14 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



arakaluayat neqautimiynm" ilatun 



fighting* I though they told him to stop | from their food | like a relative | he 



nejinHaqnivKuyo cuqotiyiyd'kai ici.qmaynik 



going to eat | he continued to pay no attention to them | when they two enter- 



i\i3paluyaq aniroq paqXuyik tdtqam-a nipatkaluayamiy 



ed 1 the orphan ] went out | meeting them two | outside | although they, had been 



nipeqcut myud tdvrani dkaluayamiy 



making a noise | they were silent | the people | there | although they stayed | 

 Tpdneqotiy toqoyaqtut aan" dna-lua itijiayoqtoq 



they starving | died" one after the other I well | his grandmother I changed to a 



aan" tutalua dmayoyoqXuni 



weasel ] and | her grandson | changing to a wolf. 



Text IX 



in^udyoq in^uniaqtut ku-yum pa-yani 



People, it is said | were dwelling | a river | at its mouth | going away from 



tu-tulialavXutiy opinyami aciW" okigqmayo 



time to time after caribou | in the summer | and | when it was winter | re- 



utiqXutiy dna-luyik tdvrani aulalainViqcuk tutalua 



turning home | a woman and her grandson 1 there | never went away | her grand- 



nukatpiaqyuk dna-lukmi an-oyayM^ik dtivKuni amyami 



son I a mere boy | his grandmother | her own clothes I putting on I when he went 



qayatiyun dnLqcuayayukmqcoq nukdtpidtyoq 



out 1 through the ceiling | he was in the habit of going out to play | the young 



ayoniaqtuat Hani ayiliyalait'cut 



men, they say | who went out hunting | sometimes | frequently failed to return 



tapkwa in^ud mdXyokmk umidliqaqtut ayayukXiq piyacunck 

 home I those | people | two | rich men they had | the elder | three | sons he pos- 



iynHqaqniqcoq acM" nukaqXiq mdXyokmk piyayuqaqkutik aynamik tapkwak 



sessed | but | the younger | two ] they two having a third 1 a girl 1 they two | 



iyn^iyd" atayamik aiyayukmqcut tamna iXigpaluk m^ukni 



their sons | invariably | used to return home ] he | the poor orphan | his people | 



noveqcuayukntqcoq neqiqcyaqniaqXuni qayiyimun iciqman 



he used to visit continually 1 going for food | into the dance-house | when he 



nukaqXium umidliyum kiluvaq-oyayukniya 

 entered | the younger | chief | would always tell him to go to the back wall | 



actW qayiyimioyuat payukmatiyd" 



those who were staying in the dance-house | when they brought presents 



aitcuqXuyo neqiqcyayantk ayayukXium iyXuanun 



of food to them | giving him | some food for himself I the elder chief's 1 to his 



iaqman iyn^iyica ilaydta oqalautiyayiya 



house I when he entered | his sons | one of them ] would frequently tell him | he 



kamyiyotcaqnivXuyo ayoniaqtiqalaydcumlu 



quickly making himself bootless | and not possessing anyone to hunt for him | 



tama-ni aan" veyiokdluayami dmvXuni nukaqXium 



here | well | when he waited in vain | going out 1 the younger chief | when he 



• There is evidently some mistake in this passage. 



