. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 210 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 them, they say; people afar off, it destroyed them all, they say. People here, the fish, the salmon, the thing that moves them, it is going to e^-t them, it is dangerous. These people unhappily it ate, it ate; those unhappily it terrifies; these people, dangerous-, these, unhappily, the fish, these, it is going to eat them down there. Ukumarauta's shade, it seized him, him, out over the sea, Ukum- arauta, the big island, intending to eat him, its shade, out over the sea, seized h
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 210 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 them, they say; people afar off, it destroyed them all, they say. People here, the fish, the salmon, the thing that moves them, it is going to e^-t them, it is dangerous. These people unhappily it ate, it ate; those unhappily it terrifies; these people, dangerous-, these, unhappily, the fish, these, it is going to eat them down there. Ukumarauta's shade, it seized him, him, out over the sea, Ukum- arauta, the big island, intending to eat him, its shade, out over the sea, seized ;. Fig. 60. Digging fishing-holes through the ice, Lake Angmaloktok, Colville hills (Here there are some indistinct words in the record, the comments of Ilatsiak's wife in the background. Ilatsiak continues:—) "These people, these people, yes. How is it? These people, it seized out over the ; (Again there are constant interruptions by the audience, and Ilatsiak continues:—) "Yes, Ukumarauta, the people, it, the fish, it seized, seized, it, the fish. The, dogs, the dogs, these, these people, these, these people, their kinsfolk, those away over there, the Indians too, it kills with its heavy weight, it eats them, destroying them without difficulty. Yes, it seized, it seized that one, it seized, it seized, yes. But I speaking plainly I think I ; (At this point the voice of his wife is distinctly audible, saying, "Speak plainly, speak ;) "Yes, from the sea, the salt sea, it seized, hu, hu, yes, they are going to eat, yes, next summer, they are going to eat, hu, hu, ; , Only the general drift of the meaning is distinguishable from these broken utterances. With regard to the first part the natives explained that there is a huge salmon, as large as an island, which swallowed two kayaks once with their occupants, and almost devoured two others at the same time. This was in a lake somewhere beyond Bathurst inlet where the
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