Eskimo Texts 27 a 



culatuayumilu - i\-uni mdlek-a hu-kmun culi 



might really do anything | being I she followed her | to the river I again | 



pLC-ualeqXuhk lyXyyuamun aulautiya iaqmaymk 



walking a little 1 to an old house I she took her away I when they entered I 



wpkwa-piamik upkwaq-aqmqcuaq iaqtuk iyavaun 



a real door | being in possession of a door 1 they entered | a cooking vessel | 



imiqmik iviaqaqtoaq tauiuk-a qalanpoyaqKunilu pm-eqcuaq 



water | one that contained | she saw it I and boiling slightly | one that was in 



dna-luya tavruma nmaqciaqam oqalaktoq 



the condition | her grandmother | hers | the little girl's | said | claim- 



nay\iyiuyaq\uyo uvaqtjyoaqciya mdtaliyit-aq aawo tamna 



ing to love her | she was going to wash her | she undressed again | well | that | 



ajnaq puyutamik iuqciroq tavrumarjalu iyavaunmmlu 



woman ] with a basin | she proceeded to enter | and from that 1 and from the 



kuvicivXuni uvaqciya uva-ydluaqamiuy 



cooking pot | proceeding to pour it out | she washed her | when she had washed 



dperiya irucimicun CK-Lyainmayan 



her for a while | she asked her | like her usual form | whether she had not be- 



kioya na-ka tavrani oqalauUymani 



come I she answered | no | thereupon | because she had made her speak | 



qoyaya oqalain-acuydluni icumaroaq imaya 



she thanked her | thinking she could not speak | she who thought | its contents | 



kuvCK-uyo kuvdcqoya ku-kmun dtiyaluyilu 



pouring it out | she told her to pour out | into the river | and her old coat | 



imipcaqkuyo uvaqtoaqcikiyd'kai tavruma aynam 



fetching water | she simply washed them also | she | the woman 1 not 



dn-oyaqcyainn^Lv\uyo oqalautiya tCLkcrivineqmLk imutaqXuyo 



having any clothes | she told her | a piece of squirrel-skin | wrapping it | into 



avKaknun iX-iqiya dtulauyakni.k\u atLpqaq\uyo 



the fork of the legs ] she put it on | a small pair of shoes too | after putting on | 



qoyvik culi qai'Kiyd'ka oqautLVKuyo ciutanun kuvdcqovXuyo 



a pot I also 1 she gave her next | telling her | into her ear | telling her to pour it | 



actn" tamna tCikcrJcXu dtulakXu qojVLkXu 



well I that one | both the squirrel-skin | and the shoes | and the pot | telling 



iydqovXuyd" kdtakun icumaym^aqovKuyo 



her to throw them away | into the passage | telling her to be in the state of 



utiq-oK-uyit" taima oqauficueymani 



thinking | telling them to return I then ] when she had finished speaking to 



dniroq iraitcuaq ndlauluyo pm^iqcoq pa-yanun 



her I she went out | being naked I going straight | she did I to its entrance | 



iukiWami tupak\iqcaliuyaq\uni iaqniuyaqtoq 



when she reached I hardly waking anyone at all | she proceeded to enter | when 



aqpocn-iqami ciuta qolanok-ami 



she was in the act of running I her ear 1 when she had become above | both the 



tcikcriJcku dtulakXu dqdnaiyaqKuyik kuviya tapkwak 



squirrel skin | and the shoes I having got them ready | she poured it I those two | 



aan" iydktk kdt-akun qoyvikXu icumavkuni 



then I she threw them | out through the passage | and the pot I thinking | 



