On the basis of records of 100 murders & 50 suicides among Bison-horn Maria of Bastar, Elwin (1943) concluded that seasonal variations in these phenomena do exist. In the present paper, it is argued that Elwin’s data do not at all support the hypothesis of seasonality. The purpose is not to highlight oversights or mistakes in the original work but the make the point that care needs to be taken before drawing inferences from quantitative data. The judicious use of statistics can eliminate the need of reasoning out explanations for nonexistent phenomena. (1 ref.)