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severely burned, no instance of actual death could be recorded. As 

 regards men, one widower (Case 110) attempted funeral suicide, and 

 one father (Case 111) tried to throw himself on the pyre of his son, 

 whom his constant nagging had driven to suicide. 



CASE MATEBIAL 



CASE 20 (Informants Tcatc and E. S.) : 



Kaly Yahway (or Ahwaly) (war club, colloquially called "tomahawk" in Eng- 

 lish) of the Mo: the gens, was born "about 115 years ago (1823?) and died as an 

 old man." The events about to be described occurred when he was roughly 45 

 years of age. He was originally married to a young girl who left him eventually, 

 whereupon he became angry and began to say that he was constantly thinking of 

 killing. He talked about that until he became insane (yamomk) with hi : wa itck. 

 During his psychotic episode he painted his face black (as did a lesbian (Deve- 

 reux, 1937 b) ), like a warrior going on the warpath, and actually seemed to be- 

 lieve that he was going to war. People began to notice that he was acting 

 "queer" and suspected that he had become a shaman. They were apparently 

 mistaken in this, since he never cured anyone. I do not recall whether he ever 

 made a recovery, but I am sure his insanity did not cause his death — he died of 

 an ordinary illness.** 



CASE 21 (Informants: Tcatc and E. S.) : 



Amo: Nomak (mountain-goat lost) was a member of the Nyoltc gens, who 

 died many years ago at an advanced age. He was already old when the episode 

 about to be described took place. He had been married to a girl named Mo : the 

 of that same gens, who was much younger than he was. One day she just "got up 

 and left him, because she got tired of him." [At this point informant and inter- 

 preter began to speculate on whether she left him because she wanted a man 

 with a larger penis, or whether she merely wanter a "stronger" (i. e. more potent) 

 husband. No decision was reached.] He showed no untoward reaction, until 

 news reached him that the girl had settled down with another man. He there- 

 upon became "insane" (yamomk) from hi : wa itck. He cut off his long braids of 

 hair, the way mourners do, and painted his face black. [Here interpreter re- 

 marked: "His cutting his hair off makes me laugh."] He went into the winter- 

 house (ava: hatcor), sat down, laid out his bow and arrows, and declared that 

 he would kill anyone who tried to come in. This frightened people so much that 

 no one dared to enter the house, and that is why no attempt was made to doctor 

 him. [Here interpreter and informant laughed out loud.] He stayed in his 

 house for 2 days. Then he made a spontaneous recovery. He even picked up 

 the braids he had previously cut off, and tied them back to his remaining locks. 

 [Interpreter and informant laughed. Interpreter said, "It seems funny now," 

 but informant replied : "At that time it was not funny at all."] 



CASE 22 (Informants: Tcatc and E. S.) : 



Katcidhomp, of the 0:otc gens, died half a century ago (1888) at Needles, 

 Calif., at the approximate age of 50. He was about 30 years old when the fol- 

 lowing events took place at Parker, Ariz. He was married to a women his own 

 age, Hualy, of the Hualy gens. They seem to have had two children, both of 



*» Tcatc then remarked teaslngly that I, too, had hi :wa Itck, because (by Mohave stand- 

 ards) I, too, was deeply in love at that time. (See below.) 



