Eskimo Texts 31, A 



nan-unun tamna nuhm ndnoq uvKami kayauyaXaqmqtoaq 



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



aulayami nan-umk qayyijiyami toqoUkcLn-aqkuyd 



it went away 1 some bears 1 when it brought | having killed them nevertheless | 



aulatXa aulayami qaiyd\a tapkwak ayayuqaqcaluk 



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



qaiyinman aqeyai\uUy\u qeayayaqXuUyXu 



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



toqotXa taima nalukanmiyaya uvaya 



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



Text XII 



iman-ayoq una tuluyaq aulaydluayami 



Thus they say 1 it I the raven | when it had travelled for a while I' 



caviayaluymin-ik' nuna tutakXuyo. pddtqaya pitayamiuy 



with its knife | the earth | digging it | it entered it | when it had entered | 



tdvyumaya aulaqtuaq UymioyaqKuni yaydluayami 



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



nuna mikiyoayaluk paqetqaya tavyumuya md\aqtoq tdjvani cmiktuaq 



the land | a small piece | it found it | thither | it settled 1 there 1 it slept. 



Text XIII 



uv'Xumi qaymald piyacut ndtaknik tuniciyaqtoqXuhk 



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



taima ami dX'dt culi onipqayniaqtuya aydtqomk 



finished I and | others I also | I am going to tell about 1 some shamans | their 



qoliaqtainik dmiyoq in-uk dtauciq niuknilu tdXHl'U 



stories | and they say | a man | one 1 both his legs 1 and his arms | they 



uyavaqpayait dmiptauyoq tunyiyayayan nutaqat 



cut them off | and also they say 1 they shamanising | the children | they for- 



dnitailivayait dmiyoq dniyuat toqovaktuat 



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



ayiyuaqXuyoq toqonmiya taima ami uhqcamunyoq 



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



qeyuyait nutpaktuat uloqca-yoq tunyiyayayan nutaqat 



say I spirits | crossed over | Uloqsaq they say | they shamanising | the children \\ 



dnitailivayai toqo-cayuydluyd taima culi 



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



tnud-au-yoq dniaqtuat amucivayait caumknilu 



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



qopCKyontklu amucivayait taima dX-dmck 



bones | and some worms | they drew out of them | finished 1 some others |j 



qoliaqcaituami dmi ilait . qoliaynitdtka uvaya taima 



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



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