174 B Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



The Indian point natives chant: 



anaulu hai ya Anaulu (a man's name) . 



uqctaulu hai ya Was easing himself. 



ndnum tapkwa maywwaUn That polar bear stole up behind you (?' 



The natives of Barrow chant: 



qayyiyatja qayyiya He is bringing it, bringing it. 



qayyiyaya qayyiya He is bringing it, bringing it. 



ikuya qayyiya From over there he is bringing it. 



kanaya qayyiya From down there he is bringing it. 



The Inland Eskimos have a different chant: 



cicoyaqtoq cicoyaqtoq He is sliding, sliding, 



niyani ndtmaxuni Carrying his snares on his back. 



The Mackenzie river chant is different again: 



qatqecarja qdtqeca He is moving it up and down, up and down. 



kanaya pikuya From down there, to up there. 



qdtqeca dtiydlukhn He is moving it up and down, your coat. 



mayoyalautotuyd Did you raise it up? 



CLIV. The Arctic Tehn 



This figure, which is somewhat of a trick, is called by the Barrow and 

 Inland natives irndqutdilaq, "the Arctic tern." The Mackenzie natives con- 

 sider it a trick pure and simple, and have no name for it. They modify the final 

 movement also, merely drawing the strings out instead of diving down in imita- 

 tion of the tern. I have seen the Copper Eskimos act both ways; their name 

 for the figure is iydydtciaq, for which I could find no meaning. The movements 

 are very intricate and difficult to describe. 



Loop one end of the string over the foot (or another person's finger) . Hold 

 the other end of the string in the right hand. 



Grasp both strings half-way to the foot with the left hand, and passing the 

 right hand into its own loops from below, draw through with it the two strings 

 running from the left hand to the foot. 



Withdraw the left hand, leaving a loose string resting on the two "trans- 

 verse" strings. 



Remove the two right hand loops to the left hand, and, inserting the right 

 hand through the left hand loops from the right side, again take hold of the two 

 "transverse" strings below the loose string that crosses them. The two strings 

 held in the left hand now rest on the right wrist. Remove them, dropping them 

 over the two transverse strings below the right hand. They now lie loosely 

 over the "transverse" strings just above the foot. 



Hold the right hand loops in the left hand again, and passing the right 

 index under all the strings up between the "transverse" strings, take up with its 

 back the two strings lying loosely across them. Draw them out under the right 

 "transverse" string, turning the index inward; then over the transverse strings 

 and from the left side up between them, the tip of the index pointing inward. 



Grasp the loops held on the right index with the right thumb and middle finger. 



Thread the two left hand radial strings through the right thumb — -middle 

 finger loops and draw the left hand loops back again with the right hand. Push 

 the former right hand loops down towards the foot. 



In the middle four strings run parallel from the left "transverse" string 

 to the right. Raise them with the left hand and thread under them the radial 

 right hand strings, recovering these with the left index. 



