30 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aynaq atjonian^ifpaluknivXuyo aun" m^ukpan 



woman | he perhaps not reaching him in time | but | if he lives | not thus after- 



tainaqaqniayin^LVKuyo aulaqtuk dnikamih amaya 



wards he going to act | they departed | when they went out I he put her on 



acm^ qm'>t.qont.t'\uyolu taina papahkmatun 



his back | and 1 telling her also not to look 1 thus | as if running | when he 



dkaluayami atqaqoya uv\ui^in^i.qcoq\uni iaqmaymk 



was for a time | he told her to get down | it not yet making day | when they 



tatkiva niaqoliyin''aq qatciraqmqcoq 



entered | up there '| the simply normal head | was standing out prominently | 



pamdtKuyo neqim ipciayamk neqi\iy3yaq\uyo 



feeding him with a spoon | meat I its juice I adding a little meat to it | when he 



piKoyocioyaqman kMLqcipcaqaqXuyo ktcema 



was becoming a httle better | after her making it thick | finally I he began to go 



ayonialaci\iydcpoq airuk aan" nuliaqmi ayayuqakniduk 



out hunting again a little | they returned | well | his wife's | at her parents they 



in^uyoti.7jik icukXiliydtaqtiX-uyik acin" ire-\am 



stayed | their lives | while they continued right up to the end | well | Irelaq \ 



ayayuqayi culi d-uk toqolayataqtCK-uyik culi 



his parents | also | they were | while they continued towards death | also | 



. toqomatjmk ire-\am autayai neqautini maXyokni iqiyydn'ik 



when they died | Irelaq | distributed them | his food 1 his two | platforms | 



d'uamk d\'dyLn-<.k culi oqautcvKuyd" ndylikcaqnait-- 



that there were | having different Jsinds | also | telling them | in a place that had 



cuami Ln^uniaqnt,v\utik icud-cudmi 



no cause for sorrow | they two going to spend their lives I in a place that was not 



aci.n'" idvra amayoyoqXutik iXaqatik aulaqtuk 



evil I well | then | they two changing into wolves | both of them | they departed. 



Text XI 



iman-ayoq ukwa iwuit ayayvqaqcaluk nutayaituk 



Thus it is said | those | people | two old people | they had no children | 



M-ud ndtciyarjamLk neqaitokticuitdkd taimdna 



the people 1 whenever they killed seals | never gave them any food | therefore 1 



d'uaqKutik CL\alimi.yni.n ndnukmata 



continuing to be 1 on the outside of them I when they killed polar bears | some 



auyatcdmik neqaitoyami cdn-dtqaya ndnoycvkuyo 



of the blood | because he had nothing to eat | he made it | fashioning it into a 



ayayuqaqcalum po-yivkuyo pLktamun Ck-ivkuyo 



bear | the old n an | putting it into a vessel I into a bowl | setting it down | the 



nutimyoq ndnuaraluk culi dX-dmik aydqiyamk 



original one, it is said | polar bear | also | other ones I bigger ones | putting into 



po-liqdtaq\uyo ayXiman ndtcikniaqtiyildqayak 



the vessel continually | when it grew big | it went out and caught two seals | 



tapkwak ayayuqaqcaluk neqautiyutXa tamna ndnoq uyyuyniy\u 



those two I the^old couple | had plenty of food | that | bear 1 some bearded 



ayCkyauyuivaktoaq ayayuqaqcalum kaimdtqaya 



seals too | it used to bring home continually | the old man | sent it I 



