24 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



iy\aulakci.n-aqkutik tikd-cuk tdvrdni 



travelling every little while nevertheless | they arrived | then | they being 



itpiayaluaqotik ayayuqakmLyni kivyd-cut tamna Witja 

 really for a time | at their parents i there were messengers | he I her husband | 

 ire-\aq hvyd'kat ana-k oqalaktuk ire-laq nuliaqaiyunait-coq 



Irelaq | they invited him | his parents | said | Irelaq \ probably will cease 



acin^ oqalaliyd-cut oK-dt mdUymiyman 



to possess a wife | well I they said again | others | when he followed also | 



tiymiayata t.n^upqalainmLV\uyt.k\u mdUkpan acm^ 



their bird I causing them two to be killed also | if he followed | well | the runners also | 



aqpat-aqcyaptauq in^ud dqdnaiyaqdrut tapkwakXi ire-\atkuk 



the men "| they went to begin to get ready | yet those two | Irelaq and his 



dqdnaiyaqmiuk diyamiri aulayut 



wife I went to get ready also | when they rose in the morning | they departed | 



aulaqamiy in^ud tamaya qamuktoaqKutif) ire-\am nuliani 



when they departed | the men | here | hauling on the sled I Irelaq I his wife | 



i\-Lv\uyo unidmm^un aulaqtoq qamukXuydHi uniani 



placing her on it | on his sled | he departed | but he drawing it | his sled I and 



uciay\uyolu nuliani iyXauydluaqanuy tikd-cut 



loading her on it | his wife | when they had travelled for a while | they reached | 



ku-kmun imnaUkmun civuXd" aqvXiyoqtut ire-Xatkuk 



to a river I to a place with a cliff I the front men | went behind | Irelaq and his 



aquXiyoqtuk in^ud tavra ptc-uaqXutiy dtqayaqtut 



wife I fell behind | the men | thereupon | walking | they descended one after the 



iXoqaqmiy taina dtqayaqtut ire-Xatkuk 



other I all of them | in this way I they went down one after the other | Irelaq and 



aan^ aqukirni tiki.nmafjnik nutqaqtuk d\-at 



his wife I then | in the rear | when they arrived | they stopped | the others | 



mdya nutqalaitcu\-uni ku-kun tamdya pic-uaqcLn-aqXuti,?; 



here | not wishing to stop | through the river | here | walking one after the 



ikayaqtut aan^ piC-uaqcin-aqXutcy mayuaq\utiy 



other I they crossed over | well | walking one behind the other | climbing up | 



ttkiyacLkami,?! qayanun mviyacivKutiy 



when they had almost reached | to the top | beginning to lean back | they 



pic-uaqtut mayuanik-amiy ayotd ikayoyiayat 



walked | when they had completed the ascent | the men | they began to help 



ire-Xaq tikin^amiy tamna aynaq dkcyat 



him I Irelaq \ when they arrived | she | the woman | the sled-cover | to its 



iXuanun naqitaqyutcvKuyo dtqautiaqciyat ak\unan-ik 



inside | lashing her | they proceeded to lower her down | some ropes | holding 



tiyumicLq\uti.y dtqaqdrut cukailaqXutiy dtqatipqauyayat 



on to them 1 they proceeded down | going slowly | they with difficulty low- 

 ku'kmun tikin^amiy eqyoqkuyo 



ered her down I to the river | when they reached | carrying her on their shoulders] 

 ikayotCkiyd^kat mayuaqciKiyd-cut taina 



they carried her across 1 they began to ascend again | in this way [ when they 



iyXauyaluaqamty qamotd qayataqtauyaqmatun i\-iyayaqtut 



had travelled for a while I the sled I as if rising into the air | it gradually became] 



