The Nagas

difficulty of passing through hostile Naga villages in Sema country tours Tulloch Sema Shichemi (Chichimi) Lukobomi Lumitsami (Limitsami) 20.2.1876-22.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 32. On the 20th...
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skirmish at Lukobomi tours hoolooks Tulloch Lukobomi 24.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 33. On the 24th February, very early, I again set up the coolies, with a guard under a native officer. While a...
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hostile intentions of Nagas tours Ogle Lakhuti 24.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 34. I went up again in the afternoon to the clearing, which had been progressing favourably. The working-party had a...
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peace-offerings; to Kakenagami tours Lukobomi (Lukobo) Letsami Keromichomi (Kerumechumi) Emilomi Sukomi (Sakomi) Keleki R. Kukiagami Satakahenogami Momi Hovekhenagami Lalamavu Mt. Kakenagami 25.2.1876...
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attacked at Gosutomi; village burnt; sacrificed puppy tours Tulloch Memaram Gwutkutomi (Gosutomi) Nunomi Hueshonagami 3.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 36. On the 3rd March, passing through Hueshona...
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to Nungatung; warring villages; to Wokha tours Lungithang (Nungatung) Sanakesami (Chelokesami) 4.3.1876-5.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 37. On the 4th March, we went to Nungatung, via Chelokesami....
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halt at Wokha; description of Longsa; to Aimung tours Butler/ Capt. Wokha Teshi R. Longsa Shichemi (Chichimi) Chongliemdi (Changyemdi) Chimei R. (Chene R.) Luphuemi Chimoni Aimung 10.3.1876-15.3.1876 ...
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to Nanu then Yaru; hostility; description of dress and weapons tours Tulloch Nanu Wanching (Tablung) Longtang (Lungtum) Yaru 16.3.1876-17.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 39. On the 16th, Colonel Tul...
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from Yangfai to Okha; dress; demonstration of head-taking; non-use of money so salt used to trade tours Yangfai Sohan R. Phomching (Ponching) Siphang Dikhu R. Yungphong (Chamba) Yangching (Yangtung) Y...
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attack by Nagas; visit to Tobu; gift of goats and dogs; 'soup-plate' rim necklets tours Hinde Ogle Tulloch Ukha (Okha) Tobu 21.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 41. On the 21st, as we were starting, w...
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surveying curtailed through lack of interpreters tours Ukha (Okha) Yakchung Yonghong (Yanghum) Anphang (Afang) Sowa (Chua) 23.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 42. Further exploration of this valley w...
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description of the Nagas of the Yangmun valley; hair styles; jhoom-houses tours Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Ukha (Okha) Tobu Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 43. It may be as well in this place to note a few ch...
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to Tablung to find that the rice stored has been drastically depleted; fresh supplies from Nazira tours Fisher/ Mr. Baker/ Mr. Aopao (Chongvi) Yangnyu R. (Yangnu R.) Wanching (Tablung) Senua Nazira 25...
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Col. Tulloch relieved by Capt. Brydon; new tour into Eastern region tours Brydon/ Capt. Tulloch/ Col. Hinde Ogle Sinyang R. (Shiniong R.) Totok Yangnyu R. (Yangnu R.) Choha (Chao) Chen Changka 3.4.187...
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Chen to Niassia; effigies of the dead tours Badgley/ Capt. Ogle Chen Tilam R. Saha Tang Niassia Zangkam (Bor-Kamlung) Horu Kamlung (Huru-Kamlung) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 48. Chen is a cluster of la...
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difficulty of buying supplies; guns at Joboka tours Longting Joboka Yannyu (Bor-Utu) Senua Longting (Horu-Utu) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 49. We encamped below Longting, intending to go through that v...
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godowns and barracks at Senua with tiger decoration tours Goad/ Mr. Hinde Ogle Senua Borbanchang (Bor Bansang) 9.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 50. We reached Senua village early on the 9th. The "R...
