32 a Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



The Inland Eskimos of North Alaska chant: 

 kiyiajuk nuyakpakcaqciyatin 



and "the beaver" is supposed to reply: 



nuyakpaktiyiayit'cuya 

 ndk'axiyuya ki 



The Kobuk river Eskimos chant : 



kiyiayuk kiyiayuk 

 qaj ■jqpakcaqdyati.n 

 qay •oqpakcaqdyati.n 



and "the beaver" answers: 



ndtkaiyayufjd 



Beaver, he is going to throw his 

 spear at you. 



I will not let him hit me with his 

 spear, I shall dive . . . . ki. 



Beaver, beaver, he is going to shoot 

 his arrow at you, to shoot his 

 arrow at you. 



I shall dive. 



Fig. 27 



The more usual opening for this figure is by the third method of making 

 "the little finger," when the second movement brings you to the point marked * 

 in the above description. 



XXII. The Opening of the Dock 



This Mackenzie Eskimo figure, which is called upkweqtoq, "the door is open" 

 follows the method of "the beaver" up to its final stages. The two figures must 

 have a common origin, since some of the movements are very unusual and 

 complicated. 



Proceed as in "the beaver" until you reach Fig. 26. 



At that point pass the right little finger into the right index loops from the 

 proximal side, push out to the distal side the strings that form the knot (they 

 resolve into two vertical strings), then drop the index loops. 



Half-circle the little finger counter-clockwise and hold its two loops in the 

 right hand. 



