Devereux] MOHAVE ETHNOPSYCHIATRY AND SUICIDE 5 



Ellis Devereux, M. D., and Martin H. Stein, M. D., psychoanalysts, 

 discussed with me various problems that arose in the course of the 

 preparation of this work. 



Dr. Harry C. Schnur, of Brooldyn College, kindly translated certain 

 passages into Latin. 



Mr. C. E. Prince, Jr., a psychologist, helped me cull from my field 

 notes all passages dealing with alcohol, provided me Avith abstracts 

 from and cogent comments about the literature pertaining to alcohol 

 addiction, and discussed with me various possible ways of interpreting 

 the function of alcohol in Mohave society. 



Dr. Matthew W. Stirling, former director, and Dr. Frank H. H. 

 Eoberts, Jr., present director, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 encouraged me to prepare my data for publication. 



Mrs. Eloise B. Edelen, editor of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 with the assistance of Mrs. Phyllis W. Prescott, labored with patience 

 and effectiveness over a difficult manuscript. Mr. Albert L. Euffin, 

 editor, evolved an index which illuminated various facets of this 

 monograph even for the author himself. 



The editors and publishers of the Bulletin of the Plistory of 

 Medicine, of the British Journal of Medical Psychology, and of the 

 Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol permitted me to republish 

 here, in a revised form, four of my previously published papers (which 

 are now pt. 3, pp. 91-106; pt. 4, pp. 202-212; pt. 7, pp. 431-459; and 

 the Appendix). 



INFORMANTS AND INTERPRETERS 



Hivsu : Tupo : ma was, when I first knew him, a shaman in his 

 middle fifties, and remained my principal informant and close friend 

 until his death. He was a huge and powerful man (pi. 9, a), a vora- 

 cious eater, and a truly Rabelaisian character. He was believed to be 

 exclusively a healer, but he confessed to me that he had bewitched 

 several persons. 



Tcatc, a very old widow, granddaughter of the last independent 

 Mohave chief, was a small, birdlike and lively person (pi. 9, h and c), 

 noted for her wit, warmheartedness, and quick temper. She was one 

 of my subsidiary informants until Hivsu: Tupo: ma's death and 

 thereafter became my main informant; she often referred to me as 

 her favorite grandson. 



Ahma Huma : re, a good-natured elderly shaman, who was Hivsu : 

 Tupo : ma's rival in love as well as in some other ways, was an able 

 and conscientious informant. After watching his wife die in labor, 

 he obtained obstetrical powers in dream. He was thought to be a 

 healer, not a witch. 



Hilyera Anyay, a very old and blind shaman, believed to be only 

 a healer but not a witch, was a helpful and meticulous, but somewhat 

 slow, informant. 



