30 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aynaq ayonian^if-paluknivkiLyo acM" m^ukpan 



TiFoman | he perhaps not reaching him in time | but 1 if he lives | not thus after- 



tainaqaqniarjin^Lv\uyo aulaqtuk anikanuk amaya 



wards he going to act | they departed | when they went out | he put her on 



acm» qin^LqomfXuyolu taina payaUkmatun 



his back | and | teUing her also not to look | thus | as if running | when he 

 dkaluayami dtqaqoya uvXufjm^iqcoqXuni iciqmaymk 



was for a time | he told her to get down | it not yet making day | when they 



tdtkiva niaqoliyinvaq qatciraqmqcoq 



entered | up there | the simply normal head | was standing out prominently | 



pamdtXuyo neqim Lpciarjamk neqiXiyoyaqXuyO' 



feeding him with a spoon 1 meat I its juice I adding a little meat to it | when he 



piXoyocioyaqman kLmqapcaqaqKuyo kic-ema 



was becoming a little better | after her making it thick | finally | he began to go 



arionialadXiydcpoq airuk acin" nuliaqmi ayayuqakniduk 



but hunting again a little 1 they returned | well | his wife's | at her parents they 



iniuyotiyik icukXiliyataqtiX-uytk aciW" ire-\am 



stayed 1 their lives | while they continued right up to the end | well | Irelaq \ 



ayayuqayi culi d-uk toqolayataqtCK-uyik . culi 



his parents | also [ they were | while, they continued towards death | also | 



toqomatjnik ire-'Kam aut-ayai neqauttni maXyokni iqiyyan-ik 



when they died | Irelaq \ distributed them | his food | his two | platforms | 



d-uamk aX-ayin-ik culi oqautivkuyd" ndyUkcaqnait- 



that there were | having different kinds | also | telling them ] in a place that had 



cuami in''uniaqnLv\utLk icud'cudmi 



no cause for sorrow | they two going to spend their lives I in a place that was not 



aan" tdvra amayoyoqkutik i\oqatik aulaqtuk 



evil I well |'then 1 they two changing into wolves | both of them | they departed. 



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i/man-ayoq ukwa m'uit ayayuqaqcaluk nutayaituk 



Thus'it is said | those | people | two old people 1 they had no children | 



in-ud ndtciyayavuk neqaitokticuitdkd iaimdna 



the people | whenever they killed seals | never gave them any food | therefore 1 



d-udqXiilik cCKalimirjnin ndnukmata 



^Diiti-htiing to be | on the outside of them 1 when they killed polar bears | some 



auyatcdntik neqaitoyami cdn-dtqaya ndnoyivXuyo 



of the biood | because he had nothing to eat | he made it | fashioning it into a 



ayayuqaqcalum po'yiv\uyo piktamun iX-cvKuyo 



bear 1 the old re an [ putting it into a vessel I into a bowl | setting it down | the 



nutimyoq i ndnuaraluk culi d\-dmi.k aydqiyamk 



original one, it is said | polar bear | also 1 other ones 1 bigger ones | putting into 



po'liqdtaqkuyo ay\iman ndtd.kniaqtiyildqa'yak 



the vessel continually | when it grew big | it went out and caught two seals | 



tapkwak ayayuqaqqaluk neqautiyutXa tamna nanoq uyyuymyXu 



those two I the old couple | 'had plenty of food 'I that | bear | some bearded 



ayi%yauyuivaktoaq' ■ ayayuqaqcalum kaimdtqaya 



seals' too- | it :used to bring home Continually | the old man | sent it | 



