaynik 



snare any more | well | when it was night | they two returning | when they were 



tapkwa pairuat dniyaqtut 



very late at night | those | who stayed at home | went outside frequently | 



ayayuqakica omiktotiyaliyait Hani niyamiynukamir/ 



their parents 1 closed the door tightly on them I on one occasion | when they went 



aiijd'cuk tapkwa neqaiqamiy 



to set their snares I they two did not return | those | because they lacked food | 



tunHonmiynm'" apaiyaydta neyipqayayiyaik 



their own bed-skins | their eldest brother I used to give the two of them to eat | 



taimdna neyilavKutiy tunHonuynin" kicema nuyuvut 



that one | they eating for a time | their own bed-skins | finally | they were used 



tunHotiyit" omiktotiyamiruat neqe-qcut 



up I their bed-skins | those who were kept confined | they were without food | 



apaiyaydta oqauliyayiyik nukakni 



their eldest brother | he kept saying to the two of them ] his younger brothers | 



toqotaunw\uyik taina qedydluayamiy dtoaqcirut 



that those other two were dead I so | when they had wept for a while | they began 



nukaqKium tuy\ia dtoqtoq cuxKuyatoq cuxKuyatoq 



to sing I of the younger ones | the second | sang f being what he said 1 being what 



dnixkayali qaiyoqtoyoq\uyatoq dmxXayali 



he said | let me go out pray | changing myself into a red fox he said | let me go 



maq qaiyoqtoyoqkuni acLU" dniroq nukaqXiq aan" 



out I maq | changing into a red fox | well | he went out | the youngest | then | 



dto-liyd-coq cuxKuyatoq cuxKuyatoq dmxXayali 



sang again [ being what he said 1 being what he said 1 let me go out | changing 



tuluyayoqXuyatoq dmxXayali kr-r-r kr-r-r tuluyayoqXuniyoq 



myself into a raven he said | let me go out 1 kr-r-r ] kr-r-r ] changing into a raven 



dniroq apaiyayak icumaydluayami 



it is said | he went out | their eldest brother | when he had pondered a while | 



dmayoyoqXuni icumaqciroq ayoniayacuydluyiklu 



changing himself into a wolf | he came to the conclusion | believing that he would 



Lcumaroq dtoqtoqli cuxXuyatoq cuxXuyatoq 



overtake the two also I he decided | he sang | being what he said | helng what he 



dmxXayali dmayoyoqXuyatoq dmxXayali 



said I let me go out | changing myself into a wolf he said | let me go out | 



