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Cluster B. — Suicide of Taparevily, nagged by his aunt Tanu :, over 

 a matter involving an automobile. Suicidal thoughts of his half- 

 sister Hama : Utce :, who openly referred to Taparevily's suicide, when 

 she, too, had troubles with Tanu: over a car. (Cases 114 and 115.) 



Cluster C. — Accidental death of Amat Yavu :me followed by suicidal 

 brooding on the part of his brother Humar Tudhurlye. Supple- 

 mentary Case A. See Case 138). 



Subgroup II. — Cases in which the nexus between several suicides is 

 inferential, the coimection between the various successive suicides 

 being of a traditional type. (Father and son, brothers, successive 

 mates of the same woman.) 



Cluster D. — J. A., pestered by his father to divorce his unfaithful 

 wife, kills himself. Later on his brother Pa :hay tried to kill himself 

 over the infidelity of his own wife. (Cases 116 and 117.) 



Cluster E. — The wife of Pi:it (I) nags him to go to dances, until 

 he kills himself. His brother Pi:it (II) commits suicide when Porta 

 terminates her adulterous and incestuous atfair with him. Later on 

 Po:ta's infidelity drives her neAv husband, E. T., to suicide. (Cases 

 118, 119 and 120.) 



Cluster F. — Tunay va Kor kills himself because his father nags him 

 about a horse. The father then tries to commit f imeral suicide. ( Sup- 

 plementary Case B. See Case 111.) 



Subgroup III. — Case suggesting that a modem type of connection 

 with a suicide may also trigger oil a second suicide. 



Cluster G. — Kamey He:ya tried to kill himself over a girl. Soon 

 afterward Atci : Ahwat, the Indian sheriff who investigated this sui- 

 cide, also tried to kill himself because of his wife's infidelty. ( Cases 

 121, 122.) 



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Clusteb A: 



CASE 112 (Informants : Hlvsu : Tupo :ma and Hama : Utce :) : 



Name: Oo:lva. Gens: Tcatc. Race: P"'ather, Mohave; Mother, Yavapai. 

 Sex: Male. Age at death: 50. Marital status : (?). Children: (?). Parents: 

 It was not ascertained whether they were still alive. Education : None. Occu- 

 pation : Farmer and shaman. Date of death: 1902 (?). Cause of death: Sui- 

 cide. He shot himself in the heart with a .44 revolver. Motive : Abused by a 

 cousin and weary of life. 



Oo:lva was a shaman specializing in the cure of diseases caused by "poison 

 plants," i.e., by magic plants which only those who received special super- 

 natural powers in dream can habitually handle without danger to themselves. 

 Yet, most of these "plants" bring their owner luck, especially in gambling and In 

 love, regardless of whether or not the owner received the relevant supernatural 

 powers in dream (pt. 4, pp. 202-212). Oo:lva was a "good" shaman, who never 

 bewitched anyone. 



Oo : Iva had no relatives except his brother Amalyk Tumadha : p (cf. Case 113) 

 and a half cousin, P. N. (Indian name not recalled). Gens: Tcatc. Race: 

 FuUblood Mohave. Sex: Male. Age: 45-50. Relationship to Oo:lva: Their 

 mothers were half sisters. 



