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A. [No reply.] 



Q. Is she mean to you? 



A. No — she got me clothes a long time ago. I sometimes stay with her when 

 my grandmother goes to Needles. When she does that, she tells me to stay with 

 my aunt. I also stayed with my father once. That was when they had the rodeo. 

 I also stayed with him the time I went to get some horses. My uncle, K. M., 

 wanted to plow, so I got the horses for him." 



Q. How do you get along with your father's present wife, Syuly ? 



A. She is aU right. 



Q. Does your father ever spank you? 



A. No. 



Q. Do you ever go up to your father's house to play? 



A. No. 



Q. Do you really feel unable to remember any dreams? 



A. I can't remember any. 



Q. A re you a shaman? 



A. No. 



Q. Will you be a shaman when you grow up? 



A. I don't know.^ 



Q. Do you ever get so angry that you want to kill someone? 



A. No. [Grins.] 



Q. Vidistine umquam canes coeuntes? 



A. Yes. 



Q. luvatnetespectare? 



A. No. [Expression of disgust.] 



Q. Riguitne umquam mentula tibi? 



A. No. 



[After a few other questions of this type which Neperhe did not answer, he 

 again repeated his denial.] 



Intebpreteb. [Spontaneously repeats the same question in Mohave.] 



A. Yes, now and then. 



Q. Num umquam experrecto tibl mane riguit mentula? 



A. No. [Pause.] Case 78 semper rigidam habet mentulam. I saw it once. 

 Masturbatur quoque iste, sed ego non facio. 



Q. Venitne tibi in mentem aliquid cum riget mentula tua? 



A. No. 



Intebpbeteb. Vidi aliquando Neperhe cum mentula rigida. Eramus in con- 

 ventu; mingere parabat; cum illo loquebar, et paulo post "Euge!" inquit. Cum 

 adspicerem, mentulam eius rigidam factam vidi. Ex eo quaesivl num puellis 

 egeret, at ille negavit. 



After the conclusion of the interview, Nepe :he was given the promised dollar. 

 Then all three of us drove to town, where I bought him the promised shirt, 

 trousers, sneakers, and blanket. Not until then did Nepe:he actually seem to 

 believe that I would keep my promise. 



Comment 



Tentative diagnosis. — Maladjustment, of a distinctly nonshamanistic type, 

 in a neglected and half-orphaned child caught in a double culture conflict (Indian 

 vs. American; Iklohave vs. Chemehue\i) and torn between two racial allegiances 



•» The lending of draft animals Is quite common within the family. 



» This question was deliberately superogatory, because stealing Is not characteristic of 

 budding shamans. 



