NOMADISM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEREDITY. 4.5 



(36) Propositus, d\ could recite stories at 22 months; now, at 10 years of 

 age, is in school, where he is inattentive, though seldom absent; he /. 

 adventure, and goes away, without permission, with bad associates; lies some- 

 times, but will tell the truth if pressed to the point of punishment. Sibs: 

 i-cf , 19 years, had a good mind and is studious. 2, died in infancy; 3 -d\ 

 15 years, is "bright and good." 



Father. — A successful lawyer of strong character; no evidence of nomadism 

 in his ancestry. 



Mother. — A very intelligent woman of firm character. Sibs: 1 d\ left honk 

 at 14 to seek life of adventure; reads much in books of travels; married un- 

 happily, but has settled down. 2-9, married unhappily; is in business for 

 herself. 



Mother's father. — A good man, but very nervous; had no patience; was 

 severe with his boy. 



Mother's mother. — Comes from a staid Boston family of 14 children, all of 

 whom turned out well; one of her brothers, a lawyer, who married beneath 

 him, had a son who is a rover; has been in the navy and his present whereabouts 

 are unknown. 



Mother's mother's father. — Was a captain in the Black Hawk War; he went 

 to Illinois in 1826; he was erratic, very fond of Indian out-door life, and always 

 used an Indian blanket; at over 70 he swam the Mississippi; he traced his 

 ancestry back to Pocahontas. (3 : 95, IV 4.) 



(37) Propositus, d" ,born in New York, 1896; had convulsions at 2 years; was 

 stubborn and unruly and would throw things at an offender. He had a 

 tendency to wander; he would leave home for days at a time and wander 

 about the city, often bringing home a collection of things that, he said, people- 

 had given him, but -his mother evidently suspected him of stealing. < >n his 

 last absence from home he wandered about his native city, hiding as much as 

 possible and returning home at night to sleep in the coal-bin. Now in a State 

 institution for defectives. Sibs: i-o 71 , born 1893, a drummer in the theater, 

 exceptionally bright and very musical; has a tubercular spinal trouble. 2- 9 , 

 died at 2 years. 3-0", born 1898, a junior at the academy; very talented 

 along musical lines and plays cornet; is a well-known and popular actor. 

 4-0", born 1900, backward in school; dislikes study; fond of baseball and 

 moving pictures. 5-9, born 1902; has remarkable histrionic ability and 

 plays the violin well with little training. 



Father. — Born 1867; died 1902, from an electrical accident; had a good 

 mentality and was well thought of; had 4 sisters, all normal, and 2 brothers, 

 of whom one is normal and the other died at 28 years of spinal trouble ; 2 other 

 brothers died early. 



Father' s father and his sibs: Normal, except one brother, who was not very 

 bright. 



Father's mother. — Formerly a bright woman, now suffering from loss of 

 memory. 



Mother. — Intelligent, talented, and of good character, has kept the family 

 together by giving music-lessons. Sibs: i-9, died at 2 years of spinal 

 meningitis. 2-0", died at 12 years of spinal trouble. 3~9, not described. 

 4-9 , mentally normal. 5-cf 1 , bright; died at 45 of heart disease. 6 I . an 

 attractive woman, living in her native town. 



Mother's father. — Came to America from Ireland; died of a goitre 1 5 ). 

 Sibs: i-9, remained in Ireland; of the remaining three sisters and two 

 brothers there is little knowledge. 



Mother's mother. — A bright woman; came to America from Ireland at tin- 

 age of 7 years. Sibs: i-9. respectable and intelligent. 2-0", never con- 



