212 W. THALBITZER. 
ilip:oata qilinvarciyata— вово-*`! 2 
ke'sa, serqiartiwara'? tikitarpa'n 
ilip:oata qilin‘darciga ta — RIRI°""! 3 
ke'sa, imerquartiwak-a ®  tikit-ar- 
pay 
ilip:oa‘ta (ete. as before) 4 
ke'sa, merserserpitiwara  tikit-ar- 
pay 
ke-sa mitivarartiwak'a üikitarpa y 5 
ke-sa ornertiwak-a tikit-arpa‘n 6 
ke'sa tuwertiwak-a tikit arpa'n 7 
ke-sa tät'urtuara tikitarpa'n 8 
ke'sa ganertiwara tikitarpa'n 9 
ke'sa qigartiwara tikitarpa'n 10 
ke-sa taki’natik-a tikitarpa'n 11 
Halloo! I sink, help me up. Ugh! 
Now it reaches my great knees. 
Halloo! I sink, help me up. Ugh! 
Now it reaches my great groins. 
Halloo! I sink, ete. (continued through 
all the verses) 
Now it reaches my great navel. 
Now it reaches my great breasts. 
Now it reaches my great armpits. 
Now it reaches my great shoulders. 
Now it reaches my great chin. 
Now it reaches my great mouth. 
Now it reaches my great nose. 
Now it reaches my great eyes. 
ROR åd (death-shriek) 12 Ugh! 
[ара morparpon Hereupon it sank under the water, 
ара ila'n tdso-a a“targip:ut. after which the others travelled sea- 
ward. 
Phon. (а) gileniarciya'ta (>) cinernertiwak:a (9 ajerpät-uartiwa (4) imerqiartiwak:a 
B 
ilip'oa ta: qgiliniarcina ta: 1 Halloo! I sink, help me up! 
ke'sa tumartiwak'a m“rpätarput . Now are my great feet sunken down. 
ke'sa natortuak-a татрагагрий 2 Now are my great joints sunken down. 
ke'sa micicapit iwara m'pät arpon 3 Now is my great navel sunken down. 
ke'sa unertiwak'a тор`АаЁагрит 4 Now are my great armpits sunken down. 
ke'sa qanertiwara m'p'ätarpon 5 Now is my great mouth sunken down. 
ke'sa qa'kvita: 6 Now is my great forehead sunken down. 
qilinvana:ta 7 Halloo, I sink, help me up! 
(cry) 9° — (ta wa kiwiwon) 8 Ah! — (Then it sank down). 
C 
Variants according to Qiwinaraaq (X 
Phon.) are put in brackets. 
Ne-rtertiwokaje: |awam-un| arwta'i- 
armata [awtaieke‘tarmata] qu'rtulu- 
kaje: ila giarpa: [ila re tenait]. awalä- 
sime lertule® ima‘nartiwokaje:me |-ka- 
Jim'ik] ogaiaga [oqa'igqa' a] katiler- 
niarice katilerniarice. tawko oqaiarput 
When the geese, in a vast flock, 
were about to take their departure, 
the raven would keep them company. 
When they also began to get out over 
the sea, far out over the great water, 
he shouted: Draw together, draw to- 
gether! The others, the geese, took to 
saying: when he has to settle (on the 
water) you must withdraw from one 
