Eskimo Texts 27 a 



culaiuayumilu i\-uni mdlek-a hu-kmun culi 



might really do anything | being | she followed her | to the river 1 again | 



pirualeqKuhk lyl^jyuaniun aulautiya iaqmaymk 



walking a little I to an old house | she took her away I when they entered I 



upkwa-piamik wpkwaq-aqmqaaaq iaqtuk iyavaun 



a real door 1 being in possession of a door I they entered | a cooking vessel | 



imiqmi.k imaqaqtoaq tauiuha qalanyoyaq\unilu pm-eqcuaq 



water 1 one that contained | she saw it | and boiling slightly | one that was in 



ana-luya tavruma nwiaqciaqam oqalaktoq 



the condition | her grandmother | hers | the little girl's | said | claim- 



nayXiyiuyaqkuyo uvaqtoyoaqciya mdtaliyit-coq aan" tamna 



ing to love her | she was going to wash her | she undressed again 1 well | that | 



aynaq puyutamik iciqdrjq tavrumayalu iyavaunmmlu 



woman | with a basin I she proceeded to enter | and from that | and from the 



kuvicLvXuni uvaqciya uva-ydluaqatniuri 



cooking pot | proceeding to pour it out | she washed her | when she had washed 



dperiya irudmicun i\-ifjainmayan 



her for a while | she asked her | like her usual form | whether she had not be- 



kioya na-ka tavrani oqalautiymani 



come I she answered 1 no | thereupon | because she had made her speak | 



qoyaya oqalain-acuydluni icumaroaq i.maya 



she thanked her I thinking she could not speak | she who thought | its contents | 



kuviK'uyo kuvdcqoya ku-kmun dtiyaluyilu 



pouring it out | she told her to pour out | into the river | and her old coat | 



imipcaqkuyo uvaqtoaqciKiyd'kai tavruma aynam 



fetching water | she simply washed them also | she | the woman | not 



dn-oyaqcjainn^LvKuyo oqalautiya takcrivineqmik imutaqXuyo 



having any clothes | she told her | a piece of squirrel-skin I wrapping it | into 



avkaknun iK-iqiya dtulauyaknik\u atcpqaqXuyo 



the fork of the legs | she put it on | a small pair of shoes too | after putting on | 



qoyvik culi qaiKiyd^ka oqautivXuyo ciutanun kuvdcqov\uyo 



a pot I also I she gave her next | teUing her 1 into her ear | telling her to pour it | 



aan^ tamna tcikcrik\u dtulakXu qoyvikXu 



well I that one | both the squirrel-skin | and the shoes | and the pot 1 telling 



iydqovXuyd' kdtakun icumayin^aqovXuyo 



her to throw them away | into the passage | telling her to be in the state of 



utiq'oX-uyit" taima oqauticueymani 



thinking | telling them to return | then | when she had finished speaking to 



dniroq iraitcuaq ndlauluyo pm^iqcoq pa-yanun 



her I she went out | being naked I going straight | she did I to its entrance | 



tikLffami tupak\iqcaliuyaq\uni iciqniuyaqtoq 



when she reached | hardly waking anyone at all | she proceeded to enter | when 



aqpan-cqami ciuta qolanok-ami 



she was in the act of running | her ear 1 when she had become above i both the 



takcnkXu dtulakXu dqdnaiyaqXuyik kuviya tapkwak 



squirrel skin | and the shoes I having got them ready | she poured it I those two | 



acm^ iydkik kdt-akun qoyvikXu icumavXuni 



then I she threw thein 1 out through the passage | and the pot I thinking I 



