Eskimo Texts 11 a 



maktaknik aan" neyLpqaya neyipqaqXuyo m^wk oqalaktuk 



whale-skin ] and | she gave him to eat 1 after his eating 1 two men | said to him [ 



iWugaqnailam iKid-paluyaq tautuyuk-a arjiya acM" ayoUh 



Inuqaqnailaq | the poor orphan ] wishes to see him 1 he assented | and | the two 



tapkwak qonuyak aulayaluaqUn-ayo tatqayma oqalaktuk 

 men \ those two ] pitied him | yet before his going | outside | they two said | 



kiki iXiapaluyam tavruma ayiya iXidpaluyam tautuktuayiak 



beware 1 the poor orphan | he | assented | the poor orphan | simply watched 



qoicueqcaqiCK-uyo tapkwak iaqtuk iaqami 



them two | while he went to one side | they two | entered | when he entered f 



pa-m cdneyani makdaryq nattqmi m^uqaqnailaq 



the door 1 at the side of it 1 he stood erect | on the floor | Inuqaqnailaq | was, 



nalamqcoq cavikpaklu drm.qcyamiit'Kuni inouqaqnailaq oqalaktoq 



lying on his back 1 and Savikpak 1 being on skins | Inuqaqnailaq | said | what 



ociuma una iyXaq nalain" cuna icumayivkuyo 



a mistake we made | this | traveller | a rascal | what | having come to think of it | 



qaivin^ ikidpaluyam kioya umidlyum iyn^iya cumun 



do you come | the orphan | answered him | the chief 1 his son 1 through what | 



picikaya qayeqdcukXuyo Ln'^uqaqnailam kioya 



his not returning ] he seeking to know it ] Inuqaqnailaq 1 answered him \ 



qi'md" neyianiakat umidlyum iyn^iya neyiyicimiyatin 



the dogs 1 they have already eaten him | the chief | his son | they are going to 



qi'md' thptik iynHnn^lu neyiniayatik tyXaq imani 



eat you | the dogs | you two | your son also ] they will eat you | the traveller 1 



ayiyoayaqciydluaqniqcoq iXigpaluit' 



in this way I would however become a rather fine person | orphans | they 



iXitqociyat qain^ qarnqprn^ ikayuriciyatin iXidpaluyam, 



tell them to learn it | come | your mouth | will need to help you I the orphan | 



cupiya iyn^ir/a in^uqaqnailam turjanun iXoqdtik cdvium 



breathed on him | his son | Inuqaqnailaq | towards him | they both | the knife [ 



tuTjanun aulaqiruk tyn^Lfja avalaqami Ckidpaluyam 



towards it | began to go | his son | when he screamed | the orphan | he however 



kinatahdluayik iXoqaktun hicema nucaiyotivuk 



kept them back 1 ? | finally | they two became deprived of their 



oqautiydluaya m^uqaqnailaq kic-ema qoyviXtqpyq 



hair | he spoke to him however | Inuqaqnailaq | finally | he began to weep J 



iXidpaluyam cuakdluaya iyn^itja toqoniaqmvXuyo 



the orphan | scolded him however | his son | saying that he would kill him | 



qaX-iman apayan tiyuya acm^ avyoqXuyo 



when he approached I his father | caught hold of him | but | cutting him to 



iXiapaluyam piyuvXuyo cavikmun nidqoira 



pieces | the orphan | pushing him | towards the knife | cut off his head | hewing 



avyoqXuyolu in^ud qovedCuUqcut iXidpaluyaq aicaqtoq 



him to pieces too | the people I rejoiced again 1 the orphan | went home early | 



neyiydluaqamivXuni piXiyornqcoq iXidpaluyaq m^ud 



eating shortly before however | he had become very strong | the orphan | people | 



qanLnyalaif'kdtXuni taimani picayoaqmqcjq 



not being able to approach him | in this case | he used only a little of his strengthl 



