Eskimo Texts 25 A 



qayataqtaujaqmatun dkdluajami hc-ema qayata-j/iaqpoq 



as if rising into the air | when it was for a time I finally | it really rose up | 



qiX-iym-un tdtparh-a ikiyaqtut taina 



upon the sled I there on top | they placed themselves I in this way | when they 



iyXauyaluaqaniLrj qamoUyi tutqatahqcut tunmata 



travelled for a time | his sled 1 they touched ground again | when they touched 



iy\aulaqcin-aq\uhy nutqaqtut aan" ho-q kic'ian 



ground | travelling nevertheless a little way | they rested I well | hoq | only | 



nipiyiXiyifkat naqitayotikifkat iy'KaupiyaluaqoUy 



they uttered it ] they lashed her on again | travelling along really for a while | 



ku'kmun UkiKiyd'cut iaina culi cirXiqiXiyiPcut 



to a river I they reached again I in this way 1 again | they pulled harder again | 



dvuKiqtun aylan cirXiqipiayd'cut mayaqanuy 



as at first | but | they did not really pull harder | when they ascended | they 



naqitayotikiyd'kat iy\auyuydlak'\uUy cua ipkwa 



lashed her on again | continuing to travel on for a time | behold 1 those yonder | 



ifi'd i/n^ud taika atoqpauciamkniqcui Ukin^ami'ij 



dwellings | people | over there 1 were already engaged in singing | when they ar- 



mayXaktotirut qayiyimi ire-Xam 



rived ] they exchanged presents with them [ in the dance-house | Irelaq \ when 



mayXakmayoli kinunH in^ud aviorut m^ud 



he gave presents to him however | his host | the people | shouted | the people | 



oqalayaqtut akiqcyainHvXuyo mayXaktoyiqamm 



kept saying | there being nothing equivalent ] when they had finished giving 



in^ud aiyarut ire-XatkukXi airuk 



presents | the people | went back home | but Irelaq and his wife 1 returned | 



kiniLfjmLynun ciqoaqciqamifj ire-Xam aynat 



to their host | when it was becoming bed-time for them | Irelaq \ his wife | 



qoicuiqcayiaqtoq qoipqaqXuyo cua una niviaqdaqam 



went outside | after she had finished | behold | that one ] a little girl | in the 



tikicanikniqXuyo tiyuvXuyo taima oqalaktoq dna-lukma 



act of coming up to her | taking hold of-her | then | she said | my grand- 



am'a piyahn cudlayukXuhn am-a 



mother | she yonder I summons you | something wishing with you | she yonder | 



piyahn qain qiXamik kinatakdpcak-dluaqkX-uyo 



she summons you I come | quickly | while she held back unwillingly however | 



noqm-iayaqciya picuydakdlvuyami 



she was going to keep dragging her along | when she was rather unwilling how- 



ktc-ema mdliaqciva ku-k mdlilaqXuyo aulautiya 



ever | finally | she proceeded to follow her | the river | following it | she took her 



Ukd'cuk maniyauyamun cicitun m-iqcuamik 



away I they reached I to a low mound | like a cave | having a dwelling | to a 



upkwaqaqtudmun iaqtuk iaqnidlaqmik nairoq 



place that had a door | they entered | they being about to enter | she smelt | 



auqcuknimik iaqmaynik cua una utkucik 



something with blood | when they entered | behold 1 it | a pot I that was 



qalauqtoaq auktun d-uamik oyaqaqmqcuaq anayoaq 



boihng I like blood | being | what it contained cooking | the old grand- 



