Eskimo Texts 15 ^ 



i.y\uanukman aitculaya'yi'Ya aitcoqmani 



entered his house | would frequently give him something | when one gave him | 



qomikXuyd' oK-anun lyXunun aulayaqtoq tainaceyaqXuni 



putting them under his clothes | to other | houses he would go | being thus con- 



neqiqcjaniyaqtoq aan^ ayicLvXuyd" 



stantly supplied | he constantly obtained his food | and | taking them home | to 



ana-lukmm''un Hani umialiyum iyWiya aifjWivXuyo tucayami 



his grandmother | once | the rich man | hiis son | failing to return | when he 



iXiapaluyaq ana-ni apeqcyoaqciya in^ukmk 



heard | the poor orphan 1 his grandmother 1 he kept asking her | some people 1 



ndlumayan dna-lua ndluniyaqtoq tutalua 



she not knowing them | his grandmother | always was ignorant ] her grandson [ 



oqalaktoq iWud pi\iyudculaco nukatpidt aulaitcuat 



said I the people | never do anything (?) | the young men | that never go away I 



dna-luan kioya piXiyovd' tapkunana nukdtpian- 



his grandmother | answered him | are you stronger than | those f young men | 



m" tutaludn piya tuynyaurjd-cuamun 



her grandson | said to her 1 against one that is not an evil spirit | against one 



tautuknaqtuamun toqatMiayd-cuya tutaludn taina dpeqcyoqXuyo 



who can be seen | I will not be made to die | her grandson | thus | repeatedly 



ndluniluqtoqoni kirema qoliaqpoq 



asking her | she saying falsely that she did not know 1 at last | she said | his 



dna-lua inyunqXu dtiroq tamna in^ud 



grandmother | whether he lives | it makes no difference | he | people | on an 



qikiqtami ui^uqaqnailaqaqtuat kivanmun iyXiqXutin 



island | who have a man named Inuqaqnailaq | to the east | you travelling | a 



qicuk tautukniayin iXiapaluk piXiqtoq i aulaqtoq 



water sky | you will see it | the poor orphan | replied 1 oh | he went away | the 



umialiyum lyXudta tuyanun umidhk iyn^iptik pinya 



chief I his house | towards it I chief | your son 1 he who killed him | although I 



qayitcuk'dluayiya dn-jyaqcyaipcuya umidlyum kiulaitcka 



want to discover him | I have no clothing | the chief | he did not answer him -| 



umidhk qedni.qcoq nukaqKiq aiyn^iqcoq 



the chief | was in a state of weeping | his younger son | had not returned home | 



tucaqnd-coq iciyonilu taina apeqcyotqiqcaqXuyo kic-ema 



he did not hear | his entering even | so | asking him again about it | finally | 



kiova pdmy dn-jyaqcyayin^ik qakcmna qaitciuy 



he answered him | daughters | some articles of clothing ] from without | bring 



iaqman umidlyum pdnidn aitcoya nutamk dn\oyanik 



him 1 when she entered | the chief | his daughter | gave him | some new | clothes | 



aitcuaneqmani piXiyd-coq iqaitcuamk culi 



after she had finished giving him I he said again | some soft ones | also | he 



dn-jyaqayopcaliyd-coq umialiyum neydcqo-ydluaya iXidpaluyaq 



wanted to have more still | the chief | although he asked him to eat | the orphan| 



neyicuyd-coq noyaqmk aan" pdmymm^un 



did not wish to eat | soniie fawn-skin clothing | then I to his daughter | he said 



dn-oyaqcydcqoya aitcuaneqmani aulaqtoq 



to give him the clothing I after she had finished giving him | he went away | 



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