Eskimo Texts 23 a 



itiyamiy tamna Wiya tu-tuliayuktoq 



when they arose in the morning | he 1 her husband | wanted to go out for cari- 



aulaqaqami uvKuq qdiqojmi.n^aqci.kpan 



bou 1 when he was departing ] the day | when it should become mid-day i he told 



arnqoyifkai taima aulaqtoq uvKuq aan^ qdiqoaqcim-an 



them not to go out I then I he departed I the day I then | when it was becoming 



iciqtut taina idtqayma iciaqciroq iceyand 



noon I they went inside 1 so | outside | he began to enter | when he entered i 



oqaldktoq iu-tunivkuni qdnmiyai acin" ulakdyat 



he said ] that having killed caribou | he had them near 1 well | they proceeded 



atjayuqayica Ukin'"amiciyi,k cua ukwa ta\-imdt tu-tut 



over to it | her parents | when they reached them | behold | these I five I caribou | 



ciaklaurirjaroat -piXaqXwyd'ku aan" 



having been laid in line near each other | and cutting them up | then | they 



tutqo-yait taina .cult tu-tuliaqami tu-tuiaqtoq 



stored them away | in this way | again 1 when he hunted caribou | he often killed 



natcdiayatoq\u Hani ayin^aqtoq 



caribou | he went sealing also | sometimes | he constantly returned unsuccessful | 



qanoq nundmioyovKuni apayata tavruma nuliayan 



how I he having become a land-dweller ] her father | she | his wife's | 



iXicautiya taimdni ayoniayotdmimk culi qaitka 



he taught him I then | his old method of sealing | also 1 he gave him | his own 



ayoniotin-i tdvrdyayXan ayoniaUqcoq taunuyaqami 



sealing-weapons | until then I he had ceased to hunt seals I when he went out on 



uyyukami tavra ayianiayayiya 



the ice I when he killed a bearded seal I then 1 he would corstantly bring it home | 



anulioqKuni taina kic-ema maXyoknik iqiyyanikput 



making a harness for it | in this way | at length | two | platforms they com- 



kic-ema aX-iym^ik neqautaucirut aaw" 



pleted I at length | other kinds I they were in possession of food | well | her 



ayayuqakica tdiyaik aitqovKuyik\i neyioUkmvXuyik 



parents I sent them | telhng them to return | they beginning to be in a state 



tamna acm" u"t.ya itqdnaiyaqciXiyd-cjq uqcyumkXu 



of waiting I he | then | her husband | he began to go and get ready | blubber 



acm" udlikiyd-coq taipkumya qCk-iymik 



also I then | he brought to load on again | with that | with the sled | when he 



dqdnaiyanik-ami in-ikcyioqaqXuyo nuliani ikotqoliydcka 



had it ready I first making a place for her 1 his wife I he told her to get in 



ikiamkman tupiq-aq^uyo 



again I when she had placed herself inside | first making a tent for her | they 



aulaqtuk cukaitkdluayami cukadUyd-coq 



departed 1 when it was slow for a while | it began again to go a little fast | 



iyXauydluayami dtqaqoya dtqaqman 



when he had travelled for a while | he told her to alight | when she alighted | 

 cua uvKucuyyuyaqneqoni udaqtovKutik uvkuq 



behold I there being now much daylight | they being well-laden | the day | they 



nutqautiym-iyak tiki.mpqaq'Kuyd' iy\ut 



had it for resting | just before being made to reach them | the houses | they 



