22 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aqoaqcyautan piya tamna ajnaq iXamkXu 



a little I her future mother-in-law | said to her I that | woman J by herself (?) I 



aulatqovKuyit' negd pamatqovXwyolu u'^iqcyauta 



telling her to take them out | the meat I and telling her to feed him | her future 



tavruma qayyijan nuliani piya oK-dnik 



husband | he | who brought her | his own wife I he told her | some other 1 



dn-jjaqcyaqovKuyo nuliatja dniroq taina 



clothing material bidding her give her | his wife | she went out | so | after they 



d-uayaluayamiij iciqtoq dn-jjamk nutanik 



were there a short time | she entered I some clothes I some new ones | while 



rndtaqit-X-uyit" tapkwa utoqait atipqayai dn-jyatcidt 



strippirg them off I those | old ones I she put them on | the new clothes I she 



pamayiaqdya u^iyi pdneqniqcuaq 



continued to feed him | her husband 1 who was in a starved condition I at last 



pi,c-ualaci,cainiaq\uni kicema pic-uakaqcivoq 



being able to walk for a little while I finally | he began to walk vigorously | after 



picuaKacianik-ami ayoniaXaciXiyit coq 



he was able to walk vigorously | he began to hunt again for caribou | when he 



ayonia\acim-an ayayuqarjan iyn^iktik oqalautiyak aitqovKuyik 



began to hunt vigorously | his parents | their son 1 they told him | bidding them 



neqaiyomLWaqcimvXuyLkXu nuliayan arjayuqak 



return | and they probably beginning to be short of food | his wife | her parents | 



u'^ifja dqdnaiyaqcirjq qik-iyimk uniamk uciliyaqciroq 



her husband 1 went to get ready | a sled | a sled | he proceeded to load | 



iqiyyan-iii neqinik tu-tumk oqindtinJiku, 



from the platforms | some meat | some caribou meat 1 some caribou skins too | 



udliyai qdqanun aan^ nuliani in'tqcyivKuyo 



he proceeded to load them | in the middle of it 1 then | his wife 1 making a place 



tupihqKuyolu dqdnaiyami acin" ikopqaya 



for her | making a tent for her too 1 when he was ready I then | he placed her in- 



aulaqciqami qnjiqoijd'ka tavruma 



side I when he began to depart 1 he told her not to look | he | they de- 



aulaqtuk aulaqarmk cukaitcuk . aan" taina 



parted 1 when they departed | they were travelling slowly | well | in this way | 



iy\auydluayamik cukadcain^aqmatun 



when they had travelled for a little while | as if beginning to go faster at last | 



iK-iruk iyXauydluayamik niuqoya 



they proceeded | when they had travelled for a while | he told her to get down | 



cua imna uvKuayaqneqoni iy\aulakdluayamik 



lo 1 over yonder | the dawn becoming brighter | when they had gone on for a 



tautuknaqciyak tavruma aynam ana-kni m-ak 



little while | they saw it in due time | that | woman | her parents | their 



tiki.n^ami.k iciqtuk taima oqalaktuk 



dweUing-place | when they arrived | they entered | then | they said | themselves 

 neqiqcyan^ivXuyik apayan pdnia kioya 



having brought some food | his father | his daughter | he answered her | from 

 qamotainvm neqiqcyoq-ovXuyo aan" taima neqiqcjayik 



their sled | telling her to fetch some meat 1 well | then | she brought them meat I 