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demand that the murderer of Lt. Holcombe be surrendered tours Ponghi/ of Senua Holcombe/ Lt. Vinyu (Ninu) Senua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 51. One man, Ponghi, of Senua, who had been concerned in the ...
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Joboka headman denies they have guns; Ninu deny that Holcombe's murderer is there tours Brydon Holcombe Joboka Vinyu (Ninu) Borbanchang (Bor Bansang) 11.4.1876-14.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 52....
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Ninu deserted and inhabitants fled tours kunsai leper Ponghi Vinyu (Ninu) Tisa R. Kaimai (Kaimoi) Nisa Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 53. On the 15th, with the force marginally noted, [below] we started f...
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Ninu will not rebuild until permanent peace concluded with the British; use of sago tours Ponghi Senua Khanu Borbanchang (Bor Bansang) Vinyu (Ninu) Chasa Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 54. The Senua man a...
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end of tour tours Bansang Mutan (Bor Mutan) Khulan Mutan 17.4.1876-22.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 55. On the 17th April, we arrived at Bansang early, and made all arrangements for taking away ou...
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achievements of survey tour tours Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 56. Notwithstanding the delay at the best time of year that the sad event of the 25th December entailed, we succeeded, between the 26th Jan...
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suitability of Wokha as a station; Deka Haimong offer to become British subjects and pay house tax tours Butler La Touche Wokha Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 57. With respect...
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Naga Hills - Burma border determined by geographical rather than tribal factors tours Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 58. With reference to a first boundary between the Naga Hills and Burmah, I am of opini...
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praise for other members of the party tours Tulloch Brydon Hinde Ogle Mimaram/ Insp. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 59. I have now to thank Colonel Tulloch and Captain Brydon for their cordial support and...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report tours Ogle/ M.J. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 15.6.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX A. Dated Shillong, the 15th June, 1876. From- M.J. OGLE, ESQ., Surveyor, No. 6 Topographi...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report survey of Lakhuti thwarted by Naga hostility; return to Wokha tours Butler Matthews/ Mr. Needham/ Mr. Lakhuti Lungkam (Nankam) Khergaon Sanis (Sanigaon) 10.12.1875-19.12...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report revised orders; hostility at Kite; desertion of interpreter tours Needham/ Mr. Rihu Tesophenyu (Tesephema) Kitami (Kite) Chaphimi (Sampe) Wokimi (Roki) Gwutkutomi (Goshi...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report Pangti burning seen from Lalumavu Peak, and mark put up tours Needham/ Mr Kakenagami Lalumavu Mt. Pangti Nunomi Gueshalogami 25.12.1875-26.12.1875 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report money paid for rice exchanged for spear heads with Naga dobashi tours Chishilimi (Sillimi) 27.12.1875 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 11. On the 27th, we passed a small villa...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report fear of corruption of young men by money; smallpox tours Angami Nakomi Iphonumi (Imphema) Ketsama Ungoma Runguzumi (Ronguzumi) Terocheswemi (Terocheswema) Sathazumi (Sat...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report mark erected at Nummah with Nagas' help tours Zanthu Mt. (Nummah Mt.) 30.12.1875 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 13. Next morning I started very early for Nummuh, with a guar...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report paddy-fields tours Khesomi (Khesoma) Kidzematuma (Kizimatuma) Sidzu R. (Sijjo R.) 31.12.1875 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 14. On the 31st, we marched close by Chajubama, t...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report to Nerhema tours Dihoma (Dehoma) Dzulu R. (Zullo R.) Rekzoma (Rekroma) Shanor R. Nerhema 1.1.1876-2.1.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 15. On the 1st of January we passed...
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Appendix A. M.J. Ogle's report back to Wokha via Nidzukru; Butler's death; orders to return to Golaghat; warning of likely attack at the Doiang river by Pangti men and people of Rechim tours Needham I...
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Appendix B. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. Ogle Wanching (Tablung) 7.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX B. Dated Tablung, Naga Hills, the 7th February, 1876. From- H.M.HINDE,ESQ., Assis...
