Eskimo Texts 9 a 



cua ukwak ayuyamkmq\uUk qearoq tavrani geacuigami 



behold I those two | already fleeing far away 1 she wept I then | when she fin- 



uluyolukfriik manifayakun 



ished weeping | with her wretched little knife 1 through the tundra I beginning 



cidliv\uni ciW^iktoq iUqami taina ayliyayiya 



to make a cave | she slept I when she got up 1 in the same manner | she kept 



kirema tupiqpayoqpa ihqami uvKuqman 



making it larger 1 finally | she made a tent of it ] when she got up | when it was 



lymm^un oqalaktoq paneqniakiuija uvani UvrakniuyaqKaya 



light I to herself | she conversed | I shall starve 1 here | let me go out continually 



oqalaqaqXuni tayium cen^anun 



and seek drift on the shore 1 after conversing with herself ] the sea | to its edge| 



aulaqtoq Ukiwami tautuk-a cutUqa qopdyotXu 



she went | when she arrived | she saw it 1 some odds and ends | both worms | 



eqdlukdtXu kahtluyd" ayiciyai aan" 



and small fish | putting them together 1 she took them home | well | when it 



uvXutqiqmayo katdcipcaliyd-coq aylikamiyd" 



was light again | she went and collected more 1 when she had amassed a great 



eqdlukdt ciKuhnHoyayaqciroq 



number of them | the small fish | she kept on looking about for dead seals | she 



pLCuaqtualaqmi paqetoq ndtceqmik ayiavXuyo piXak-a uluyolukmik 



walking along | she found | a seal | taking it home | she cut it up | with her poor 



ndmqcuk aan" ikdka niyonmik cdvartun^tk 



little knife | a make-shift lamp | then | she lit it ] with a drill | one that she made 



itiqami ciXuUvcaliyd'coq 



herself 1 when she got up | she went out again and found another dead seal | 



acin" piXaX'uyo dinidn lyXua tdluliya acin" 



well 1 cutting it up | its skin | the one of them | she made a curtain of it I well | 



iyXua iyalalwXuyo ciXuhnHjyapcaliyd-coq 



the other one | making a window of it | she went out and found another dead 



uyyukvuk acm" paqetXuni piXaha acm" aulatkdluaqnayo 



seal 1 a bearded seal | then I finding | she cut it up | then | not however taking it 



aan" ayyaya okiupak aan" tapkuniya 



away | then | she took it home I in the winter I then | by means of these ] she 



neqiq'aqaroq okiaqmayo tauna tautuk-a 



became possessed of food 1 when it was winter | down at the sea | she saw him | 



apayi uniaqtuaq aan" tdvrani qedliyd-coq 



her own father | dragging a sled 1 well i thereupon | she wept again | she did not 



iaututqiyd'ka apayi okiupak kicutXiqa tautuyayiya 



see him again | her father | in the winter | some one or other | she frequently saw 



nuliayukiuailu tauna 



him I and also the men who had wanted to marry her 1 down at the sea | she 



tautuyayiya opmyaqmayo man-t,kn"iayaqtjq 



frequently saw him 1 when spring came | she used to go out and gather eggs | 



in"ipqaqnain"man man-ikn"iayiayukXuni dniroq 



whenever there was no mirage ] going out wishing to seek eggs | she went out | 



Hani cua ukwa ndnmait tu-tut tautukXuydHu aan" 



on one occasion ] lo I these | packs | caribou | and seeing them ] then | she carried 



