Eskimo Texts 11 a 



ayoniayami aan" malijayiya Wifji. Hani 



when he went hunting | well | she always followed him | her husband | on one 



ayoniaqnialaqmik arjotala dperiya 



occasion | they two being out hunting 1 her husband | asked her | whether she 



ayayuqaqa-yuUfjin^mayan taima piya 



were not longing to see her parents again 1 so then | she said | although she 



arjayuqaqayuliyaluaqtoq dtanyoymHroq aikamik 



longed to see her parents again | she had become not her own mistress | when they 



ayayuqakica oqautiyak tamna nuliaya iyniqmiy 



returned home | his parents | said to them | that one | his wife | their son's | 



atjayuqayi aynaqdtiyiyiv\uyLk aan^ tautuyuliyayoliqn''Lv\uyLk\i 



her parents | being relatives | moreover | they also often longed to see them 



dqaniayani,k'amii} qdniyiyaqtuk 



again | after they had loaded their sled | they two constantly freighted ahead | 



cwpayayahy aulauticayait neqautdiylu nuliayik 



their possessions | they had them all removed | their food also | the married 



qdniyiyaqtuk aulaqtut aan^ qdniyiaqcyaiqamiy 



couple I continually freighted ahead | they set out | well | whenever they had jSn- 



aulaqtut taina iyXaurut qaniyiyaqaqXutifj 



ished the freighting | they set out | thus | they travelled | after freighting ahead 



tautunaqcim-ata in-it tava 



all the time 1 when it was time for them to be seen | tracks | over yonder | 



m^ud paqtut qa\-t.mata tavruma aynam apayi 



people I came to meet them | when they drew near | she | the woman | her own 



iXicayiya ayotata oqautiya ayayuqayik 



father | she was able to recognize him | her husband | told her | her parents | to 



in^uk\uyd qoyd^Xnyik tiJcLmnata apayan qmHroaqciya 



kill them | not to look at them | when they arrived | her father | looked hard at 



pdniWi iXicayiminayolu tckin^ami.y 



her I his own daughter | and not able to recognize her | when they reached | to 



aynaqdtimi.n-un toqoyuk nuliayik cdvaktuk atayamik 



their kinsmen | they two died | the married couple 1 worked | incessantly | also 



iqiyyaUvXutikXu cdvaktuk ayayuqakta iloqdti.k qmHyukak 



building platforms | they worked 1 her parents | both of them | liked to gaze at 



iXicayiXainmtvXuyolu uluyoluyamk 



her I although not able to recognize her 1 her wretched little knife | because she 



neymHayotiyilainmayo Hani itiyami ciutiyotikni 



never used it to eat with | on one occasion | when she awakened | her two ear- 



iK'iyik apami cdva'k apayan tautukamiyik 



pendants | she put them on | her father's | his working | her father | when he saw 



qoyluviroq acin" iXoqdtik qoyviruk apaya oqalaktoq kicimi 



them I he wept bitterly | well | both of them I wept | her father | said | he alone | 



qeacukXuni iydcuyd'kdluaqmvXuyo cdvaktoq tamna 



wishing to weep ! though he had not wanted to cast her out | she worked | she 



aynaq acin" taina cdvakayuknwXuyolu qeayaqtuk kicema 



the woman | well | thus | she striving to work | they continually wept 1 at last | 



iyn^tni toqXuqpa dtqamk dtciutmikaya apaiyani 



her own son | called her | her name I that he had bestowed on him | her elder 



