20 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



aan" iciqtoq uk-weyman cua una 



snow repeatedly | well | he entered I when the door opened | lo | he | a 



nukdtpiaq amaqomk cmdiyamk dn-oyahk iceyami tavrunia 



young man | with wolf | fringes I having clothes I when he entered I he I 



WiXiyacum akianun aqovitoq aqovitamk-ami oqalaktoq apama 



the maiden | opposite | sat down | when he was seated I he said | my father | 



tdimaya qairurja oqalatqiyaunayo in^uk culi tdtqayma 



because he sent me | I came I he not speaking again I a man | also I outside | 



tucaliyd'kat taina culi iciXiyd-coq 



they heard him call again | in the same way | also | he entered too | when the 



uk-weyman cua una nukdtpiaq dtiquluydtdaqtoaq 



door opened | lo | he la young man | who had beautiful caribou-skin boots | 



qavikmk cmdiyamk dn-oyayiptauq qavikmk cimqaqmLfjiqcuat 



with wolverine | fringes | his clothes also | wolverine skin | having also for 



tavruma nukdtpiam caneyanun aqovitoq qaviUnjayaqtoaq 



fringes | he | the young man | beside him | sat down | he who wore wolverine 



oqalaktoq i\ain-^aq civuKtqniyiyma 



skin I said | is it so indeed | you have managed to precede me | I am going 



nuliayiniayiya na-umi pi,n''and'kin tdvrdni 



to marry her | not at all | shall you have her | thereupon | when the two were 



qapiqlailiydluaqmaymk tavruma mviaqcidm apayan oqalautiyik 



wrangling together for a time I he | the maiden | her father | said to them | she 



maqotauniayivXuyo pdni acm" tdvra 



not being something to fight about | the daughter | well i then | they again be- 



maqonialeymiukXu dnCk-uyik pdqoyik dniruk acin" 



gan to fight I going out I he told them to do it | they went out | well | 



tdtqayma icayotimaynik qiqiyaqtaqpdluaq 



outside I when they were told to go out | loud continuous stamping | they 



tucaqnacuyoyuktuk dnimaymk mdUktait-cuk cuyoyeqamik 



believed they heard | when they went out | they did not follow | when they fin- 



qiqiyayak nipakXicainaqXuni nuyuroq 



ished whatever it was I their stamping | at last gradually disappearing | it fin- 



dndqaqyiydluaqamiy ciqoliyd-cut 



ished I when they had idled away the evening for a while | they went to bed again | 



itiyamiij pdnidk itcuqtaliyd-coq 



when they rose | their daughter | went outside again as usual to look around | 



tautuk-e- tapkwak tumirjik iyXua dmaqum tumaicun aun^ 



she saw them | those two | their tracks | the one | a wolf | like its tracks | but | 

 lyXuaptauq qavium tumaicun tavyayai 



the other also | a wolverine | like its tracks | she' followed them | those that were 

 auqolaqniqcuat taina tavyaqnialaica tautuha 



greatly stained with blood | thus I proceeding to follow them | she saw it | 



mayaqtoaq acm" ulakciya tikm^mayo cua 



something black | well | she proceeded over to it i when she reached it | lo | 



una qavik toqoyaroaq taina qmHydluayamiuy 



jt I a wolverine | that was dead | so | when she had examined it for a time | 



tautuha dUknicuyyuk cdneyani aivXuni oqalautiyik 



she saw it | a great rent | in its side I returning home | she told them I her 



