The Nagas

visit to a feast of merit at Ungma diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 9 October. Mokokchung. Yesterday we went to a Feast of Merit in Ungma village. It was the third day, the c...
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visit to a feast of merit at Ungma women's dance diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The decor was like a wild ballet. Against the sombre brown background the women moved vivid ...
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visit to a feast of merit at Ungma men's dance diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The men danced behind the women, in an outer ring, adding their bass to the harsh resonance of...
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visit to a feast of merit at Ungma donor of the feast diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 While the monotonous dance proceeded, the donor of the mithan strode down the street in...
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visit to a feast of merit at Ungma taking omens diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Holding a cock between his hands, he pretended to pluck it alive, calling out in a high-pitch...
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visit to a feast of merit at Ungma diaries Ungma 9.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We lingered on watching the dance until it was quite dark. Then, by the light of a lamp, we walked home th...
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inter-tribal marriages diaries Imlong Hopongki 10.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 10 October. Mokokchung. Since coming back from tour there has been a whirl of social visits. One day Imlong...
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Naga Labour Corps in France in the Great War diaries Sankalemba 10.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We have also been busy returning visits. One day we had rice beer at the house of Sankalem...
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visit to Mayang Nokcha's house diaries Mayang Nokcha 10.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Another day we went to Mayang Nokcha's house. He lives in an airy Ao house down by the Middle English...
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'Hills and Plains' celebrations in Shillong diaries Hydari/ Sir Akbar 12.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 12 October. Mokokchung. Today the newspaper reports that the 'Hills and Plains' cele...
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drafting of a constitution by NNC committee diaries Zopianga Krusihu Nchemo Mayang 15.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 15 October. Mokokchung. All this week the Naga Committee, appointed by ...
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polygyny among the Semas despite christianity diaries Kahutu senior 16.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 16 October. Mokokchung. This evening Kahutu senior, the chief Sema interpreter, came t...
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Subong Ao's view that the Aos, Sangtams and Changs will accept the draft constitution diaries Subong Ao 18.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 18 October. Mokokchung. This evening Subong Ao, th...
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tour in Chang country diaries Zehovi 19.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 19 October. Lungkhung. Today we set out on tour towards the Chang country. It was a sultry waterish day and it is cle...
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visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country diaries Lungkhung 19.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 On the outskirts of Lungkhung village, a choir of Christian maidens stood in a line singing hym...
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visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country spirit stone diaries Lungkhung 19.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Just by the camp is a menhir with a Christian inscription. We were told that it us...
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visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country house tax; the future diaries Lungkhung 19.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As night approached, the sand flies began to bite and the cold crept in t...
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visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country sandflies diaries Lungkhung 19.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Then followed a night of agony. Sand flies invaded the hut and penetrated our mosquit...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country diaries Chang Yongyimti 20.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 20 October. Yongyimti. Today the path wound through the rice and millet fields. Huge tumb...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country women's dress diaries Chang Yongyimti 20.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we rested, Chang girls toiled up to the village with threshed rice. Thei...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country charm against evil spirits diaries Chang Yongyimti 20.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Near the village boundary where the path forked to the fields,...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country Phoms accept Government rule diaries Chang Phom Yongyimti 20.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 On reaching camp we found a crowd of wild-looking Phoms...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country diaries Chang Yongyimti 20.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Throughout the day mist has been shrouding the hill-top but at sunset it has suddenly cle...
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visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country diaries Chang 21.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 21 October. Yongyimti. Early this morning the air was clear and a vast landscape spread itself out aro...
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visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country house tax diaries Chang 21.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In between visits to headmen, Bill counted the houses for house-tax purposes. This is the on...
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visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country corvee labour diaries Chang 21.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Indirect taxation is levied in the form of villagers being expected to keep their bridle...
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visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country school diaries Chang 21.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Jhakpa had heard of the political changes but as yet they mean nothing. The headmen asked for g...
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visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country head-hunters' dance diaries Chang Yongyimti 21.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After dark a great fire was lit in the village 'square', and sounds o...
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tour in Chang country NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Mayang 22.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 22 October. Yongyimti. While we quietly sit in the sunshine above a flat plain of mother-of-pear...
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tour in Chang country school diaries Yongyimti 22.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 There is a Lower Primary School in this village attended by sixty Chang boys and girls. It has the usual te...
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tour in Chang country education and the use of English diaries 22.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As regards higher education the problem is more complicated. The Naga languages cannot as y...
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visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country diaries Mongsenyimti 23.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 23 October. Mongsenyimti. We woke this morning to a world of grey mist and drizzling rain...
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visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country 'tortoise' spirit stone diaries Mongsenyimti 24.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 24 October. Mongsenyimti. Another streaming day. We squelched rou...
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visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country log drum and morung diaries Mongsenyimti 24.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 On a sunny day this would be an attractive village. There was a fine ...
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visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country school diaries Mongsenyimti 24.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At the end of the village is a large school - amply staffed and sufficiently well ...