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Appendix B. H.M. Hinde's report surveying tours Ogle Babu Jan Lungkam (Nankam) Aliba (Alibar) Mangmethang (Mungatung) Cholimsen (Mukhigaon) Mongchen (Munching) Waromung (Waromang) Dibuia (Dibua) Molun...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. 7.5.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX C. No.15M., dated Jaipur, the 7th May, 1876. From- H. M. HINDE,ESQ., Extra-Assistant-Commissioner, Jaipur...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report from Tablung to Namsang via Kongan tours Ogle Kongan Namsang Dikhu R. (Diku R.) 9.2.1876-11.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 2. I have already, in my letter dated Tabl...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report to Kanching tours Ogle Kanching Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) 12.2.1876-15.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 6. On the 12th February, I marched from the Dikhu to Kanchin...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report missionary converts in Deka Haimong tours Babu Godula 16.2.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 9. On the 16th, we made a short march into Deka Haimong, where we had to halt...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report Deka Haimong and Bura Haimong ask for protection against villages from the interior and offer to pay house tax tours Molungyimchen (Deka Haimong) Yimchenkimung (Bura Ha...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report warring villages and the difficulty of travelling in the hills tours Lhota Hatigoria Mongchen (Munching) Waromung (Woramong) Cholimsen (Mukhigaon) Changki Mekula Lakhut...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report to Pangti; unfriendliness at Nankam tours Pangti Lungkam (Nankam) Okotso Mangmethang (Mungatung) 25.2.1876-1.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 16. On the 25th February,...
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Appendix C. H.M. Hinde's report Pangti burnt; Changse and Rechim rebuilt tours Pangti Changsu (Changse) Rephyim (Rechim) 2.3.1876-5.3.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 19. We were unable to leave Nankam...
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report tours Hinde/ H.M. 6.5.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 APPENDIX D. No.14 M., dated Jaipur, the 6th May,1876. From- H. M. HINDE, ESQ., Civil Officer on Duty, Naga Hills S...
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report poverty in the Terai region thus difficulty in getting rice tours Baker/ Mr. Charaidee (Chorai-deo) Nazira Punkhung (Punlung) Chintak 2.4.1876-8.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G....
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report description of Malung and Borchangna; to Naissia tours Mulung Niassia Borchangna 9.4.1876 Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 3. After staying four entire days at this camp, we ...
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report lack of interpreters; Lonkao village's fear of being burnt by the British tours Lonkao Maihua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 After leaving Niassia, we found that none of th...
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report Nagas ask for peace; depot established at Borbanchang tours Jaipur Borbanchang Senua Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 4. Next day we marched into Borbanchang, passing through...
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Appendix D. H.M. Hinde's report destitution found in villages east of Tablung; famine caused by plague of rats; opium addiction tours Clark/ Mr. Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1875-1876 6. The villages along the ou...
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introduction notes Godwin-Austen Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (46) Notes on the Wild Tribes Inhabiting The So-Called Naga Hills, on our North-East Fr...
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meaning of the term 'Naga'; village names notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Naga tribes inhabit the hills south-east of Assam, dividing that pro...
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Capt. Butler, first British agent in the Naga Hills notes Butler Samaguting Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 It will be unnecessary to refer at any lengt...
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geography notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Although the home of so many diverse tribes, the character of the country is much the same throughout, a...
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gold; population notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In former times these rivers were worked for gold by the Assamese, but the precious metal was not...
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kilted and non-kilted notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Speaking generally, the Nagas may be divided into two great sections, viz.: (1) the k...
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physical description of Angamis; hair-style notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The average height of the Angamis is 5 feet 9 inches (some atta...
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Angami kilts; cowries; cloths; coronet of bears' hair; hornbill feathers notes Angami Mao Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The kilt, the principal distin...
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Angami ear ornaments; necklaces and neck ornaments notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The chief ornament for the ear is a very handsome one. I...
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Angami armlets of elephant tusk notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Armlets made of single slices of elephants' tusks, 2 inches wide, and small...
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Angami cane leggings notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Leggings are made of red and yellow cane work, and follow somewhat the shape of the le...
