The Nagas

first tour introduction - previous expeditions; reasons for present trip articles tours Mills/ J.P. Woodthorpe/ Lt. Shakespear/ Capt. W.B. Konyak Yungya Kamahu Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 DIARIES OF...
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first tour Nazira to Luchaipani articles tours Nazira Luchaipani 3.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 3rd. - Left the Assam-Bengal Railway at Nazira and marched east to Luchaipani at the foot ...
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first tour to Tamlu to meet Mills; Yungya - Kamahu dispute articles tours Kohoto Tamlu Yungya Kamahu Tangsa Namsang 4.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 4th. - Up to Tamlu, where I met Mills. ...
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first tour leave Tamlu; smoke signals from Yungya articles tours Yungya Tamlu Dikhu R. Kamahu Yacham 5.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 5th. - In the morning we saw smoke signals, or somethi...
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first tour to Tangsa; arrested two men for involvement in Kamahu raid; Yacham leader brings word from Yungya articles tours Shopen/ of Tangsa Tangsa Kamahu Yacham Sowa (Shua) Wakhu Yangnyu R. (Yangmun...
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first tour some soldiers left in Tangsa, rest march to Kamahu; Phomching took three heads from Yacham, Yacham chief killed articles tours Kangshi/ of Phomching Phom Tangsa Kamahu Urangkong Phomching Y...
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first tour Yungya deserted and goods removed articles tours Yungya 8.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 8th. - To Yungya. Water short, and a decent camping ground within reach of it simply not...
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first tour use of eggs to ward off danger and to stop fire spreading; painted stones in front of morungs articles tours Yungya 9.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 9th. - In Yungya I noticed t...
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first tour Yungya - looking for hidden pigs; head-taking; disposal of the dead; ficus trees, the wild fig; bees and wasps articles tours Chang Konyak Kamahu Yungya Mongnyu Shamnyu Phomhek Ukha Nian (N...
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first tour field-houses in the shape of buffalo horns at Yungya; fertility symbols articles tours Konyak Phom Yang-Am (Yangam) Nian (Nyan) Yungya 11.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 11th - T...
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first tour to Mongnyu; ant-hill with buffalo's head carved in it to bring prosperity; path and grave clearing; status of Phom women; shaven heads of women; association of boys hair cutting with head-t...
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first tour to Pongu; rice beer; negroid types; field houses; tattoos; stone platforms; Y posts; carvings; drums; cows and mithan articles tours Woodthorpe Konyak Pongu Hukpong (Hukpang) 13.4.1923 Hutt...
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first tour camping by Yangmun river; memory of Woodthorpe's visit in villages; Naga swimming articles tours Woodthorpe Ahon/ of Shiong Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Anphang (Angfang) Yonghong Ukha Noklang J...
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first tour Yungphong to Yanching; Pongu men carrying to enemy village; pigs used as sewers; blocked paths; forked posts; carving; tattoo; men's belts; stone substituted for head; memorial screen; reac...
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first tour to Ukha - shy villagers, fear of camera; surface soil banked into terraces behind logs; zu brewed from paddy husks; dislike of selling ornaments; daos; tattoos; effigies of the dead; dispos...
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first tour Yaktu declares war on Ukha; dart-like weapon; women's skirts; women's hairstyle; witness stones; Yonghong village; tattoos - buffalo pattern; similarities between the Angami, Nzemi and Kony...
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first tour to Angfang - difficulties with porters; language; forges; log-drums; effigies for the dead; lack of village organization; jhum agriculture; use of pollarded alter articles tours Ongli/ of M...
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first tour to Chaoha; Saoching making guns and gunpowder; field houses; language; tattooing; Chaoha at war with Chin; head-taking; euphorbia head trees; house-projecting roof poles; carving of a bear;...
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first tour to Longmien; standing stones; wooden figures; slaves and shaven heads; memorials to the dead; chignons; field houses; basket-work objects in Ang's house articles tours Webster/ Mr Konyak Lo...
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first tour to Chinglong; heads hidden; log-drums; standing stones; men's cane belts articles tours Chinglong Anphang (Angfang) Wakching Wanching 21.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 21st. - T...
