Eskimo Texts 9 a 



cua ukwak ayuyamkmqXuUk qedroq tavrani qedcmqami 



behold I those two 1 abeady fleeing far away | she wept | then | when she fin- 



ulufjolukmik manijayakun 



ished weeping | with her wretched little knife | through the tundra I beginning 



CLcilw\uni anyiktoq ihqami taina ayliyayiya 



to make a cave | she slept 1 when she got up | in the same manner | she kept 



kicema tupiqpayoqpa ihqami uvkuqman 



making it larger | finally 1 she made a tent of it | when she got up | when it was 



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Lfjmin^un oqalaktoq panequiakiuija uvani Uvrakniuyaqkaya 



light I to herself 1 she conversed | I shall starve | here | let me go out continually 



oqalaqaqKuni tayium cen^anun 



and seek drift on the shore | after conversing with herself | the sea | to its edge| 



aulaqtoq tikin^ami tautuk-a cutUqa qopdyotXu 



she went | when she arrived | she saw it 1 some odds and ends | both worms | 



tqalukdtku katdluyiP ayiciyai aan^ 



and small fish | putting them together | she took them home | well | when it 



uvKutqiqmayo katdcipcaliyitcoq aylikamiyit' 



was light again | she went and collected more | when she had amassed a great 



eqdlukat ciXuUnHoyayaqciroq 



number of them ] the small fish | she kept on looking about for dead seals | she 



pic'uaqtualaqmi paqet'oq ndtceqmJc ayicwXuyo piXak-a uluyolukmik 



walking along | she found | a seal | taking it home | she cut it up | with her poor 



ndniqcuk acm^ ikdka niyonmik cdvamLn^ik 



little knife | a make-shift lamp | then | she lit it | with a drill | one that she made 



ihqami ciKuhvcaliyd-coq 



herself | when she got up | she went out again and found another dead seal | 



acin" piXaX'Uyo amidn iy\ua tdluliya acm" 



well I cutting it up | its skin | the one of them ] she made a curtain of it | well | 



iy\ua iyalaUvXuyo ciXuhnHoyapcaliyd-coq 



the other one | making a window of it | she went out and found another dead 



uyyukmik acm^ paqetXuni piXak-a aan" aulatkaluaqnayo 



seal I a bearded seal | then I finding | she cut it up | then | not however taking it 



acin^ ayyaya okiupak aan" tapkuniya 



away | then | she took it home | in the winter | then ] by means of these | she 



neqiq-aqciroq okiaqmayo tauna tautuk-a 



became possessed of food | when it was winter | down at the sea | she saw him | 



apayi uniaqtuaq aan" tavrani qedliyd-coq 



her own father | dragging a sled | well | thereupon | she wept again | she did not 



taututqifjd'ka apayi okiupak kicutXiqa tautuyayiya 



see him again | her father ] in the winter | some one or other | she frequently saw 



nuliayukiuatlu tauna 



him I and also the men who had wanted to marry her | down at the sea | she 



tautuyayiya opinyaqmayo man-iknHayaqtoq 



frequently saw him | when spring came | she used to go out and gather eggs | 



i,n"Lpqaqnain"man maWLknHayiayukXuni dniroq 



whenever there was no mirage 1 going out wishing to seek eggs | she went out I 



Hani cua ukwa ndnmait twtut tautukXuydHu aan" 



on one occasion | lo | these | packs | caribou | and seeing them ] then | she carried 



