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(c) Colorado River Indian Agency Hospital Record (1934r-35). 



(d) State Hospital Clinical Summary (1935). 



(e) Information from my interpreter Hama : Utce:, whose husband, 



Sumunimura (=soft or crumbly) of the Mah gens, is related to 



Apen Ismalyk (1936). 

 (/) Interview with Apen Ismalyk (at his house, which is located on 



the Arizona side of the Colorado River, opposite Needles, Calif., 



with Sumunimura acting as interpreter). (193S.) 

 (g) Information from the shaman Ahma Huma : re, who is Apen 



Ismalyk's "own uncle" (=real uncle) (1938) . 

 (h) Information from Tcatc, who is related to Apen Ismalyk (1938). 

 (0 Information from Pulyi : k. 



Family history (Data a, e, g,i) : 



(i) Grandfather on father's side: Atcoorr Hote:va, a great chief, 

 kwanami:hye (brave), shaman and witch killer. Americans 

 usually called him Arateva or Yarateva, while McNichols (1944) 

 refers to him as Irataba. Like Apen Ismalyk, this grandfather 

 also had a psychotic episode, allegedly for the same reason. 



(2) Maternal grandfather: According to data (o) Hotcawaka, or 



Hatcawaka. 



(3) Father: Ahma Thukam, gens Melyikha, a fullblood Mohave 



(individual history card 180), born 1869, died September 7, 1910. 

 (^) Mother: Melyikha, also of the Melyikha gens ( !), a fiUlblood Mo- 

 have woman, born 1876, died April 9, 1910. (This identity of the 

 spouses' gentes means, by Mohave standards, an "incestuous" mar- 

 riage.). 



(5) Younger sibling: Amasalya, a fullblood Mohave male born 1891. 



(6) Younger sibling : A fullblood Mohave male born 1901. 



(7) Half sibling: Ayulk Itcerk (leather feces) (datai). 



(8) Other relatives: Apen Ismalyk is related to a certain family of 



the Mah gens, in which there were some cases of incest, and several 

 members of which were shamans, witches, and witch killers (pt. 

 5, (pp. 245-247). 



(9) Wife: Kat, gens Kat, was blind at least as far back as 1931, and 



died in 1933 or 1934, "of sickness." 

 (10) Children: None. 



Socioeconomic status in 1931 (Data 6) : 



Industrial situation of family: Good. Means of livelihood: Store-yard. 

 Number in family to support: 2. Number of wage earners or workers: 1. 

 Sources of income : Santa Fe Railroad. Kind of water supply : City. Distance 

 of water supply from house: 200 feet. Danger of pollution of water supply: 

 None. Are there facilities for obtaining cow's milk? Yes. 



Medical status in 1931 (Data ft) : 



Tuberculosis: No. Trachoma: No. Malnutrition: No. Sore eyes: No. 

 Other diseases : No. Usual treatment : Shaman. Distance from medical doctor : 

 % mile. Distance from Field Matron: % mile. Character of roads: City. 

 Remarks : The wife is totally blind, but does very well. She carries the water 

 about 200 feet. 



Hygienic and sanitary conditions in 1931 (Data 6) : 



Kind of house: Usual [i. e., adobe hut]. Number living in house : 2. Number 

 of beds: 1. Sanitary conditions in house: Pretty good. Ventilation: Good. 



