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worked there as a teamster. After that I returned to Needles to work once 

 more at the Sante Fe shops, in the roundhouse. There was high water at 

 that time and they were trying to stop the water from eating the banks away. 

 I worked there for a while and then, around 1928, I quit because I hurt my left 

 leg on the inside, just above the ankle. Look — you can still see a white scar, 

 with a black area around it. They sent me to Los Angeles, to the Santa Fe 

 Hospital, and I remained there for 1 month. Then I came home of my own ac- 

 cord, and stayed at Needles, on the California side of the Colorado River, until 

 my leg began to ache once more. Then I went to Parker to get treatment, and 

 got well. Another reason why I left Needles was that my heart was giving me 

 trouble. It got so bad that people could hardly hear me when I spoke. (Note 

 the culturally determined absence of any direct reference to his wife's death.) 



Then they thought that I had gone insane and Dr. Nettle, together with M, 

 L., and with Hama : Utce : and her husband, took me to Yuma for a lunacy 

 hearing. I was first taken to jail and then to the State Hospital. The hospital 

 was a nice place. I was there for SO days. When I got well, O : oct, the wife of 

 Modha : r Hoto:tca (penis pounds) (Devereux, 1954 b) came for me and took 

 me home. That was in 1935. 



[The following data were obtained in reply to direct questions.] 



I was married once, but I lost my wife about 10 years ago or more. We had 

 no children. I was married to her, roughly speaking, from 191G until 192G 

 (actually longer). 



I had venereal disease (hiku:pk) once and was circumcised (or incised?) 

 by Dr. C. at Needles. I do not know from whom I got that disease, because I 

 had been chasing around. 



I am a bit of a shaman, but I have cured no one as yet. I do not know how 

 to bewitch people. 



[Why did they think that you were insane?] I do not know. [I heard that 

 everyone was afraid of you. What were you saying or doing at the Parker 

 Hospital?] I can recall nothing. [What kind of treatment did you get at 

 the State Hospital?] They gave me a thorough examination and I was kept 

 in bed. [Did you get any shots?] No. But I did get electric treatments, with 

 wires attached to my elbows — it made me twitch. [What was your leg like 

 when it hurt so much?] It itched and I scratched it a lot. I think the Santa 

 Fe should pay for the wound on my leg. I think all the time about getting a 

 compensation. (He may, conceivably, have thought of this when, in his delirium, 

 he spoke of large sums of money. ) 



The Government gave me 10 head of cattle in 1931 — I do not know why they 

 did that. [Interpreter suggested that it may have been Relief cattle.] 



[Where did you get the United' States Indian Police badge, the one you 

 showed me before the interpreter arrived?] I bought it myself. I never 

 worked for the Government. [Apeu Ismalyk looked rather sheepish when 

 making this admission.] 



[Does your leg still hurt?] No. [Is it just as good now as your other leg?] 

 It still feels hot around the place where I got hurt. 



[Do yoii dream great (power) dreams?] No. [Do you have ordinary 

 dreams?] Yes. I dream that I go to swim, and then I get a cold afterwards. 

 [Interpreter remarked tliat he, too, has such dreams and that all Mohave have 

 them.] Sometimes I also dream of wading in water (due to sensations in his 

 scarred leg?) It has the same effect on me. [Do you have falling dreams?] 

 Yes. 



The back muscles, behind my right armpit, twitch and feel as hot as my hurt 

 leg. Sometimes, when that warm feeling comes, it goes right into my heart, 



