Eskimo Texts 25 a 



qapataqtauyaqmatun itkaluajami kic-ema qayata-piaqpoq 



as if rising into the air | when it was for a time I finally | it really rose up | 



qi\-iyin-un idtpam-a ikijaqtut taina 



upon the sled | there on top | they placed themselves | in this way | when they 



iy\auyaluaqami.y qamoUyi tutqatahqcut tunmata 



travelled for a time | his sled | they touched ground again | when they touched 



iyXaulaqcm-aqKuhy nutqaqiut aan" ho-q kicidn 



ground | travelling nevertheless a little way | they rested | well | hoq | only | 



nipiyCKiyLfkat naqitayotiKit'kat iy'KaupiyaluaqoUy 



they uttered it | they lashed her on again | travelling along really for a while | 



ku-kmun UkCkiyd-cut taina culi cir'KiqiXiyd-cut 



to a river I they reached again I in this way | again | they pulled harder again | 



civukiqtun aylan cirXiqipiayd-cut mayaqamiy 



as at first | but | they did not really pull harder I when they ascended | they 



naqitayoti\iyd'kat iyXauyuyalak'Kutiy cua ipkwa 



lashed her on again | continuing to travel on for a time | behold | those yonder | 



LWd LU^ud taika dtoqpauciamkniqcut tiki,n^ aini.fi 



dwellings | people | over there I were already engaged in singing | when they ar- 



mayXaktotirut qayiyimi ire-\am 



rived | they exchanged presents with them [ in the dance-house | Irelaq \ when 



mayXakmayoli kimmH in^ud aviorut in^ud 



he gave presents to him however | his host ] the people | shouted | the people | 



oqalayaqtut akiqcyainHvKuyo mayXaktoyiqamin 



kept saying | there being nothing equivalent | when they had finished giving 



m^wti aiyarut ire-'Katkuk\i airuk 



presents | the people | went back home | but Irelaq and his wife | returned I 



kimiymiynun ciqaaqciqamiy ire-\am aynat 



to their host | when it was becoming bed-time for them | Irelaq \ his wife | 



qoicuiqcayiaqtoq qoipqaq\uyo cua una nmaqciaqam 



went outside | after she had finished | behold | that one ] a little girl | in the 



tikicanLkniqXuyo tiyuvKuyo taima oqalaktoq dna-lukma 



act of coming up to her | taking hold of her | then | she said | my grand- 



am-a piyatin cualayukXutin am-a 



mother | she yonder I summons you | something wishing with you | she yonder | 



piyattn qain qiKamik kinatakdpcak-dluaqtCk-uyo 



she summons you | come | quickly | while she held back unwillingly however | 



noqin-iayaqdya picuydakaluayami 



she was going to keep dragging her along | when she was rather unwilling how- 



kicema mdliaqciva ku'k mdlilaqkuyo aulautiya 



ever | finally | she proceeded to follow her | the river | following it | she took her 



tikd'cuk maniyauyamun ciciiun m-iqcuamuk 



away I they reached I to a low mound | like a cave | having a dwelling | to a 



upkwaqaqtudmun iciqtuk iuqnidlaqmik nairoq 



place that had a door | they entered i they being about to enter | she smelt | 



auqcuknimik iaqmaynik cua una utkucik 



something with blood | when they entered | behold | it | a pot I that was 



qalauqtoaq auktun d-uamtk oyaqaqmqcuaq anayoaq 



boiling I like blood | being | what it contained cooking | the old grand- 



