24 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



iyXaulakcLn-aqXukk Ukd-cuk tdvrdni 



travelling every little while nevertheless | they arrived | then | they being 



dpiaydluaqokk ayayuqakmiyni kivyd-cut tamna u'^i.ya 



really for a time | at their parents | there were messengers | he I her husband | 

 ire-\aq hvyd'kat ana-k oqalaktuk ire-laq nuliaqaiyunait-coq 



Irelaq | they invited him | his parents | said | Irelaq \ probably will cease 



acm" oqalaliyd-cut aX'dt maUymiyman 



to possess a wife i well I they said again 1 others | when he followed also | 



■hymiayata t.n''upqalainmi,v\uy(.k\u mdUkpan aan^ 



their bird I causing them two to be killed also | if he followed | well 1 the runners also | 



aqpat-aqcyaptauq in^ud dqdnaiyaqdrut tapkwakXi ire-\atkuk 



the men '| they went to begin to get ready | yet those two | Irelaq and his 



dqdnaiyaqmiuk diyanuy aulayut 



wife I went to get ready also | when they rose in the morning | they departed | 



aulaqamiy m^ud tamdya qamuktoaqKuUy ire-\am nuliani 



when they departed | the men | here | hauling on the sled I Irelaq I his wife | 



iX-ivXuyo unidmin^un aulaqtoq qamukXuydHi uniani 



placing her on it | on his sled | he departed | but he drawing it 1 his sled I and 



uciayXuyolu nuliani iyXauydluaqanuy Ukd-cut 



loading her on it I his wife | when they had travelled for a while | they reached | 



ku'kmun rninaUkmun civuKd" aquXiyoqtut ire-\atkuk 



to a river I to a place with a cliff I the front men | went behind | Irelaq and his 



aqukiyoqtuk in^ud tdvra pic-uaqXuUy dtqayaqtut 



wife I fell behind | the men I thereupon | walking | they descended one after the 



i\oqaqmiy taina dtqayaqtut ire-\atkuk 



other I all of them | in this way I they went down one after the other I Irelaq and 



acin" aquXirni tikinmayniJi nutqaqtuk d\-dt 



his wife I then | in the rear | when they arrived | they stopped I the others | 



mdya nutqalaitcuK-uni ku-kun tamdya pic-uaqcM-aq\utiy 



here | not wishing to stop | through the river 1 here | walking one after the 



ikayaqtut acm^ piCuaqci.n-aq'KutLy mayuaqkutiy 



other I they crossed over | well | walking one behind the other I climbing up | 



tLk{.yacLkaniiy qayanun ni.vi.yacLV\uti.y 



when they had almost reached | to the top | beginning to lean back | they 



picuaqtut mayuanik-amiy ayotd ikayoyiayat 



walked | when they had completed the ascent 1 the men | they began to help 



ire-\aq tikm^amiy tamna aynaq cikcyat 



him I Irelaq \ when they arrived | she 1 the woman | the sled-cover I to its 



i\uanun naqitaqyutivKuyo dtqautiaqciyat ak\unan-i.k 



inside 1 lashing her | they proceeded to lower her down | some ropes | holding 



tiyumiciqkutiy dtqaqcirut cukailaqXutiy dtqatipqauyayat 



on to them | they proceeded down | going slowly | they with difiiculty low- 



ku'kmun tikm^amiy eqyoqXuyo 



ered her down | to the river | when they reached | carrying her on their shoulders] 



ikayotCKiyd''kat mayuaqci\iyd-cut taina 



they carried her across | they began to ascend again | in this way | when they 



iy'Kauyaluaqamiy qamotd qayataqtauyaqmatun iX'iyayaqtut 



had travelled for a while I the sled I as if rising into the air | it gradually becamel 



