Language and Folklore. _ 335 
“Last night 1 dreamt I was far out at the furthermost settlement, with 
the dwellers of Umivik (settlement at Cape Dan). Although I (he?) am not 
big, my opponent composed a song in which he accuses me of being a son- 
in-law of the inland folk (the Timerseet), and of having communication with 
them. Those in there on the land you have not been anywhere near, they 
who are both brave and skilful sealers. — I have thought much of your 
accusations. — Ås it is only the sons-in-law of ravens for whom one cannot 
leave anything about, and from whom one cannot hide anything, I liken you 
to these. — You are one for whom one cannot leave anything about, and 
from whom one cannot hide anything.” | 
The singer thus accuses his opponent of theft, and sarcastically char- 
acterizes him as a raven’s son-in-law. In my version this last period is 
missing. 
1 Last night I dreamt, 
2 I dreamt at last (there down south) 
sawane:niartoa:m:a 3 That I was out by the sea there south, 
4 That I was farthest out towards the east 
down south, 
5 With that dweller of the outer coast. 
ume wi ewaninama 6 With Фе Umeewik dweller there down south, 
7 
8 
un:uarte: sindt-érama 
sindt-ératarpoa ma 
kit-erne-niartoa ma 
kita to ewanin ima 
atijuva:iitoa ma He down south who resembles me. 
My opponent is wont to make these mocking 
poems, 
.nina'ruteneatartiwa 9 He is used to consider me as being the son- 
in-law 
timatu ewinig ета 10 To the inland dwellers in yonder. 
ар`аК`оа pat'inilatee 11 You have not got so far as to them in there, 
ima:lu e'wili mak:o 12 These dwellers on the inland, 
pit aecertonit 13 We regard them as skilful hunters, 
aniwocertonit 14 We regard them as lucky sealers. 
потага ta ®ne:larpor 
VARIANTS. — 1. sinät'orama. — 2. sinät-ertoatap'oa m'a. — 3. sawane’nier- 
foam-a. — 6. ume-wi e‘wanik. — 8. iwe'gara ta'ine:tarpo:r. — 11. pat:inilace:. — 
14. apirotsertogit. 
Notes. — 1. Lit. ‘it was night when I dreamt.’ — 2. Cf. WGr. -ratarpoq 
‘now at last’ or possibly = -ata‘rpo- ‘in high degree, strongly.’ — 2-4 (cf. 6). 
The termination -a’m’a is no doubt only the refrain-like -а па in distorted 
form. — 5. Likewise -im'a perhaps = ivn:a. — 6. Umeewik, a settlement on 
the island of Cape Dan. — 7. atig- = WGr. assik-; -ama = a'wn'a. — 8. Cf. 
no. 207, 1.1. — 10. ‘The dwellers of the inland’ = Timerseet. — 11. tapak:oa 
‘the people up in the west’ is another distinct signification used of the Tim- 
erseet. — 13. < picsarega‘oq (Kuannia) ‘is an able and lucky hunter.’ 
No. 182. AkYko Sings of his Wife. 
Qiwinazaaq. 
I think this song is meant as a joke; the singer is Ak¥ko, who made 
the song in order to shame his wife. 