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back to Mokokchung diaries 25.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 25 October. Mokokchung. As we tramped back to Mokokchung, the rain streamed down. It was a desolate landscape - the fields empt...
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Assam Rifles celebration of Durga festival at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 27.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 27 October. Mokokchung. Tonight the Assam Rifles outpost celebrated the Durga ...
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murder at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 28.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 28 October. Mokokchung. Today all Mokokchung is agog as early this morning an Assamese sepoy in the Assam Rifles o...
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postal strike diaries 28.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The day has finished with fresh excitement - the postal runners threaten a strike. The post in Mokokchung is dependent on 48 runners...
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news of the NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Wokha 29.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 29 October. Mokokchung. We keep hearing different versions of the Wokha meeting. Today Bill's head-clerk ga...
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volley-ball and football competitions diaries Mokokchung 31.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 31 October. Mokokchung. During the last three days the subdivisional inter- Middle English School...
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Mayang's views on the outcome of the NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Mayang Kevichusa Hopongki Imlong Pawsey Wokha 31.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After presenting the trophies, we called o...
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preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Sankalemba Chuba Akong Mong Auhukhyu Zehovi Hopongki Tuensang 2.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 2 November. Mokokchung. Today final preparations ...
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preparations for a tour to Tuensang plans for a new Sub-division at Tuensang diaries Yimchungr Chang Sangtam Tuensang 2.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 For many months now the plan for a ne...
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preparations for a tour to Tuensang new district officers diaries Zopianga Tuensang 2.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 It had also been hoped that the new S.D.O. could be appointed and that ...
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preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Tuensang 2.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 It is clear that this tour cannot set the new subdivision in motion. But the presence of the S.D.O. wi...
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preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Mayang Tuensang 3.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 3 November. Mokokchung. Mayang came in this afternoon to wish us a pleasant tour. As usual the ...
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Mayang's views on Pawsey's successor diaries Mayang Sailo/ Capt. Kevichusa 3.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Mayang also enquired about this Lushai officer, Captain Sailo, and the rumour th...
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Mayang's reasons for Naga dislike of plainsmen diaries Mayang 3.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 I asked Mayang why such bitter feelings had grown up against the plainsman, as it is obvious ...
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leaving Mokokchung for Tuensang diaries Mokokchung Tuensang Dikhu R. 4.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 4 November. Chare. Since we were last out on tour the season has changed; the cold wea...
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the frontier diaries Hutton/ Dr 4.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The first part of the march lay down to the Dikhu river. When Dr. Hutton went along this same track to Tuensang in 1923 at ...
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visit to Chare diaries Chare Dikhu R. 4.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 All the way to Chare the bridle path had been freshly cleared, weeds hoed and the undergrowth on either side cut back...
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visit to Chare log drum diaries Chare Pangsha 4.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The log drum was close by. On the side of its shed was a panel carved with hornbills, human heads, the sun an...
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visit to Chare proposed visit to Lungtrok diaries Chuba Chare Lungtrok 4.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The evening passed in talking to headmen and villagers. Bill suggested that the next...
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visit to Chare packing on tour diaries Zokutov Chare 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 6 November. Phire-ahire. We did not hurry off this morning and I sat by the hut watching the packing. ...
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visit to Chare school diaries Chare 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Before setting out on the march we visited the Upper Primary and Lower Primary Schools at Chare. The Sangtams like the ...
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new bridle path linking Mokokchung with Tuensang diaries Chuba Sankalemba Chimei R. Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Apart from the first three miles, the march today lay along a new bridle path whi...
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visit to Phire-Ahire diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 All today we halted at Phire-ahire, a Sangtam village, counted it and inspected the school. We played musi...
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visit to Phire-Ahire Chambesi's house diaries Chambesi/ of Phire-Ahire Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We visited the house of Chambesi, a young interpreter with a pre...
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visit to Phire-Ahire pets diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The Sangtams seem particularly fond of animals and every house was full of hens with their broods, ca...
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visit to Phire-Ahire Y posts diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Outside the houses were Y posts, the record of Feasts of Merit. They were higher with longer arms ...
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visit to Phire-Ahire Sangtam women diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The Sangtam women looked most attractive with their smooth hair held by shining grass fillet...
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visit to Phire-Ahire diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 6.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Great hills surround the camp. Yongimti stands out, an isolated cone, and its exposed summit explains the ...
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to Anangba via Holongba and Sangsoma; village hospitality diaries Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 7 November. Anangba. We spent the whole morning covering the...
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headman at Sangsoma diaries Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At Sangsoma the headman was a vivid figure in scarlet, black and white. He wore great elephant-tusk bracele...
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view over the Tizu River diaries Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The road today lay up and down rocky humpy hills overlooking the Tizu river and the rolling heights...
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headmen of Anangba diaries Churungchu/ of Anangba Hutton Anangba 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At last we reached a hilltop where two brothers, the headmen of Anangba, were waiting with...
