26 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



oqalaktoq nay'XiyocukXuni mataq-oya uvaqtojukXuyo 



mother | said | wishing to show love | she told her to strip 1 wishing to wash 

 mataqtoq taima an-oyani atautcimun i'K-ivKuyd" puyutaqpak 



her 1 she stripped 1 then | her clothes 1 into one place | placing them | a big pan I 

 nakdmayoaq iceq-a tavrumaya utkuci.kmi.n^ kuda.v\uni 



one that was hung up | she brought it in | from it I from the pot | pouring out | 

 uvaqtoaqciya ayiokamiuy tutddani uva-hyd'ka 



she proceeded to wash her { when she had finished her | her grandchild I she washed 

 uvanikamiuy kuvdcqoya ku-kmim 



her in turn 1 when she had her washed | she told her to pour it out | into the 



eymiyuynaq-oniya tavra oqalautikamiuij tavruma 



river 1 she told her probably to wash it | well | when she told her | she 1 the 

 aynam tuyanun dnidcaqdyamiuy kuviya _ 



woman | towards her | when she was presumably taking it out 1 she poured it | 



tavruma aynam qarjanun kuvi,m-ayo mikXiroq 



she I the woman | on top of her | when she poured it | she became small | 



tavrumatun nwiaqciyaqtun aciXi tamna aynayoqXuni 

 like her ] like the girl | next | she | changing into a woman | when she had 



aynayoqtt.qami awoyaqtoq dn-jyaymnk pikiaqkuni 



been changed to a woman ] she put on her clothes | with her clothes | escaping | 



aan^ oqayndyaluaqtoq oqayui\imin^€q\unilu 



well I although she tried to speak 1 and being deprived of speaking in her usual 



an-oyaqoaqdya tutddaqmi dn-oyayLn^ik 



manner | she told her to clothe herself 1 of her grandchild I with her clothes I 

 aticuyd'kdluayami dtiyai dmyXuni 



although she did not wish to put them on 1 she put them on | going out 1 



acin" aulaqtoq tuk-oqmi tuyanun tikm^ami iciqtoq 



then I she went away | her host | towards him | when she arrived 1 she entered | 



tdtkiva u^iqapqayamqcuaq cuyok\uyolu 



up there | she who was already hugging her husband (?) | and grabbing him | 



pin^dkaya icrpiXukman ire-\am aqpiyiaqdya 



? I when she entered in a terrible state | Irelaq I cried to her to go 



nuliayiydcuyaluyo aqivXuyo dndka nkami-tqaqdroq 



out I thinking she was not his wife ] kicking her 1 he sent her out | outside she 



amuyan^d'coq qanoq ilayin^d'ka 



had to remain | she did not go over there | how I she was not a relative of her 1 



itiqmata ire-\atkuk ayaiyuqamik aynaq 



when they rose | Irelaq and his wife | when they two danced I the woman I 



qayadcaqtoq ayiokamiy aiyaliyd'cut 



moved energetically | when they finished | they went back home again | to 



tamauya cin^Lkcalaniqcoq cm'-iktiX-uyo in^um 



that place | she was trying to sleep for a while | while she slept I a person | 



civuXoaqyiyun tiyuvXuyo d\-oqtdka mviaqdaqam pm-eya 



by the fore-lock I taking hold of her | lifted her head 1 a little girl | took hold of 



acm" oqalaktoq dna-lukma am-a piyatin 



her I well I she said | my grandmother | she yonder | summons you \ they are 



aulayniaqtut am-a ilatin taima aulaqtoq 1 



about to depart I she yonder | your relatives | well | she went | and since she 



