16 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



unuyiaqtuami tiyumiayai an-oyaluyani uno9pak 



towards night | he proceeded to carry them | his old clothes I in the night | he 



iy'Kaurjq Hani aqtoyaqtoq uvKuqmayo uvKupak 



travelled | once | he kept spying out his route | when it was light I in the day | 



iyXauryq unuyiaqman in^ud tumiym^i-k 



he travelled | when it grew towards night | people | some tracks of theirs | he 



iautularoq canmun qm^iqinan tautuktoq qicukiun 



saw one after the other | seawards | when he gazed | he saw | like a water-sky | 



d-uaniLk ana-lukmi oqauta dqaqamiutj 



something being I his grandmother I her saying | after he remembered it | 



aulaqtoq tuyanun taina iy\auv\uni nuna tautukamiuy iqaitcuanik 



he went | towards it | so | travelling | the land | when he saw it I some of the soft 



atiroq oqoqtuat acm" tamauya omt'luyd" 



clothing I .he put on | that were warm 1 well | to that place I leaving them be- 



aulaqtoq qa\-ipayaqami ayuktaqtuamk tucaroq 



hind I he went | when he drew near | some who were playing football | he heard | 



dn-oyaluyani atiyai in'"ud aqpamik qairut avLvKutiylu 



his old clothes | he put them on | the people | running | came | and hallooing | 



piqtut in^uk tava aqpamik qairut i\idpalum tuyanun 



they shouted | a man | yonder | running | they came | the orphan | towards him 1 



qa\-Lmata tamaya civuXiumqcjq acm" tavanipaqyoq 



when they were near | that one | had become in front | well | he was far behind | 



Ln^uk culi hkin^ami oqalaktoq aulaq ociuma 



a man | also | when he arrived | he said | the traveller | we were mistaken about ] 



una in^uk ndlain^ taina culi in''uk tikin^ami oqalaliyd'coq 



this I man | rascal | so | also | a man | when he came up | he said in turn again | 



in^ud taina oqalayaqtut i\idpaluyaq aqpat-oq in^ud 



the men 1 thus ] spoke one after the other | the poor orphan | ran I the men | 



pwuaqtiX'uyd' in^uk qaikami oqalaktoq yahi- culiapayukpit" 



while they walked | a man | when he came | said 1 well | what did you come here 



in^uyuyaqtuatin qeqitm-^dckdluaqpatin 



for I you who possessed the means of life | yet it was not freezing you, was it | 



■culiaqpin kioya i\idpaluyam urrndlyum iyn^iya 



what did you come for | he answered | the poor orphan | the chief | his son | 



cumun piciXaya iXitcurm^uyayiya 



through what | his not returning | I wanted to go and enquire about it fully | 



tavruma kioya ikpaqcyaqamiq toqotka m^uqaqnailam 



he I answered him | the other day | he killed him | Inuqaqnailaq | while they 



oqaqtik-uyd" in^ud airut aimata 



were speaking | the people | reached home | when they reached home | the 



iyddpaluyaq an-oyatqiqcoq iqaitcuamk dn-oyaqaqtuaqlik 



poor orphan | had beautiful clothes | soft ones | a person possessing clothes | 



una umidlikmin" dn-oyaqcyaiUki.dtka aulaqcikama 



he I from the chief | I obtained possession of the clothes ] when I was leaving | 



neyiyaqtualakumayutm ayiya iXiapaluyam 



pray will you proceed over to the house and eat | he assented | the poor orphan | 



iciqwiaymk cua kimna aynaq avyuiroaq 



when they two entered | lo | up there 1 a woman 1 who was cutting up ] some 