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camp on the site of a war-time American outpost at Anangba diaries Anangba 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After drinking rice-beer these two headmen accompanied us to the camp which is o...
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girls from Chimongre diaries Anangba Chimongre 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 A huge crowd was waiting at the camp - mainly to look at me, the interpreters said. Some girls from Chimongr...
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toffee at Churungchu's house diaries Churungchu Hutton Pawsey Anangba 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 This evening we went to Churungchu's house where he gave us the same kind of toffee m...
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head-hunting memories diaries Churungchu Pukovi Hutton Chuba Anangba Chongtore 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Here we are in a different world from Mokokchung. Politics has given place t...
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Churungchu, a were-leopard diaries Churungchu Anangba 7.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Then Churungchu dreamily told us how he is a were-leopard. There are a number of leopard and tiger ma...
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girls dancing at Anangba diaries Chuba Anangba Chongtore 8.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 8 November. Anangba. Everyone has had a miserable night. After midnight the cold seeped in through...
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warriors' dance at Anangba diaries Churungchu Anangba 8.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As they were finishing, there was a bloodcurdling cry, the cat-call of the successful warrior returni...
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camp at Anangba diaries Sankalemba Imlong Anangba 8.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After the dancing everyone lay round on the ground in the sun drinking rice-beer, chatting and staring. T...
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the frontier diaries Chuba Chang Yimchungr Kalyo Kengyu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 9.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 9 November. Chingmiren. The exciting part of the tour has now begun. By 4.30...
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visit to Helipong diaries Helipong 9.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At last we emerged on to a rocky windy hilltop where a Chang headman and his Yimchungr wife were waiting with rice-beer....
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visit to Chingmiren diaries Chingmiren Chamyung R. 9.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Reluctantly we left the village and dropped steeply down the hillside to the Chamyung river, a small str...
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visit to Chingmiren granaries diaries Chingmiren 9.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 On our way to the camp I noticed the Chang granaries, mounted on piles with a circular wooden disk at the ...
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visit to Chingmiren camp diaries Chingmiren 9.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Crowds of villagers with presents of pigs, fowls and eggs were waiting in the camp and again Bill explained to ...
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visit to Chingmiren poverty in the Trans-frontier region diaries Chingmiren 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 10 November. Tuensang. Before leaving Chingmiren this morning, the headmen wer...
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visit to Chingmiren drum houses in disrepair diaries Chingmiren Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As in Holongba and Sangsoma, the drum houses had fallen into ...
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march to Tuensang diaries Tuensang Chingmiren Helipong Pangsha 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The march to Tuensang was a gentle eight miles through fields and forest dappled with sunsh...
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camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we emerged from the woods, we saw Tuensang sprawling over the hills below, a huge village. In a field I could see its...
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camp at Tuensang Pangsha's fine of mithan diaries Tuensang 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Under the trees in front of the camp were ten large mithan peacefully grazing. Bill smiled with...
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camp at Tuensang explaining about the new Sub-division at Tuensang diaries Tuensang Pangsha 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 All the afternoon I have felt like an animal at the zoo. We si...
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camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 10.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 During the afternoon a large mithan was brought by the Chang tribal council and slaughtered. It has been carefully divid...
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camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang Chingmei 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 11 November. Tuensang. Every day brings its fresh excitements. Today the villagers of Chingmei, a Chang village...
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camp at Tuensang Phom carvings diaries Yakching Phom Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Amongst the visitors was Yakching, the Phom woodcarver who has been making chungas for Bill....
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camp at Tuensang warriors' parade diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 When the salaams were finished and rum and red cloth had been given to the headmen, the crowd formed a ...
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camp at Tuensang warriors' dance diaries Tongpong/ of Chingmei Chingmak/ of Chingmei Bundo/ of Chingmei Hutton Mills Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The parade over, shields and...
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camp at Tuensang fire at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At midday when the dancing was about to end, there was a sudden cry of 'Fire'. The whole crowd stampede...
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camp at Tuensang house counting diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In the afternoon we walked through Tuensang counting the houses and visiting the headmen. It is an enormo...
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camp at Tuensang Chang houses diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The Chang houses are quite different from those of other tribes. They have sharply sloping roofs with great...
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camp at Tuensang morungs diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The morungs like the houses have high sloping roofs and wooden hornbills, fish and chains of bamboo rings dangle...
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camp at Tuensang head hunting diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Now we are over the frontier head-hunting is bound up with every aspect of life; dancing, song, village arc...
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camp at Tuensang burnt-out houses diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we returned from the village and passed the site of the fire, a few men were putting up leaf camps f...
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camp at Tuensang attitude of Gurkhas to Indians diaries Tuensang 11.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 This evening the Gurkha subahdar came into our hut for a drink and the talk gradually cam...
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site of the new Sub-division diaries Tuensang 12.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 12 November. Tuensang. Today everyone has enjoyed a day's leisure. The porters and sepoys have washed their ...
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men and women dancing at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 13.11.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 13 November. Tuensang. This morning we again visited the village and watched two of the clans dancing. ...
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