Eskimo Texts 21 a 



ayayuqakni apatjan oqalautiya pdni aulatqon''i.\-U'yo 



parents | her father | said to her I the daughter | telling her not to go away | 



taina unutdiyLymatiy dndqaqyiliyU'cut 



so I when night came on them again | they wbiled away the evening again | 



tapkwak nukatpiak qayiviak UhWrnan tucarut 



those two I youths | their time of coming | when it came | they heard | a 



in^ukmik qiqiyaqtaqtuaniik iaqman cua 



man | one whowasstampingon the snow frequently! when he entered | lo | 



una in^uk dmaqomk andiyamk dn-jyahk nukdlpiayoyin^tqcoq 



he I a man | with wolf 1 fringes | having clothes | yet he was not at all 



iceyami oqalaktoq qairuya iynHya 



a young man | when he entered | he said | I have come | my son | not being 



nakofji.n'"i.v\uyo afjoniaydcpalukiyaluni 



well 1 whether or not I am going perhaps to be in time for him | I 



aiyiya pdnikcik iynHya m^uniaydcpdlukiyaluni 



have come for | your daughter | my son | whether or not perhaps I shall find 



cuviyo tamna cult oqalaktoq ijnHya irojiyaqcyaitkdl- 



him alive | whichever one | he | also | said | my son | there is however no 



uaqtoq arjayuqak dnilaitkdluayami,k 



use in discussing | the two old people | although they could not go out | they 



aneqtuk dneqmaynLk oqalaktoq taimainfjan dmayoaqciya 



assented I when they assented | he said | it being so | they telling her to go | 



piCuayominaitkdluaqni.v\uyolu taima dpeyiyak 



and she however not being able to walk 1 so then | they asked him | whether 



qamociyaqmayan taima kiuyik qamotainn^ivXuni 



he possessed a sled 1 so then I he answered them | he not possessing a sled | 



dniyamik tdcioqkuyo nundm tuyanun 



when they two went out | taking her by the hand | the land | towards it | they 



aulalaqtuk tdUn-amik dmayoaqciya 



kept travelling | when they disappeared from view | he proceeded to put her on 



dmakamiuij qiyiqorjdckuyo oqautiya 



his back | when he had put her on his back | telling her not to look | he told her | 



aulaqami aqpatoq acLU" aqpatkdluayami payalikmatun iX-iroq 



when he travelled | he ran | but | althought he ran | like galloping | he acted | 



taina payaUkmatun dydluayami niuya cuayoq 



so I as though galloping | when he was for a time I he put her down | behold 



iyna uvKukdpcdkniqoni tdcioqXuyo 



it is said | up yonder I it having become slightly daylight I taking her by the 



aulautiaqciya cua ukwak m-imun tdidneyotik 



hand 1 he carried her along | behold | those two | to a settlement I after reaching | 



iy\umun dcqotiya tdkimqcuamun iciymaymk 



into a house | he drew her inside I into a place that was long | when they entered] 



tdtkivoqpaqyuk tununyaymqcuaq apaya 



they met someone up there I one who had his back towards them | his father | 



oqalaktoq ayoydcqi.qpi.ya iyniya qiviaqtoq 



said I you have not again got ahead of me, have you | his son | turned his 



tautukamiuy apayi nuliayukanilu iyXayakta 



head | when he saw him | his father | and the wife he wanted | he smiled at him 



