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dorso recumbens et penem ventri deponens, permisit acces- 

 sum in anum. 



The Arapaho declare that they never had any women that 

 dressed and lived as men, but they have a story of such a 

 woman among the Sioux. 



Insanity, when it occurs, seems mostly to be acute and 

 violent delusion. One man became insane from excitement 

 in making a charge in battle. He thought himself a wolf, and 

 ran about like one. He did not, however, attack men or 

 animals; and later he recovered. Another man, who subse- 

 quently also recovered, ran about with a knife, and gashed 

 or pierced trees; deinde intromisit penem. A Gros Ventre, 

 an elderly man, recently began to see crowds of spirits close 

 about him ; he swung his arms and shouted in order to drive 

 them away. Soon after being taken to an asylum, he was 

 said to be recovering. Among the Oklahoma Arapaho a man 

 named Big-Belly imagined himself a deer, and in consequence 

 of his actions received the name "Deer" (bihii). He had 

 several attacks of his delusion. The following 'is a translation 

 of an account by an eye-witness. 



"Deer went hunting. Accidentally he came to a pretty 

 woman. She was completely dressed in deer-skin. Straight- 

 way he wanted to court her, when he saw the woman. She 

 motioned to him to approach. 'Well, I will have you for 

 sweetheart,' Deer said to her. 'And yourself do so' (please 

 yourself), she said to him. Then he went to her. He was 

 just going to touch her — to his surprise, she gave the cry of a 

 deer, suddenly jumped, and ran off, looking backwards. Then 

 he saw her to be a deer. Then Deer was ashamed at being 

 deceived from desire to make love. Then he went back be- 

 cause he was ashamed. Some time afterwards Deer became 

 like a deer. In the middle of the camp-circle Deer was chased 

 like a deer; like a deer he cried, like a deer he leaped, like a 

 deer he fled on the open prairie; all pursued him. When 

 they caught him, his eyes looked different. Deer had his 

 mouth open; all held him. At last he ceased being a deer. 

 For this he is named Deer." 



Intoxicants seem to have been lacking formerly; but it is 



