6 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



dmamamk dnaya 



yonder | my feces | 



dmamamk dnaya 



yonder | my feces I 



ejidtcidt akunyani qaqoUqtajiau 



the low hills ] in between them | go and devour | 



qya qya qja 



Kra I kra | kra | 



Text IV 



iWukyoq una -picualaqmi tucaroq atoqtudmi.k 



A man it is related ] this one | walking along | heard | something singing | 

 tCLku man-a avdtaqmayo iyiyi-i-iya qiXautayiyaq 



the ice | this one | when it came along the shore | I looked at it | his big drum | 



nipakin'/iqcoqyoq taina culi tucayayiya kic-ema 



it was a low sound, it is said | thus | again ] he kept hearing it | at last | he stopped 



nalakdXiydcpoq cuayoq camna nipanyoyaqtoaq 



again to listen | behold, it is said | down there | that which kept making the noise | 



dnmiuH nivakmayo cuayoq una kdneyuq 



beneath him | when he dug it up | behold it is said | that one | a sculpin |the 



dtoqtoaq loqoti,qn^i.q\uyo. 



one that was singing | finding it to be killed. 



Text V 



in^U'k LU^uniqcuk aynata kamioyayiya 



Two people | were hving | his wife | was always making boots for him | 



ayotat acin" qayiyaqmqcjq kicema aynata 



her husband | however | was continually making arrows I finally | his wife | 



tiy'KicuUqpa kamioyayiydluayamiuy 



desired to steal after him | because she was constantly making him new boots | 



iumaica cdneyamciyun mdliyinHya qaX-ikamiuy 



his tracks | on one side of them | she followed him | when she drew near him | 



tautuk-a ayoyi,?) imnamun piaktaqtoaq dwoyanilu 



she saw him | her husband | against a cliff | repeatedly shooting 1 his clothes also | 



ayikniye- aitqdtnilu kamiknilu dtoyoni acm" 



he rubbed thein | both his mittens | and his boots | singing | however | when 



ayiocaqamiuy piciyayiya uqpiyam qayayani uqpiyam 



he finished it | he kept shooting it | the small willow 1 on its branch | the small 



qayayani aya lyi yaya lyi yaya-a tautudnikamiuy 



willow I on its branch | anga 1 ingi | yanga | ingi ] yanga-a | after she had seen 



airoq ayonmin^ civoani aiman acin^ 



him I she returned home | her husband | before him | when he returned | however | 



dndqaqyilaqmiy cmnaluyaqciroq dto'tamk 



they whiling away the evening | she began to murmur | his song | when he 



qayeqdyamiuy ayotaia cudha nakin^ i\dpiuy 



recognized it | her husband | he scolded her ] whence I didst thou learn it I 



aynata kioya tamaya nunamm^ poiXaqimaya 



his wife | answered him | hither | from the ground | while it came up to me | 



iXitkiya 



I learned it 