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first tour to Chingtang; mat weaving frame; dancing boards in morung with carving of a frog and moon; eclipses; head-stones in front of Ang's house; tattoo articles tours Chingtang 22.4.1923 Hutton/ J...
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first tour to Wakching; Yungya - Kamahu head-taking articles tours Shopen/ of Tangsa Hamshen/ of Tangsa Aku/ of Chinglong Wakching Yungya Kamahu 23.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 23rd. - T...
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first tour to Kongan; spring festival; white lime lines on dancers representing wounds; use of opium; decorated skull; sandstone skull boxes articles tours Woodthorpe Mills Kongan Khanu Joboka (Yanha)...
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first tour to Naginimara; Semas working in colliery - fear of going underground; Sema clairvoyance articles tours Kohoto Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) 26.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 26th...
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first tour to Sibsagar articles tours 27.4.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 4.1923-27.4.1923 April 27th. - To Sibsagar Rd. Railway Station. Next Previous
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Second Tour introduction articles tours Mills Pawsey Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 SECOND TOUR. OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1923. This second tour was also undertaken under the orders of Government in order t...
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Second Tour rebuilt forts at Khonoma articles tours Khonoma 9.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct. 9th. - From Kohima to Khonoma and back, to see the new "forts." The three khels have erected eac...
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Second Tour to Dimapur then Longlam articles tours 15.10.1923-17.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct. 15th. - To Dimapur. By train to Safrai leaving Dimapur about 11-30 p.m. local. Oct. 17th. - T...
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Second Tour to Wangla; Ang's throne; iron cannon articles tours Mills Auching Wangla 18.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct. 18th. - To Wangla about 12 miles. Met Mr. Mills and the escort - a Jem...
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Second Tour to Ngangting and across the frontier; Zakko morung carvings; head-trees; disposal of the dead; effigies of the dead; decorated skulls; Ang's house at Sangnyu; iron cannon from Assam; inces...
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Second Tour to Mon; some coolies run away; Ang of Mon's house; stone sitting place; pile of stones representing heads taken; elephants skulls; hot stones used to dry paddy articles tours Ahon Mon Toto...
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Second Tour to Chi; meets Ang of Tang; Ang of Chi's house; skulls; human sacrifice; tattoos articles tours Chi Tang 22.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct.22nd - To Chi (i.e. "Chui" or "Chimi") t...
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Second Tour to the Shiniong river; Lengha porters build seat for their Ang; stones at Shiong where new-born babies are displayed articles tours Sinyang R. (Shiniong R.) Lungha (Lengha) Shiong 23.10.19...
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Second Tour to Wakching; anti-syphilis campaign; lepers articles tours Wakching 24.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct. 24th - -To Wakching. The anti-syphilitic campaign has worked wonders. I hav...
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Second Tour Christians in Changtongia; miniature machans with pipes erected as defence against an evil spirit at Ungr; pipe as love token; sexual act; articles tours Chantongia (Changtongia) Mongsenyi...
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Second Tour storm damage at Mokokchung articles tours Miran Mokokchung 30.10.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct. 30th. - To Mokokchung. On the way I saw for the first time the damage done by the cl...
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Second Tour halt at Mokokchung articles tours Miran Mills 31.10.1923-4.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Oct.31st. - Halted Mokokchung. (About lunch time they sent to tell me that Miran had died ha...
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Second Tour to Chare - mostly Sangtam with one Ao khel; head-taking articles tours Pawsey/ C.R. Sangtam Ao Chare 5.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Nov. 5th - To Chare about 9 miles, where the gao...
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Second Tour visit to "six stones" at Lungtrok - Ao origins; destruction of stone by Christian evangelist articles tours Chare Chongliemdi Lungtrok Chatongre 6.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Nov....
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Second Tour to Chimongre; drum sheds; Chang influence articles tours Sangtam Chang Chimongre Thungare Langsipek 7.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 Nov.7th. - To Chimongre a Sangtam village of some...
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Second Tour to Chongtore; Changs, a new tribe; Chang language; confiscation of a rifle brought from France; Sangtam toffee; dance articles tours Churangchu/ of Anangba Mills Mongko/ of Tuensang Pawsey...
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Second Tour to Kudeh; wooden signs on pathway; carvings of hornbills suspended in morungs articles tours Wongtho/ of Ngampungchi Kudeh Santok (Sontak) Chongtore Matong Ridge Ngampungchi 9.11.1923 Hutt...
