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house of P. G., where the second sibling, E. Jr., and the recently widowed Uta :c 

 (Case 38) also reside. "I like her, because she does not get mad at me." 



(2) E. Jr., an adult man, lives in the home of P. G., but was also said to 

 live "at Parker." His exact residence was not ascertained. Tcatc believed E. 



Jr. to be a potential shaman, witch and witch killer (pt. 5, pp. 245-247). He and 

 one of his brothers (or else a cousin with the same English surname) are said 

 to have robbed and raped an elderly female kinswoman named Nyortc Hiihual 



(Case 15). 



(3) C. is a man approximately 20 years old. For some reason his English 

 surname was said not to be the same as that of his other siblings. [Did he have 

 a different father?] "I don't know.* He and I sleep in the same bed. He 

 gets mad at me when I pester him to play with me and he does not feel like it." 

 [Does he hit you when he gets mad at you?] "No, he doesn't." 



(4) Mah (L.) 



(5) Mah (G.) is about 13 years old. When Hamteya :u was asked whether he 

 had "fits" he said he didn't, but added that his sister Mah (G.) fainted in the 

 hot season. In 1938 she was at school in Phoenix, having been sent there for 

 "financial reasons" which Hamteya :u could not explain clearly enough to make 

 them intelligible. 



(6) Hamteya :u, whose name was chosen by his mother, is 12 years old and 

 is in the fourth grade. 



(7) M., approximately 2 years old, has the same English surname as E. Sr., 

 though his real paternity appears to be in dispute. His birth caused E. Sr. 

 to desert his wife Nyoltc. 



The home. — C. M., Nyoltc, C, Mah (L), Mah (G) when not at boarding school, 

 Hamteya :u, and M. all live in a two-room home. One room is the "bedroom" 

 and the other is a combination of dining room and kitchen. "M., the baby, 

 sleeps with his (uterine) sister Mah (L.). I sleep with my brother C. We have 

 enough to eat." 



Language. — At home the family spoke Mohave. 



Sibling rivalry. — "I hit my baby brother M. and make him cry. Then my 

 mother hits me and I hit her back. I do not like the baby. He cries too much. 

 I do carry him around, however." One is led to assume that Hamteya :u's 

 resentment toward this baby is not simply sibling rivaliy, but is largely moti- 

 vated by the fact that the infant's birth and uncertain paternity caused the 

 breakup of the parental home. The obligation to carry around (Devereux, 

 1948 c) this "intruder" may also explain Hamteya :u's dislike of his uterine 

 sibling. It should be noted that he, in turn, pesters C. to play with him 

 (cf. above). 



School. — "I go to the reservation school. I am in the fourth grade of the 

 Valley School and my grades are C and lower than C. Sometimes my teacher 

 gets mad at me, but he does not beat me. I do not speak in class (see below) 

 and do not like anyone at school. I do not like white people. Sometimes Mr. D. 

 whips us until we cry. I like my teacher, but the kids sometimes laugh at me. 

 Thus, Case 78 laughs at me, and the white children laugh at me too. Yet, 

 Case 78 is a friend of mine. He thinks everything is funny. He kids you if 

 you fall down, or are defeated in a football game." This matter appeared to 

 agitate Hamteya :u a great deal, since his — almost breathlessly insistent — final 

 remarks were as follows: "Please tell Case 78 not to laugh at me anymore. 

 When he laughs at me the teacher does not say anything to him. Do please 

 ask my teacher to stop Case 78 when he laughs at me. I think I shall make 



* C. may have been conceived during a temporary separation between Nyoltc and her 

 husband. The matter was not investigated. 



