Eskimo Texts 23 A 



iiiyamLfj tamna u^iya tu-tuliayuktoq 



when they arose in the morning | he | her husband | wanted to go out for cari- 



aulaqaqami uv\uq qdiqojmLn''aqcikpan 



bou I when he was departing | the day 1 when it should become mid-day | he told 



aniqofjLfkai taima aulaqtoq uv\uq acm" qdiqoaqam-an 



them not to go out I then I he departed I the day I then | when it was becoming 



iciqtut taina tdtqayma iciaqciroq icejami 



noon I they went inside | so | outside | he began to enter | when he entered i 



oqalaktoq iu-tumvKuni qdnmiyai acin^ ulakciyat 



he said | that having killed caribou 1 he had them near | well | they proceeded 



ayayuqarjica tLkin''ami.ciyik cua ukwa taX-imat tu-tut 



over to it | her parents | when they reached them | behold | these I five I caribou I 



ciaklaunyaroat pi\aq\uyi,t\u aan" 



having been laid in line near each other | and cutting them up | then | they 



tutqoyait taina culi tu-tuliaqami tu-tutaqtoq 



stored them away I in this way | again 1 when he hunted caribou | he often killed 



ndtcdiayatoq\u Hani aT!i.n'''aqtoq 



caribou | he went sealing also | sometimes I he corstantly returned unsuccessful | 



qanoq nunamioyovKuni apayata tavruma nuliayan 



how I he having become a land-dweller | her father | she | his wife's | 



iXicautiya taimdni ayoniayotcimmik culi qaitka 



he taught him I then | his old method of sealing | also I he gave him | his own 



arjoniotin-i tdvrdtjayXan ayonialeqcoq taunuyaqami 



sealing-weapons | until then I he had ceased to hunt seals I when he went out on 



uyyukami tavra ayictniayayiya 



the ice I when he killed a bearded seal I then | he would coEstantly bring it home I 



anulioqkuni taina kicema mdXyokmk iqiyyanikput 



making a harness for it | in this way | at length | two | platforms they com- 



ki.c-ema aX-iym^ik neqauiaudrut acm" 



pleted I at length ] other kinds | they were in possession of food | well | her 



ayayuqakica tdiyaik aitqovKuyik\i neyiolikni.v\uyi.k 



parents I sent them | telling them to return | they beginning to be in a state 



tamna acin^ W^iya itqdnaiyaqaiKiyd'coq uqcyunikXu 



of waiting 1 he 1 then | her husband | he began to go and get ready | blubber 



aan" udliXiyd-coq taipkumya qik-iymik 



also I then | he brought to load on again | with that | with the sled | when he 



dqanaiyanik-ami LWikcyioqaqKuyo nuliani ikotqoliydcka 



had it ready I first making a place for her I his wife I he told her to get in 



ikiamkman tupcq-aqXuyo 



again | when she had placed herself inside | first making a tent for her | they 



aulaqtuk cukaitkdluayami cukaciXiyd-coq 



departed | when it was slow for a while I it began again to go a little fast | 



iyXauydluayami dtqaqoya dtqaqman 



when he had travelled for a while 1 he told her to alight | when she alighted | 



cua uvKucuyyuyaqneqoni uciaqtovKutik uvXuq 



behold I there being now much daylight | they being well-laden | the day | they 



nutqautiyLU-iyak tdcimpqaqkayd" iyXut 



had it for resting 1 just before being made to reach them | the houses I they 



