124 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



The Indian point chant for this figure is: 



nixKqaq mamaqtCkya 

 nix\qaq mamaqtik'fa 

 annqkuyum kaluayamakarja 

 (Make "the beaver.") 

 nakmckamakm tciqiq 

 anqaxXuni payaliktoq 

 (Make "the squirrel") 

 iyuvham amiejaqta 

 (Make "the man.") 



The shag was feeding its young. (?) 

 The shag was feeding its young. (?) 

 A beaver came up out of the ground to 



me. 

 Whence that squirrel? 

 Coming up it ran away. 



This man intercepted it. 



CII. The Brant and the Black Bear 



For this figure omit the step in "the shag" which is enclosed between the 

 marks * and *. 



You have "the brant." 



Fig. 162 



The Inland Eskimos have no song with it, but the Mackenzie natives sing: 



nikhnyayuk neyeoqcfoloqpatm 



nejeoqcyoloqpati.n 



evikcoyam cenani 



mic'oyam cenani 



kamak-a tdcamani ndluvak-in 



kamak-a tdcamani ndluvak-m 



teriyan-iayuk teriydn-iayuk 



O brant, they are waiting for you. 

 They are waiting for you. 

 On the edge of the long grass, 

 On the edge of the swamp, 

 You don't know my boots are there, 

 You don't know my boots are there. 

 fox, fox, 

 ? ? ? 



nikcjoqtoqtoq ni,kcjaqtoqtoq 

 (Another Mackenzie native said for the last word uqc-yaqtoqtoq, "it eats the 

 blubber.") 



At the word teriydn-iayuk, "the fox" is produced by dropping the left little 

 finger loop. The Inland Eskimos call it, not "fox," but "brown bear." 



Fig. 163 



