Eskimo Texts 19 a 



taututqiyd'ha andqaqyiydluaqamiy 



she did not see it again | when they had passed away the evening for a while | 



dqonaqcim-an tuialiyd'cut taina cin'"i,knialaqini.y 



when it was bed-time | they lay down again as usual | thus | they sleeping | 



diaqciliyd-coq panidk umata kaukaqpakXuni 



she began to waken again 1 their daughter | her heart | beating fast | being in 



oin^uyaqXuni qwiaqUqtoq taimanatun 



a sleepy state I she was repeatedly turning her head around to look | like that 



culi amaqum pamiuyatun d'uaq culi tautuliyd'ka 



one I also | a wolf | like its tail | that it was I also | she saw it again | she was 



ayoyidliyd'ka culi ciqolaliyd-coq 



not able again to catch it ] again I she went to sleep again for the second time (?) i 



acin'^ tautuknaqcdqLqmin''anilu diqami ana-kni 



well 1 she not being able to see it again I when she rose | her parents | while 



CLn^iktCK'Uyik dcuqtaliyd'coq qmHydluayami 



they were sleeping | she went outside again to look around | when she looked 



cdnmun qiviaqtoq cua kan-a 



about for a time | out to sea ] she turned her head to look | lo | down there | 



mayaqtoaq aaW" ulakciya Ukin^amiuy 



something that was black I well 1 she proceeded to go over to it I when she 



i\dc3jiya ndtceq toqoyaroaq nutaq 



reached it | she definitely recognised it ] a seal | that was dead | newly | she 



airoq ayayuqakni oqalautiyik ndtceqmik toqoyayoqmvKuni 



returned home | her parents I she told them | a seal | she finding a dead one | 



apayan piya pdmy toqoyayjqmqcuhn qayiciyaqioruy 



her father | said to her 1 daughter | you have found a dead animal | go over and 



pdnidn aiyamymayo apayan pi\ak-a 



bring it here I his daughter | when she had brought it home | her father | cut it 



ndtciqculiyd-cut tavrumani dndqaqyiydluaqamiy 



up I they ate seal meat again | on that day | when they had passed away the 



ciqonaqcim'an ciqaUyU'cut taina 



evening for a while | when it was bed-time | they went to bed again | thus | 



cin''ik-dluayamiy pdnidk di\iyd-aq umata 



when they had slept for Si while 1 their daughter | awoke again | her heart 1 was 



kaukaqpaUyinn^iqc^q qwiaqniuyaqXuni 



in the condition again of beating a little fast 1 turning her head slowly to look | 



qiviaqti\iyd-cjq cua aan" pamioq ayoliydlualiyd^ka 



she brought herself to look again | lo 1 then | a tail 1 although it almost es- 



man-a amaqum pamiuyamn dX'auvaUqcoq 

 caped her again | this one | a wolf | from its tail | was a little different | a 



qaviumyoq pamiuyatun dpaUqcoq makd-iqami 



wolverine they say | like its tail | it was a little | when she made herself rise i 



ndniroyeqXunilu dniroq cumik taima tauiukmin^anilu 



and taking the lamp-stick | she went out | anything | thus | she not seeing again \ 



sumik. idXiyd'Coq uv\upakXu cumik tautuyd-coq taina 



anything | she went inside again | by day too | anything | she did not see | so 



dndqaqyipqaqKuyd" iWuk tdtqayma qiqiyaqtaqtoaq 



after they passing the evening | a man | outside there I who was tramping on 



