12 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



toqoyaroaq toqKuqmayo i\d'uyiruk 



brother | who was dead | when he named her | they beheved they recognized I 



pdmkmikmk actn^ aperiya aynagani cumLn" paqmniayan 



their own daughter | well | he asked him | his kinsman | whence | he had found 



ocm" oqalautiya iyn^iqminun paqen'-'i.vKuyo toqXuyayak 

 her I well | he told him 1 due to his son | finding her | they continually addressed 



aciny pdniktik dtqonagXutik acm^ tavrani 



her I then | their daughter 1 telling her to give her name | well | thereafter | in 



dtautcimi ini/uvkutiy 



one place | they continuing to live. 



Text VIII 



in^ud in^uyiakU-cuat kwkmi miuniqcut 



People I were dwelling in small numbers | on a river | they had their dwel- 



dna-luyik tavranmnnn^iqcuk tutddaya tu'tumk 



ling I a woman and her grandson | were living there also | her grandson | caribou | 



qayyimata ulayayiyai neqiqcyayamk 



when they brought in | he used to go over to them | some of its meat | they 



aitcoyayiyat aitcoqmani ak'dnun aulayaqtoq 



used to give him | when one gave him | to other people 1 he used to go | when 



neqiqcyanihami aiyaqtjq nukayik dtaniyimatun dkik 



he had obtained food | he would return home | two brothers | like chiefs | were | 



tapkunufja iaqman nuliayan ayiyuamik aitcoyayuk-a 



to those two I when he entered | his wife | a large piece | usually gave him | they 



aitcupacdliayat aitcupialeqmani 



did not give him so much | when one had really ceased to give him anything | 



tapkunurja nukaym^un iciyaqtoq tavruma aynam 



to those two 1 to the two brothers | he continually entered | she | the woman | 



aitcoPa qanoyiXicudcut ciKald" aitcoteqXicain^- 



gave him | how should they begin not to | the people outside | at last beginning 



aqXutiy kicema aitcoleqpat iciyaydluaqami 



to stop giving | finally | they ceased to give him I although he continually 



aitcoyin^mani tapkunuya nukaym^un 



entered | when one gave him nothing | to them [ to the two brothers | he con- 



idyaqioq aitcoqmani aiyaqtoq 



tinually entered | when one gave him something | he used to return home | on 



Hani tapkunuya ici,qman aynam aitcoya neqimik 



one occasion | to them | when he entered | the woman | gave him | some meat | 



tiyuleq-aya iyn^iyan qitcutin-ik kijyaviam 



he was beginning to take hold of it | her son ] with a scratcher | a duck-hawk | 



idyen^i-k qitcuha neqtq tiyumiydluaqamiuy 



with its claws 1 he scratched him | the food | although he was just catching hold 



piXdka tavruma a-kayan tautuyd'ka dniroq 



of it I he let it drop 1 she | his mother | did not see him I he went out I with 



LyXuamk qitcunait-cuanik tiyuvKuyo qeacautiyiXaqmi 



the other one | with the unscratched one | taking hold of it | being made to cry 



dniroq iaqoni aan" qedyaqmi ana-lukmin^un 



a little I he went out | entering 1 then 1 in a state of crying | to his grandmother | 



