16 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



unuyiaqtuami tiyumiayai an-oyaluyani unoapak 



towards night I he proceeded to carry them | his old clothes | in the night | he 



iyXauroq Hani oqtoyaqtoq uvKuqmayo uvkupak 



travelled | once | he kept spying out his route | when it was light | in the day I 



iyXauroq unuyiaqman in^ud tumifji.n'"ik 



he travelled | when it grew towards night | people | some tracks of theirs | he 



iautularoq canmun qinOigman iautuktoq qicuktun. 



saw one after the other | seawards I when he gazed | he saw | like a water-sky | 



d-uamik anaiukmi oqauta dqaqamiuy 



something being I his grandmother I her saying | after he remembered it | 



aulaqtoq tuyanun taina iyXauvXuni nuna tautukamiuy iqaitcuamk 



he went 1 towards it | so | travelling | the land | when he saw it I some of the soft 



atiroq oqoqtuat aan" tamauya omt'luyit" 



clothing I he put on ] that were warm I well | to that place I leaving them be- 



aulaqtoq qa\-ipayaqami ayuktaqtuamk tucaroq 



hind I he went | when he drew near | some who were playing football | he heard | 



dn-oyaluyani dtiyai in^ud aqpamik qairut avwXutiylu^ 



his old clothes | he put them on ] the people | running | came | and hallooing | 



piqtut in^uk tava aqpamik qairut iXiapalum tuyanun 



they shouted | a man | yonder ] running | they came | the orphan | towards him 1 



qak-imata tamaya civuXiuniqcoq acin^ tavanipaqyoq 



when they were near 1 that one | had become in front ] well | he was far behind | 



in^uk culi tiki,n''ami oqalaktoq aulaq ociuma 



a man | also | when he arrived | he said | the traveller | we were mistaken about | 



luna m^uk nalain'" taina culi i/rVuk tikin^ami oqalaliyd'coq 



this 1 man | rascal | so | also | a man 1 when he came up | he said in turn again 1 



j.n'"ud taina oqalayaqtut iXidpaluyaq aqpat'oq in^ud 



the men | thus | spoke one after the other | the poor orphan | ran I the men | 



^iC-uaqiCK-uyd' m^uk qaikami oqalaktoq yahi- culiapayukpit" 



while they walked | a man | when he came | said | well | what did you come here 



in'^uyuyaqtuatin qeqitm- "dckaluaqpatm 



for I you who possessed the means of life | yet it was not freezing you, was it | 



culiaqpin kioya iXidpaluyam umialyum iyn'"iya 



what did you come for | he answered | the poor orphan ] the chief | his son | 



cumun piciXaya iXitcurin^uyayiya 



through what | his not returning | I wanted to go and enquire about it fully | 



tavruma kioya ikpaqcyaqamiq toqotka Ln^uqaqnailam 



he I answered him 1 the other day 1 he killed him ] Inuqaqnailaq | while they 



cqaqtik-uyd" m^ud airut aimata 



were speaking | the people | reached home 1 when they reached home | the 



iXidpaluyaq an-Dyatqiqcoq iqaitcuamk dn-oyaqaqtuaqlik 



poor orphan | had beautiful clothes 1 soft ones | a person possessing clothes | 



una umiaUkmin'" dn-oyaqcyailikidtka aulaqcikama 



lie I from the chief | I obtained possession of the clothes | when I was leaving | 



•neyiyaqtualakumayutin ayiya iXiapaluyam 



pray will you proceed over to the house and eat | he assented I the poor orphan | 



iciqmaynik cua kimna aynaq avyuiroaq 



when they two entered | lo 1 up there ] a woman | who was cutting up | some 



