4 A Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-lS 



'pdniamk acin^ aquveyd qaimata umiyikcoq 



a daughter of him | well | whales | when they came | he made a fine boat | when 



umiayamik aquvaqtut tak-imamk qayyuymata 



they sailed the boat [ they captured whales | five \ when they brought | his 

 andijan adcjqtotiyiye- in^uknun hcisman-a 



grandmother | she distributed them around | among the people | well then | 



qiturjivuk nukatpiayuyniik andtjan cm^Lqatiutiya 



they had a child | a boy | his grandmother | she took him for a sleeping-com- 



ayXiman iqmyak andya toqoyami 



panion | when he grew up | their son | his grandmother | when she died | she 



mdiyoqtoq in^uniaydluayami.k ayayuqaqtuk. 



changed to an eider-duck | when they lived on for a time | they became old I 



ana-k tdvraptauq 



his parents | finished also. 



Text II 



tCLkcrikyoq cdLmm-in dnegtoaq ukpiyum 



A squirrel, the story goes | from its hole | which went out to play | an owl | 



ulak-a taimulaymani iciqtjq ici.yman dndqoaqciya 



went over to it | when it went over to it j it entered | when it entered | it called it out | 



ukpiyum tctkcnk dnieqcualuk kiayoya takcnk oqaqtoq 



the owl I squirrel | come out and play | the sun is warm | the squirrel | said | 



cdpiniarimapta ki dnieqcualuk dniroq dmyman 



we shall be blocked out | come | come out and play | it went out | when it went 



cdpiya ukpiyum cdptm-ani tcLkcnk oqalaktoq 



out I it blocked it | the owl 1 seeing that it had blocked it | the squirrel | said | 



muminniaktuya dto'tuya ukpi.k dtoqtoq takcrik 



I am going to dance beautifully | sing for me | the owl | sang | the squirrel | 



una cicani cdvriyiya yeyaq akiX-u yeyaq 



this one I its hole I I have blocked it I I I I 



CikiX'u yeyaq tci tci iaqcdluaqtjqyoq 



. . I I tci I tci I though it tried to enter, they say | it 



iciyd'oq ukpik oqalaktoq a cucaktdpit na-ka 



failed to enter I the owl | said | ah | what art thou trying to get | not at all 1 



man-a iviydtciaq picaqteriya takcrik oqaqtoq ki iloq 



this I small blade of grass I I went to get it | the squirrel | said | come 1 cousin | 



avlaitayakpak-avit dto'tuya ciqon-eri.qca\-utLy 



when thou hast spread wide apart thy legs | sing for me | closing thine eyes 



kuimruya pamiumayXan nuvutciayanun 



tightly I I am covered with backfat | right up to my tail | to its tiny end | I 

 uqcyuqaqtuya ukpiyum dto-tiaqciya avlataklunilu 



possess fat i the owl | began to sing for it | both spreading out its legs | and closing 

 ciqon-eriqcaqlunilu tcikcnk una cicani cdvriyiya yeyaq 



its eyes tightly | the squirrel | this one | its hole | I have blocked it | | 



akCK-u yeyaq cikiX-u yeyaq tcikcnk una 



• • • • I • • • I I . ■ • • 1 the squirrel I this one | 



CLcan tci tci tci iciqtoq takcrik pamiuyan kician kiydluaya 



its hole I tci | tci I tci | it entered ] the squirrel | its tail | it alone | though it bit it | 



