Eskimo Texts 7 a 



Text VI 



mvu-k in^umqcuk hu-kmi tu-tuqaqtuami 



Two people | had their dwelling-place | on a river 1 on one possessing caribou | 



kic-ema neqe-qlivut oqayaqtuk nulia^yih 



finally | they began to lack food 1 they two repeatedly said | husband and wife | 



qitunyaUk neqLqcyainHaqm.vXuyLt' piyacuTnk qitunyaqaqmqcuk tu'tunik 

 their children | commencing to lack food I three | children they two had | caribou | 



paqetciXiaqman nuliayik niya-tuUqcuk 



when one could find by hunting | the husband and wife | proceeded to set snares 



paiyaqtut tapkwa qitunyayit'^ niyale-qcainahqcuk 



again | they used to stay at home | those | their children | they failed at last to 



aan" unoaqmayo aivkutik unoaqtitaUqmaynik 



snare any more | well | when it was night | they two returning | when they were 



tapkwa pairuat dniyaqtut 



very late at night | those | who stayed at home | went outside frequently | 



arjayuqakica omiktotiyaliyait Hani niyarrnrjnukarrnrj 



their parents | closed the door tightly on them I on one occasion 1 when they went 



aiyitcuk tapkwa neqaiqaimy 



to set their snares 1 they two did not return 1 those | because they lacked food | 



tunHonmiynin^ apaiyaydta neyipqayayiyaik 



their own bed-skins | their eldest brother I used to give the two of them to eat | 



taimana neyilavKutitj tunHomiymn^ kicema nuyuvut 



that one | they eating for a time | their own bed-skins | finally | they were used 



tunHotiyit" omiktotifjamiruat neqe'qcut 



up 1 their bed-skins 1 those who were kept confined | they were without food | 



apaiyaydta oqauiiyayiyuk nukakni 



their eldest brother | he kept saying to the two of them | his younger brothers | 



toqotaumvXuyik taina qeaydluayamiy dtoaqcirut 



that those other two were dead | so | when they had wept for a while 1 they began 



nukaqXium tuyXia dtoqtoq cuxXuyatoq cuxXuyatoq 



to sing I of the younger ones | the second | sang | being what he said | being what 



dnixXayali qaiyjqtoyoqXuyatjq dnixXafjali 



he said | let me go out pray | changing myself into a red fox he said | let me go 



maq qaiyoqtoyoqXuni aan^ dniroq nukaqXiq aan^ 



out I maq I changing into a red fox | well | he went out | the youngest | then | 



dto-liyd'coq cuxXuyatoq cuxXuyatoq amxXayali 



sang again | being what he said | being what he said | let me go out | changing 



tuluyayoqXuyatoq dmxXayali kr-r-r kr-r-r tuluyayoqXuniyoq 



myself into a raven he said | let me go out | kr-r-r 1 kr-r-r | changing into a raven 



dniroq apaiyayak icumaydluayami 



it is said | he went out | their eldest brother ] when he had pondered a while | 



dmayoyoqXuni icumaqciroq ayoniayacuyaluyiklu 



changing himself into a wolf 1 he came to the conclusion | believing that he would 



Lcumaroq dtoqtoqli cuxXuyatoq cuxXuyatoq 



overtake the two also | he decided | he sang | being what he said | being what he 



duixXayali dmayoyoqXuyatoq dnixXayali 



said i let me go out | changing myself into a wolf he said | let me go out | 



