Eskimo Texts 11 a 



ayoniajami aan" mdliyajiya W^irji Hani 



when he went hunting ] well | she always followed him | her husband | on one 



ayoniaqnialaqniLk ayotata aperiya 



occasion [ they two being out hunting | her husband | asked her | whether she 



ayayuqaqayuUyi,n''ma,yan taima piya 



were not longing to see her parents again 1 so then | she said | although she 



ayayuqaqayuliydluaqtoq atanyoymHroq aikamik 



longed to- see her parents again | she had become not her own mistress | when they 



ayayuqakica oqautiyak tamna nuliaya iyniqimy 



returned home | his parents | said to them | that one ] his wife | their son's 1 



ayayuqayi aynaqdtiyi,yiv\uyik actn" tautuyuliyayoliqn'''ivKuyik\i 



her parents | being relatives | moreover | they also often longed to see them 



dqaniayamk-amiy qdmyiyaqtuk 



again | after they had loaded their sled ] they two constantly freighted ahead | 



cupayayatiy aulauticayait neqautdiylu nuliayik 



their possessions | they had them all removed | their food also | the married 



qdniyiyaqtuk aulaqtut aan" qdniyiaqcyaiqamiy 



couple 1 continually freighted ahead I they set out | well | whenever they had fin- 



aulaqtut taina iyXaurut qaniyiyaqaqkuUy 



ished the freighting | they set out ] thus | they travelled | after freighting ahead 



tautunaqcim-ata irvd tava 



all the time | when it was time for them to be seen | tracks | over yonder | 



iWud paqtut qa\-imata tavruma aynam apayi 



people I came to meet them | when they drew near | she | the woman | her own 



iXicayiya ayotata oqautiya ayayuqayik 



father | she was able to recognize him | her husband | told her | her parents | to 



in^ukXuyd qoyd'Xuyik tikinmata apayan qmHroaqdya 



kill them | not to look at them | when they arrived | her father | looked hard at 



pdmnH iXicayimmayolu tLkm^aniLy 



her 1 his own daughter J and not able to recognize her | when they reached | to 



aynaqdtimin-un toqoyuk nuUayik cdvaktuk atayavuk 



their kinsmen | they two died | the married couple | worked | incessantly | also 



iqiyyaliv\utik\u cdvaktuk ayayuqakta iloqdtik qinHyukak 



building platforms | they worked | her parents | both of them | liked to gaze at 



iXicayiXainmivkuyolu uluyoluyamk 



her I although not able to recognize her [ her wretched little knife | because she 



neyi.nHayotiyilaimnayo Hani itiyami ciutiyotikni 



never used it to eat with | on one occasion | when she awakened | her two ear- 



CK-iyik apami cdva-k apayan tautukamiyik 



pendants | she put them on | her father's | his working | her father | when he saw 



qoyluviroq aan^ iXoqdtik qoyviruk apaya oqalaktoq hcimi 



them I he wept bitterly | well | both of them | wept | her father | said | he alone 1 



qedcukXuni iydcuyd^kdluaqni/oKuyo cdvaktoq tamna 



wishing to weep I though he had not wanted to cast her out ] she worked | she 



aynaq aan^ taina cdvakayuknwKuyolu qedyaqtuk kicema 



the woman | well | thus | she striving to work | they continually wept I at last 1 



iyn^ini toqXuqpa dtqanik dtciutmikaya apaiyani 



her own son I called her 1 her name 1 that he had bestowed on him | her elder 



