8 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



mu hu dmayoyoqXuni aan" dniroq oqautiyik 



mu I hu I changing himself into a wolf | then ] he went out | he told those two | 



nukatciakni mdlijinHo'YaqovXuni aulaqamii} 



his younger brothers | telling them to keep following him | when they departed | 



qaiyogtoq onitckak aan'" tdlCk'uti,k 



the red fox | they two left it behind | well | they two disappearing from sight | 



kiyiktuamun nuiman cua kan-a tu-tuiamkneyoni 



to a high hill ] when he came into view | behold | down below 1 a caribou that had been 



apaiyaya tulukam neyiyikli iluk acin^ 



killed by | his eldest brother | the raven | ate' them | its intestines | while | 



qaiyoqtum tunuk ilan aan" amaqum tiyoa 



the red fox | the two halves of its backf at | all by itself 1 while | the wolf | its liver | 



taina tdvra in^uniaqtut 



thus I thereafter 1 they continued to live. 



Text VII 



intuit m^uniaqmqcut tayium cen^ani aan" opinyaqcyaq- 



People I had their dwelling-place | of the sea | on its edge | well | when spring 



mayo ku-k-un nunamun aulayayuhmqcut aan" 



came I along a river | inland | they were in the habit of going away | well | 



tu-tucioyotiy okidqmayo culi utiyotiy i,n"u-kli 



they having hunted caribou | when winter came | again | they returning | two 



tdvrani inmLn"iqcuk dtautamik qitunyaqkutiy aynamik 



people I there | were dwelling also | just one I child they possessing | a woman 1 



aX-dmik arjonmik apaiyaqaydluaqmqcuaq toqoniqcoq aynaq 



another one | a male child \ one that was older however | was dead | the girl | 



tamna W^Ckiyacuyoqinan ayotd nuliayuhdluayat 



this one | when she was believed to be marriageable 1 men 1 though they wished 



piculaitkai umialiyumlu iyn"irjica 



to marry her | she did not want them | a rich man also | his sons 1 although 



nuUayuk-dluayat picuTjifkai kic-ema aparjan 



they wished to marry her I she did not want them | finally ] her father | wishing 



iyitcuqXuyo oqautiyi.li.qpa a-karjan iyitcurjdckdluaya 



to turn her out | he began to speak to her of it | her mother | although she did not 



apdr/an iyitcuha ayayuqakica 



wish to turn her out | her father 1 wished to turn her out | her parents | took 



aulauiiyak iyitcukluyo ku'k'un tdtpauya 



her away | wishing to abandon her | along a river I into the interior | taking 



utivKuyo maniyayahkmun aulautiyak dtautamik utkutciyaqtut 



her back I to the tundra | they took her away | only one | pot they possessed | 



tiki.n"amiyuy imiqlaqtitcayak ayayuqakica 



when they reached it 1 they sent her to procure water I her parents | when she 



aulaqcaqman a-kayan aitcoya uluyoluknuk giXamiqyuqXuni 



went for it I her mother | gave her | a wretched little knife | she wishing to make 



imiyikcudmik ivaqUqXuni aan" 



haste I some water that was good I occupied in looking for | well 1 when she 



imiqcualuh amiuy utiqtoq kwk dldtqaqmayo 



had obtained the water ]. she returned 1 the river | after she looked from afar at it | 



