26 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



oqalaktoq nay\iyocuk\uni mataq-oya uvaqtojuKKuyo 



mother | said I wishing to show love I she told her to strip 1 wishing to wasn 

 mataqtoq taima an-oyani dtautcimun i\-t.v\uyit' puyutaqpak 



her I she stripped I then | her clothes | into one place | placing them | a big pan I 

 nakdmayoaq iceq-a tavrumana utkuaknun" kucicivKum 



one that was hung up | she brought it in | from it [ from the pot | pouring out | • 

 uvaqtoaqciya ayiokamiuy tutdciani uva-hyd'ka 



she proceeded to wash her { when she had finished her | her grandchild | she wasned 

 uvanikamiuij kuvdcqoya ku-kmm 



her in turn | when she had her washed | she told her to pour it out | into the 



eymiyutjnaq-oniya idvra oqalautikamiutj tavruma 



river | she told her probably to wash it | well 1 when she told her I she | the 

 aynam tuyanun anicicaqciyamiuy _ kuviya 



woman 1 towards her | when she was presumably taking it out | she poured it | 



tavruma aynam qayanun kuvi/nvayo mUikiroq 



she I the woman | on top of her 1 when she poured it I she became small 1 



tavrumatun nmaqciyaqtun aciXi tamna aynayoqKuni 

 like her | like the girl | next | she | changing into a woman 1 when she had 



aynayoqtiqami an-jyaqtoq dn-oyaym^Lk pikiaqKuni 



been changed to a woman ] she put on her clothes | with her clothes | escaping | 



acin^ oqayndydluaqtoq oqayuiXimtn^eqXunilu 



well I although she tried to speak 1 and being deprived of speaking in her usual 



dn-oyaqoaqciya tutdciaqmi dn-oyaym^ik 



manner | she told her to clothe herself 1 of her grandchild | with her clothes \ 



dticuyd^kaluayami atiyai dnivXuni 



although she did not wish to put them on | she put them on | going out \ 



aan'" aulaqtoq tuk-oqmi tuyanun tikin^ami iciqtoq 



then I she went away | her host | towards him ] when she arrived | she entered [ 



tdtkiva u"'i.qapqayaniqcuaq cuyok\uyolu 



up there | she who was already hugging her husband (?) | and grabbing him [ 



pM^dkaya ici-pi\ukman ire-\am aqpiyiaqciya 



? I when she entered in a terrible state 1 Irelaq I cried to her to go 



nuliayiydcuyaluyo aqivKuyo dndka cikamvtqaqciroq 



out I thinking she was not his wife | kicking her | he sent her out | outside she 



amuyaw^d'coq qanoq ilayin^d'ka 



had to remain | she did not go over there | how 1 she was not a relative of her t 



itiqmata ire-\atkuk ayaiyuqamik aynaq 



when they rose I Irelaq and his wife | when they two danced I the woman ! 



qayadcaqtoq ayiokamiy aiyaliyd'cut 



moved energetically | when they finished I they went back home again | to 



tamauya cin^ikcalamqcoq CM^LktCK-uyo m^um 



that place | she was trying to sleep for a while | while she slept I a person | 



civuKoaqyiyun tiyuvXuyo dX'oqtdka nwiaqciaqam pm-eya 



by the fore-lock I taking hold of her | lifted her head | a httle girl | took hold of 



aan" oqalaktoq dna-lukma am-a piyatcn 



her I well I she said | my grandmother I she yonder | summons you | they are 



aulayniaqtut am-a ilatin taima aulaqtoq 1 



about to depart I she yonder 1 your relatives | well | she went 1 and since she 



