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Q. Do you have any friends among the children? 



A. M. McC. He was the one I was playing with when you picked me up, to 

 talk to me. 



INTEBPBETEB. One day I was with Huskiv Itcerk at a funeral which was held 

 at C. N.'s place. Nepe:he too was there, and I was talking to him. It was a 

 very hot summer day and Nepe :he had walked barefoot quite a ways on the hot 

 ground. So, after we talked to him, Huskiv Itcerk said he would ask the Reser- 

 vation social worker to give Nepe :he a pair of shoes. Huskiv Itcerk told me, 

 later on, that he did ask for a pair of shoes, but did not get them. People 

 know Nepe :he. They know all about his condition and feel soi-ry for him, but 

 that Is all they can do. 



Q. Nepe :he, what would you like most? 



A. I want clothes most. 



Q. What kind of clothes? 



A. A shirt and pants. Denim pants, and a shirt to go with it. 



Q. Do you have a blanket? 



A. No, I don't. 



Q. I will buy you a pair of pants and a shirt and a blanket. 



A. [Nods and seems pleased, but not very hopeful.] 



Q. Whom do you like among the children? 



A. Sometimes I go to C. W.'s place and play with him. I do not like 

 Hamteyaru (Case 77) nor E. St. I like (Case 78) and Hitcury Kutask(w) elva 

 and F. S. and F. S.'s brother B. S. That is alL 



Q. What are these children? I mean, to which tribe do they belong? 



A. They are Mohave. 



Q. Do you also play with Chemehuevi kids? 



A. I also play with some Chemehuevi children — with the boys who are around 

 K. F.'s place. I also play with by brother Tcekuvar Manye :, and with H. McK., 

 Wi. and We. F. and also with P. H. All these kids live at K. F.'s place, except for 

 We. F., who lives with L. F. 



Q. Do you think Mohave and Chemehuevi children are alike? 



A. [Hesitates.] 



Interpreter. Judging by my contact with the Chemehuevi kids with whom I 

 went to school, I would say that there was no difference. The Chemehuevi 

 children seem all right. 



Q. If someone asked you what you were, would you say you were a Mohave or a 

 Chemehuevi? 



A. I'd say both. 



Q. How about if you could choose ? 



A. Both are all right. 



Q. Do you smoke? [I offer a cigarette.]* 



A. I do not smoke. 



Q. Do you play with girls? 



A. No. 



Interpreter. Do you play with M. P.? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Do you play with Syuly's children? 



A. No. 



Q. Do you play with O rote's (Case 24) daughter? 



A, No. 



Q. Why don't you play with any girls at all? 



** The Mohave allow even small children to smoke. 



