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ar-akdluayat neqautimcynm" ilatun 



fighting* I though they told him to stop | from their food | like a relative | he 



neymHaqnwXuyo cnqotiyiyifkai iaqmaymk 



going to eat | he continued to- pay no attention to^them |. when they two enter- 



i\id'paluyaq dniroq paqKuyik tdtqam-a nipatkaluajavuy 



ed I the orphan | went out | meeting them two | outside | although they had been 



nipeqcut in^ud tavrani dkaluayaniLy 



making a noise | they were silent I the people | there 1 although they stayed | 



paneqotiy toqoyaqtut aan" ana-lua itiyiayoqtoq 



they starving | died' one after the other I well | his grandmother | changed to a 



aci/n^ tutalua amayoyoqKuni 



weasel 1 and | her grandson | changing to a wolf. 



Text IX 



iniudyoq iWuniaqtut ku-yum pa-yani 



People, it is said | were dwelling | a river | at its mouth | going away from 



tu-tulialav\ulifj opmyami aan" okisqmayo 



time to time after caribou 1 in the summer | and | when it was winter 1 re- 



utiqKutiri ana-luyt-k ■ tavrani aulalain'^iqcuk tutalua 



turning home | a woman and her grandson | there | never went away | her grand- 



nukatpiaqyuk dna-lukmi dn'oyayi.n"ik dtivKuni dniyami 



son I a mere boy | his grandmother | her own clothes | putting on | when he went 



qaydtiyun dni,qcuayayukniqcoq nukdtpidtyoq 



out I through the ceilirg I he was in the habit of going out to play | the young 



arjoniaqtuat Hani ayiliyalaii-cut 



men, they say | who went out hunting | sometimes | frequently failed to return 



tapkwa in^ud mdXyoknik umidliqaqtui ayayukXiq piyacunLk 

 home I those ] people | two | rich men they had | the elder | three 1 sons he pos- 



iyn'<iqaqniqcoq act-n" nukaqXiq mdXyokmk piyayuqaqkutik aynavuk tapkwak 



sessed | but | the younger | two 1 they two having a third | a girl | they two | 



iyn^iyd' atayamik aiyayukniqcut tamna i\idpaluk in^ukni 



their sons | invariably | used to return home | he | the poor orphan | his people | 



noveqcuayukniqcoq neqiqcyaqniaqXuni qayiyimun iaqmari 



he used to visit continually | going for food | into the dance-house | when he 



nukaqXium umialiyum kiluvaq-oyayukniya 

 entered | the younger | chief | would always tell him to go to the back wall | 



acin" qayiyimioyuat payukmatiyd" 



those who were staying in the dance-house | when they brought presents 



aitcuqXuyo neqiqcyayanik ayayukXium iyXuanun 



of fc.od to them | giving him | some food for himself I the elder chief's | to his 



iaqman iyn^iyica ilaydta oqalautiyayiya 



house I when he entered | his sors ] one of them | would frequently tell him | he 



kamyiyotcaqnLvXuyo ayoniaqtiqalaydcumlu 



quickly making himself bootless ] and not possessing anyone to hunt for him | 



tama'ni aun" reyiokdluayami dmvXuni nukaqXium 



here | well | when he waited in vain | going out | the younger chief | when he 



• There is evidently some mistalte in this passage. 