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Angami women: physique and dress notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women, like the men, are on the average taller than the women of most ...
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Angami women's dress; women's work notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a small blue or black petticoat, a strip o...
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food: cows, pigs. goats, fowls; roast dog notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas generally breed cows, pigs, goats, and fowls, for purpo...
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Angami villages; fortifications: pit-falls, panjis, gates notes Angami Kohima (Kohimah) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angami villages are almost a...
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roads notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The roads in the higher hills are constructed with considerable skill, the more precipitous slopes be...
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graves; wooden effigies; conch-shell neck ornaments notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Inside the villages, and also lining the approaches to ...
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monoliths notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Very noticeable objects among these hills are the long rows of huge monoliths, which are either m...
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Eastern Angamis: physique and dress notes Angami <Eastern Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 These remarks on the Western Angamis apply to their brethren o...
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houses and house decoration; daos notes Angami <Eastern Razama (Razami) Thetcholumi Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The houses of these people are rathe...
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language; enemy heads notes Angami <Eastern Sehmah Ungomah Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 At one village called Ungomah we came across some men who, th...
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general observations on the Angamis; song and dance notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis struck us as a very cheerful, frank, hospit...
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Angami blood feuds notes Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Bloodthirsty, treacherous, and revengeful all Nagas, even the best are, and the Angami, ...
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village government; headmen notes Butler Angami Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Angamis, as indeed the Nagas in general, have no settled form of gov...
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thoughts on an after-life notes Holcombe/ Lt. Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas in general have very vague ideas of religion or of a futu...
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belief in spirits notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Whatever may be their belief in a god or a future state, it is certain that they believe in an i...
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attempts to mislead British notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Nagas would frequently try to mislead us as to our road, by planting small ...
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oracles notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 I remember once, just after Captain Butler's death, when we were again advancing into the hills, coming ac...
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protecting a village by sacrificing a puppy; omens; ceremony notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 On another occasion we had gone about three miles fro...
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taboos notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the Angamis a description of "Tabu" is very much in vogue. It is declared on every occasion; on the b...
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conveying hostile messages notes Butler Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Captain Butler mentions the following instances of their expressive manner of em...
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notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 DISCUSSION Next Previous
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comments by Col. H. Godwin-Austen; burial customs notes Godwin-Austen/ Col. H. Buckland/ Miss Asalu Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel H. Godwin-Au...
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comments by Mr Keane; physique and language notes Keane/ Mr Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Mr Keane regarded Col. Woodthorpe's able and richly illustra...
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reply - hair and feathers notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Colonel Woodthorpe, replying to Mr Keane, said that the hair of the Angamis is generally...
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notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (63) PART II Next Previous
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un-kilted Nagas notes Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 In my last paper I dealt only with the Angamis, or kilted Nagas, who, as I then stated, are distin...
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unflattering description of Rengmahs, Sehmahs and Lhotas; goitres; hair-style notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The tribes comm...
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dirt; pipes notes Brown/ Dr Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Notwithstanding all my previous experience of hill-men, I was quite unp...
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Rengmah 'tails'; dress notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The Rengmahs are particularly noticeable for the peculiar tail which t...
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shields; belief that moisture could repel bullets; weapons: bows and arrows notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 Among the other t...
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bachelor's houses (morung) notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A peculiarity among all these non-kilted tribes, which again disti...
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house styles; fortifications; head-tree notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A practice common to all, though, as we have seen, no...
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cultivation - "jooming" notes Rengmah Sehmah Lhota Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 A few words concerning the manner of cultivating will suffice for all...
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language; physique; dress; weapons notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 (67) Passing along the hills in a north-easterly ...
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women's dress; ear decorations; tattoos; smoking notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The women's dress consists of a sma...
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village fortifications; gates; lookouts; morung; carvings; log-drum; posts notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The villa...
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treatment of the dead; violent deaths notes Hatigoria Dupdoria Assiringia Mongsenyimti (Boralangi) Woodthorpe/ R.G. 1881 given at a meeting of the Anthropological Institute, 1881 The bodies of the dea...
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