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Second Tour to Tuensang; alder seeds taken from Angfang on a raid; description of the Bilaeshi khel; ringing a hill by holding hands; quarrel with Tobu; Angfang's trade in cowries brought in from Burm...
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Second Tour Tuensang - one of the biggest Naga villages; effect of piper's music and buffoonery; village dance; tattooing; dog punished for theft; dog hair dyed and used in cloths; buffalo head carvin...
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Second Tour to Hakchang; difficulties with coolies; Hakchang men's hairstyle; painted frontal posts in rich men's houses; women allowed to wear men's head-taker's tattoo if they boil a head; pottery; ...
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Second Tour thorn creepers uses as a barrier in wartime at Hakchang; buffalo-horn pattern graves at Maksha; Hakchang forced to carry to Tobu; coolies paid in red wool; camp built on site where at Hakc...
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Second Tour difficulty at Tobu with coolies until a pig shot; to Chingmei; error in mapping articles tours Chingmei Tobu Ungpang Waoshu (Waoshu) 14.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 14th. - Tobu ap...
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Second Tour Pawsey and the surveyor go to map the source of the Zungki river; a Khamti dao; Chingmei houses; fibre cloth; improper to ask for marriage price among Kalyo Kengyu; burial customs; rainbow...
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Second Tour to Chentang; two heads taken from Sangpurr; Sangpurr send message that they won't clear the paths; bark shields articles tours Chentang Sangpurr 16.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 16t...
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Second Tour to Yakko and Sangpurr with troops; unfriendly villages; daos confiscated from young men of Tuensang and Chingmirem who followed; heads in Sangpurr; log-drums; wooden shingle roofs; morungs...
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Second Tour missing gaonbura reappears; to Kuthurr; granary protection against rats; women's hair-style articles tours Yimtsungrr Kuthurr Sotokurr (Shotokurr) 18.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 1...
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Second Tour pressure on Kuthurr to produce coolies; Chingmirem fined for not producing coolies; to Shotokurr; to Yimtsung-Awenrr; small menhirs; alders articles tours Pawsey Dundas Kuthurr Chingmiren ...
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Second Tour trouble with coolies from Shotokurr; coolies try to bolt at Shipungrr; to Kitsu; rice growing articles tours Kyutsu-Kilong (Kitsu) Shipungre (Shipungrr) 20.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11....
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Second Tour to Shothumi; head-taking dispute between Cheshorr and Phesami; Hutton permits limited war between Cheshorr and four Ghovishe brothers; lycanthropy articles tours Woziya Khuvetha Zukishe/ o...
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Second Tour gift of pigs at Honronre; man injured by dao blade; refusal to accept 'salaam' from chief of Sirichu because of murder of a British subject by his son articles tours Hovokhu/ of Phesami Sa...
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Second Tour Sirire chief ransomed for five pigs for not supplying coolies; to Kishethu; head-tree; decayed morung - carved post articles tours Dundas Kishethu Sirire Sampurre (Thachumi) 23.11.1923 Hut...
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Second Tour to Yazuthu; refusal to take mithan from Lakomi headman - demand son instead; Nitoi and Shietz land dispute; Cheshorr peace agreed; Kosanasami and Lhoshyepu land dispute; Yangpire and Mongr...
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Second Tour to Kosanasami then Kukishe; furniture in house of hew chief, Nivi; his father's grave and other graves; hand arrow for boys; woman wearing conch shell in Angami fashion articles tours Nikh...
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Second Tour Mongre - Yangpire and Lhoshyepu - Kosanasami land disputes - allowed to fight each other; Kiyakhu - Ghukhwi land case settled; Kiyakhu - Zhekiya land dispute not investigated articles tour...
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Second Tour dak carrier, Delahing, found suffering from a fit articles tours Hunitso Delahing Kilomi Sathazumi (Satazuma) 27.11.1923-28.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 27th. To Kilomi. 28th. Doub...
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Second Tour to Sakhabama, then Kohima; Delahing's death blamed on a godling articles tours 29.11.1923-30.11.1923 Hutton/ J.H. 10.1923-11.1923 29th. Double marched to Sakhabama, 20 miles where I learne...
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