Eskimo Texts 21 a 



ayayuqakni apayan oqalautiya pdni aulatqon^i\-uyo 



parents | her father | said to her | the daughter | teUing her not to go away | 



taina unutikyiymaUri andqaqyiliyd-cut 



so I when night came on them again | they whiled away the evening again | 



tapkwak nukatpiak qayiviak Ukm^man tucarut 



those two I youths | their time of coming | when it came | they heard | a 



iWukniik qiqiyaqtaqtuamik iaqman cua 



man lone who was stamping on the snow frequently! when he entered | lo | 



una in^uk dmaqomk andiyamk dwoyalik nukatpiayoyL-n^iqcoq 



he 1 a man | with wolf | fringes | having clothes | yet he was not at all 



iceyami oqalaktoq qairuya iynHya 



a young man | when he entered | he said | I have come | my son | not being 



nakoyin^wKuyo ayoniayitcpdlukiyaluni 



well I whether or not I am going perhaps to be in time for him | I 



aiyiya pdmkcik iynHya M^uniaydcpdlukiyaluni 



have come for | your daughter | my son | whether or not perhaps I shall find 



cuviyo tamna culi oqalaktoq iyn^iya iroyiyaqcyaitkdl- 



him ahve | whichever one | he | also | said | my son | there is however no 



uaqtoq ayayuqak dnilaitkdluayavuk 



use in discussing | the two old people | although they could not go out | they 



dneqtuk dneqmaymk oqalaktoq taimainyan dmayoaqciya 



assented | when they assented | he said | it being so | they telling her to go | 



pic-uayominaitkdluaqnLv\uyolu taima dpeyiyak 



and she however not being able to walk | so then | they asked him | whether 



qamociyaqmayan taima kiuyik qamotainn^ivKuni 



he possessed a sled | so then | he answered them | he not possessing a sled | 



dniyamik tddoqXuyo nundm tuyanun 



when they two went out | taking her by the hand | the land | towards it | they 



aulalaqtuk tdliU-amik dmayoaqciya 



kept travelling | when they disappeared from view | he proceeded to put her on 



dmakamiuy qiyiqoyUcXuyo oqautiya 



his back | when he had put her on his back | telling her not to look | he told her | 



aulaqami aqpatoq aan^ aqpatkdluayami payahkmatun Ck-iroq 



when he travelled | he ran | but | althought he ran | like galloping | he acted | 



taina payahkmatun dydluayami niuya cuayoq 



so I as though galloping | when he was for a time I he put her down | behold 



iyna uvKukdpcdkmqoni tdcioqXuyo 



it is said | up yonder I it having become slightly daylight I taking her by the 



aulautiaqdya cua ukwak iwimun tikdneyotik 



hand I he carried her along | behold | those two | to a settlement I after reaching | 



lyXumun dcqotiya tdkimqcuamun iciymaymk 



into a house | he drew her inside I into a place that was long | when they entered! 



tdtkivoqpaqyuk tununyaymqcuaq apaya 



they met someone up there ! one who had his back towards them ! his father | 



oqalaktoq ayoydcqiqpiya iyniya qiviaqtoq 



said ! you have not again got ahead of me, have you ! his son ! turned his 



tautukamiuy apayi nuliayukanilu iyXayalek-a 



head | when he saw him ! his father ! and the wife he wanted | he smiled at him 



