But it is doubtful whether a pagan Tarahumare ever killed himself.
As a rule, the Tarahumare is not a thief.

Only when he thinks himself entirely unobserved, he may appropriate some trifle that particularly strikes his fancy, but the indications are that he learned the art from the Mexicans.

Once on our travels we passed a man who was weeding his field.

We tried to induce him to give us some information, but he was too busy to talk, and we went on.

Soon he noticed that we had accidentally dropped our large axe, and immediately he interrupted his pressing work and came running after us with it.