Eskimo Texts 31 A 



ndn-unun tamna nuhm ndnoq uvkami kayauyaXaqmqtoaq 



against bears 1 that | original i bear | in the morning | was very moody | when 



aulayami nan-umk qayyiyiyami toqoUkan-aqXuyU 



it went away | some bears | when it brought | having killed them nevertheless | 



aulatXa aulayami qaiyitKa tapkwak apayuqaqcaluk 



it went away 1 when it went away | it did not return | those two f old people | 



qaiyinman aqeyatkutiyXu qesyayaqXuhyXu 



when it did not return 1 both singing a magic song | and weeping continually [ 



toqotXa taima nalukcmmiyaya uvaya 



they died I finished | I do not know any more | I. 



Text XII 



iman-ayoq una tuluyaq aulaydluayami 



Thus they say | it | the raven | when it had travelled for a while | 



cd,viayalui)mi.n- Lk nuna tutak\uyo pitdtqaya pitayamiuy 



with its knife | the earth | digging it | it entered it I wheii it had entered | 



tavyumaya aulaqtuaq UymioyaqKuni yaydluayami 



from that place | it travelled | flying constantly | when however it grew tired | 



nuna niLkiyoayaluk paqetqaya tavyumur/a md\aqtoq tdjvani cimktuaq 



the land | a small piece | it found it | thither | it settled I there | it slept. 



Text XIII 



uvXumi qaymaUt pifjacut ndtaknik tunidyaqtoqXuUk 



Today I Copper Eskimos J three | two seals I coming over to sell them | 



taima ami d\-dt culi ompqayniaqtuya aydtqanik 



finished I and | others I . also | I am going to tell about | some shamans | their 



qoliaqtaimk dmiyoq in-uk dtauciq niuknilu toK-iVu 



stories | and they say | a man | one | both his legs | and his arms | they 



uyavaqpayait dmiptauyoq tunyiyayayan nutaqat 



cut them off | and also they say | they shamanising | the children | they for- 



dniPailivayait dmiyoq dniyuat toqovaktuat 



bid them to go out | and they say | those that go out | frequently die | and 



arjiyuaq\uyoq toqonmiya taima dmi uhqcamunyoq 



they say one who was big | he killed him too | finished | and | into Uloqsaq they 



qeyuyait nutpaktuat uhqca-yoq tunyiyayayan nutaqat 



say 1 spirits | crossed over | Uloqsaq they say | they shamanising | the children | 



dnit-ailivayai toqo-cayuydluyd taima culi 



he forbade them to go out | believing that they would die | finished | also | 



MUitau-yoq dniaqtuat amucivayait caumknilu 



people also they say | people who were sick | they drew out of them | both some 



qopiXyoniklu amucivayait taima d\-dmik 



bones | and some worms | they drew out of them | finished | some others ( 



qoliaqcaiiuami dmi ilait qoliaynitdtka uvaya taima 



I being told | and | some of them | I have not told them | I | finished. 



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