22 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aqoaqcyautan pija tamna aynaq iXamkXu 



a little 1 her future mother-in-law | said to her I that | woman | by herself (?) I 

 aulatqovKuyd" neqit pamatqovXuyolu u'-'t.qcyauta 



teUing her to take them out | the meat 1 and telling her to feed him | her future 



tavruma qayyiyan nuliani piya d\-dni.k 



husband | he | who brought her | his own wife I he told her | some other | 



an-oyaqcyaqovKuyo nuliaya aniroq taina 



clothing material bidding her give her 1 his wife | she went out | so | after they 



d-uayaluayamiy iciqtoq an-Djamk nutamk 



were there a short time | she entered | some clothes I some new ones | while 



mataqtik-uyd' tapkwa utoqait atipqayai an-oyatciat 



stripping them off I those | old ones I she put them on | the new clothes I she 



pamayiaqciya Wiyi paneqmqcuaq 



continued to feed him | her husband I who was in a starved condition | at last 



ptc'ualacicain'^aqXuni kic-ema pic-uakaqdvoq 



being able to walk for a little while I finally | he began to walk vigorously I after 



pic-ua\aciani.k'ami atjoniaXaciXiyd'coq 



he was able to walk vigorously | he began to hunt again for caribou | when he 



ayoniakacim-an ayayuqayan ijn''i,ktik oqalautiyak aitqovXuyik 



began to hunt vigorously | his parents | their son | they told him | bidding them 



neqaiyomi,n''aqci.nivXuyikXu nuliayan ayayuqak 



retiirn | and they probably beginning to be short of food | his wife | her parents | 



u^iya dqanaiyaqdrjq qiX-iyimk uniauik uciliyaqciroq 



her husband | went to get ready 1 a sled i a sled | he proceeded to load | 



iqiyyan-in neqimk twtunik oqmdtmikXu 



from the platforms 1 some meat | some caribou meat I some caribou skins too | 



uciliyai qdqanun acm" nuliani m-iqcyivXuyo 



he proceeded to load them | in the middle of it 1 then | his wife | making a place 



tupihqXuyolu dqdnaiyami aan" ikopqaya 



for her | making a tent for her too | when he was ready | then | he placed her in- 



aulaqciqami qiyiqoyd'ka tavruma 



side I when he began to depart 1 he told her not to look | he | they de- 



aulaqtuk aulaqamik cukait'cuk acm" taina 



parted | when they departed | they were travelling slowly | well | in this way | 



iyXauydluayamik cukacicain''aqmatun 



when they had travelled for a little while | as if beginning to go faster at last | 



CX-iruk iyXauydluayamik niuqoya 



they proceeded | when they had travelled for a while | he told her to get down | 



cua imna uvXuayaqneqoni iyXaulakdluajamik 



lo I over yonder | the dawn becoming brighter | when they had gone on for a 



tautuknaqciyak tavruma aynam ana-kni iwak 



little while | they saw it in due time | that | woman | her parents | their 



tikinyamik iciqtuk taima oqalaktuk 



dwelling-place [ when they arrived | they entered | then | they said | themselves 

 neqiqcyan^LvXuyik apayan pdnia kioya 



having brought some food | his father | his daughter | he answered her | from 

 qamotain''i.n neqiqcyoq-ovXuyo actn" taima neqiqcyaytk 



their sled | telling her to fetch some meat | well | then | she brought them meat | 



