8 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



mu hu amayoyoqXuni acm" dniroq oqautiyik 



mu 1 hu I changing himself into a wolf 1 then 1 he went out 1 he told those two | 



nukatciakni maliymHoyaqovXuni _ aulaqamiy 



his younger brothers | teUing them to keep following him | when they departed | 



qaiyoqtoq onitckak acM" tali\-uti.k _ • u . i 



the red fox ] they two left it behind 1 well 1 they two disappearing from sight | 

 kifjiktuamun nuiman cua kan-a tu-tutamkntyoni 



to a high hill | when he came into view 1 behold | down below | a caribou that had been . 



a-paiyarja tulukam neyiyikli iluk acin^ 



killed by 1 his eldes't brother | the raven | ate them | its intestines | while | 

 qaiyoqtum tunuk Han acm" amaqum hyoa 



the red fox | the two halves of its backf at | all by itself | while | the wolf | its liver | 



taina tdvra m^uniaqtut 



thus I thereafter 1 they continued to live. 



Text VII 



Lnyud mvuniaqniqcut tayium cenmni acin" opMyaqcyaq- 



People I had their dweUing-place 1 of the sea | on its edge 1 well | when spring 



mayo kwhun nunamun aulayayukmqcut acLn'' 



came | along a river 1 inland | they were in the habit of going away 1 well | 



tu-tucioyotiy okidqmayo culi utiyotiy _ m^u-kli 



they havirg hunted caribou | when winter came | again | they returning | two 



tdvrani inmin^iqcuk dtautcitnik qitunyaqXutiy aynamik 



people I there | were dwelling also 1 just one I child they possessing | a woman 1 



dX-ami/c ayonmik apaiyaqayaluaqmqcuaq toqomqcoq aynaq 



another one 1 a male child ! one that was older however | was dead | the girl | 



tamna Wikiyacuyoqman ar/otd nuliayuk-dluayat 



this one | when she was believed to be marriageable | men | though they wished 



piculaitkai umidliyumlu iynyi-yica 



to marry her | she did not want them ] a rich man also | his sons | although 



nuliayuk-dluayat picuyifkai ktcema apayan 



they wished to marry her I she did not want them | finally | her father | wishing 



iyitcuqKuyo oqautiydiqpa a-kayan iyitcuydckdluaya 



to turn her out | he began to speak to her of it | her mother | although she did not 



apdyan iyitcuha ayayuqakica 



wish to turn her out | her father | wished to turn her out 1 her parents | took 



aulauiiyak iyitcukluyo ku'k'un tdtpauya 



her away | wishing to abandon her | along a river I into the interior | taking 



utivKuyo maniyayahkmun aulautiyak dtautcimik utkutciyaqtut 



her back I to the tundra | they took her away | only one | pot they possessed | 



tiki.n'^amiyuy imiqtaqtdcayak ayayuqakica 



when they reached it | they sent her to procure water 1 her parents | when she 



aulaqcaqman a-kayan aitcoya uluyolukmik qi\amiqyuq\uni 



went for it | her mother | gave her 1 a wretched little knife | she wishing to make 



imiyikcudmik ivaqUqXuni acin" 



haste 1 some water that was good I occupied in looking for | well | when she 



imiqcualuk- amiuy utiqloq ku-k dldtqaqmayo 



had obtained the water I she returned | the river I after she looked from afar at it I 



