The Nagas

posting to the Naga Hills articles Hutton Mills Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie 1919 I wired to the Chief Secretary of Assam enquiring where I should go. A repl...
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arrival at Kohima articles Mills Vickers/ Maj. Shakespear/ Maj. Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Kohima, Mills greeted me and stayed a week to tell me ...
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Kuki rebellion in Manipur State articles Kuki Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My arrival was just after the end of the Kuki rebellion in Manipur State. The Kuki...
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return of the Naga labour Corps from France articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Almost my first public duty was to hold a great ritual dance in honour of t...
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language difficulties in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Administration in the Naga Hills presented peculiar difficulties. The number of...
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administration in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The spirit though not the strict letter of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedur...
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administration in the Naga Hills dobashis articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie For example official interpreters (dobashis) wore a red cloth as a symbol of ...
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administration in the Naga Hills oath-taking articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another great help was the taking of oaths. The oaths are of various forms...
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administration in the Naga Hills Angami's clan system and the establishment of 'Government headmen' articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A trouble in...
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religion among the Angamis articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie No enquiry was made by me into religion except that I got to know that there was a be...
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gennas - kenna and penna and the role of the Kemova and Pitsu articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie But a speedy acquaintance with the magico-religiou...
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Cantlie's marriage articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I went to Bombay and married May Walker whose father had been Lord Provost of Aberdeen on the same d...
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domestic life in Kohima articles Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Fish was not procurable but beef was available intermittently and of course goat, chicke...
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Barnes' visit to Cantlie in Kohima articles Barnes Siviter-Smith Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Barnes had been at Kohima as Deputy Commissioner. As Commission...
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Kohima Magistrate's Court articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was a Khasi Magistrate there as Treasury Officer who ran the office with its staff of N...
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touring articles Asimo Jhanda Nihu Wokha Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Two roomed brick bungalows with servants' quarters and cook house were built along the ...
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touring wild animals and snakes articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie On tour one did not see wild animals but I did once happen to see the reddish brown dog...
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touring ritual gifts articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I did not like taking foodstuffs as this was never done on the plains but an occasional ritual gif...
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touring house tax collection articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Villages were on the tops of hills as they were fortresses in the old days of village warf...
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touring last tour; wild bees; illness articles Hutton Shakespear/ Capt. Nambur Forest (Nambar Forest) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My last tour was disastrou...
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social life in Kohima articles Vickers/ Maj. Prior Shakespear Rivenburg Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was none when I arrived as officers were di...
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tour with Mills in Ao country elephant hunt articles Mills Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mills met me at Wokha in the Lhota country where there was a dispe...
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tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Visits to the villages were made en route between the Government Rest Houses. As each ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao Christians articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie About one third of the Aos in my time were Christians who were expelled ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao village officials and clans articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Among the Aos there is a small council of "Tatars" comp...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao marriage articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One curious custom is mentioned in the book of Mills. The Ao unmarried gir...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao oath taking articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The Ao does not take oath taking as seriously as the Angami. In some ca...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao cemeteries articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One had to be careful in avoiding the path leading through the cemetery ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao religion articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Every Ao had a "tiya" in the sky. This was not a God but a fate. Every Ao ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country allusion to the Baimho ghost articles Ao Lungkam (Nunkum) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A visit to the American Missionaries at ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country description of Mukokchung articles Ao Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mukokchung with its tiny office and ...
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head-taking articles Ongli Ngaku Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie All the tribes practised this - Aos, Semas and Angamis etc. Much has been written about it and ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie We went on to Wakching where there was a dispensary with its view of range after range...
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description of the Semas; revised edition of Hutton's 'Sema Nagas', 1968 articles Hutton Sema Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie They were mostly in Mukokchung Sub...
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education in the Naga Hills articles Kevichuse Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The policy of District officials had been to introduce changes in tribal customs ...
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some cases land dispute between Nagas in the Naga Hills and Manipur State articles Gimson Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Some Nagas lived in Manipur State near...
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some cases witchcraft articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange trial was one for witchcraft which I was obliged to hear when on tour in t...
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some cases robbery of grave ornaments articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange case was the robbing of the grave ornaments of a noted man...
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some cases fighting prohibited on main routes to allow trading and a case of head-taking articles Injevi Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The eastern boundary of...
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some cases presentation of a red blanket to the Sema chief of Sakhai village across the frontier articles Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr...
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some cases murder at Khonoma articles Khonoma Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie Tour Diary 6.3.1920 Only one murder occurred in my tenure. The Assamese po...
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hobbies - butterfly collecting articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Aberdeen I had taken the Botany class and the Zoology class but found that Brandt's t...
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