The Nagas

Munnipore State as a buffer between India and Burma; troops articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 (16) The Munnipore St...
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adoption of Hinduism combined with worship of ancient gods; snake god; priestesses articles Gureeb Nawez McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (...
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lack of Hindu notions of purity; Brahmins; early marriage disapproved of; polygamy; widows articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcu...
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Munniporees - habitual deceivers articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 A religion professed, not from conviction, but b...
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status of women; markets; cloth-making articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The women in Munnipore are not confined as...
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marriage; divorce; women sold by husbands; special court for judgements between man and wife; corruption articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India,...
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lack of law; punishments for Brahmins and women; bribery; inheritance of property articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859...
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dwelling houses; fuel articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The dwelling houses of the Munniporees are all of the same ...
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house building; superstition articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Connected with the making of their houses are many s...
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maibus (priestesses); spirit possession articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 I may here shortly notice the Maibees. Th...
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terms of address; language; names articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 (22) In their intercourse amongst themselves, t...
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dress articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The men dress in the same way as they do in Hindostan; but as a people, the...
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hairstyle articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Amongst the men the forepart of the head is shaved. In the remaining pa...
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festivals articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Dussera, or as it is called in Munnipore "Kwaktalba", is the princi...
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First Burmese War; imposition of a British Political Agent in Munnipore articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 (38) With...
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lack of ruling class; British support for present Raja articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Whilst the advantage of im...
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development of trade; subjugation of Kupooee Nagas; road building articles Pemberton/ Capt. Chourjeet Sing Gumbheer Sing Kupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Gover...
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attempt to educate the Raja; benefits of British rule articles Pemberton/ Capt. McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The presen...
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Munniporee names of Naga and Kookie tribes; decline of tribal population; language articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 185...
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Koupooee Nagas; subjugation by Munnipore; villages articles Koupooee Songboo Pooeerou McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In t...
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houses; stockades; inter-village warfare articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Each house is (43) constructed ...
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attachment to villages; graveyards; water supplies articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 To their villages whi...
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villages on the tops of hills; lack of roads; Colonel Guthrie's road articles Guthrie/ Col. Koupooee Barak R. Eeerung R. Laimakak R. McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the G...
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land ownership; rice cultivation; fallow land; yams; articles Koupooee Nongba McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 But to retur...
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firing jungle to clear land for cultivation articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The hill-man more especially...
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tree trunks used to dam fields; rice crop; buffaloes used for harrowing but not ploughing; hoes articles Koupooee Kowpoom Valley Laimatak R. McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records ...
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harvesting; danger of high winds carrying away the crop; land slips; rats; idea that rats become birds articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of...
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houses; thatching articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The houses of the Koupooees are well adapted to the cl...
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granaries used for storing valuables as well as grain articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Besides their grai...
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women's work - cooking, fetching water, brewing, weaving articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In the grey of ...
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house rooms articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The family, except the boys, from the time they begin to wea...
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men's occupations at home - drinking, talking, smoking; grave stones articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 If ...
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hereditary village offices articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Every village has three hereditary Officers, ...
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famine; theft; lenience with young men; dormitories; sexual freedom articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In a...
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families (clans); wife purchase; cost of a wife; elopement articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Koupooees...
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adultery articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The adulterer, if he did not fly the village, would be killed; ...
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payment on death of wife "mundoo"; death in childbirth articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 On the death of a...
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widows; polygamy articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 If the husband should die before the wife, the wife is ...
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birth - naming ceremony articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Five days after the birth of a child, it is name...
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dancing and singing articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Koupooees are fond of dancing, which they accomp...
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dress and ornament; hairstyle articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Koupooee man ties a cloth round his wa...
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burial articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 On occurrence of death, if the deceased be a man of a wealthy fam...
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festivals articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Throughout the year the Koupooees have various festivals which...
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illness articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Whilst the Koupooee enjoys good health, he has little anxiety, b...
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"Neina" (genna) articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 A whole village or individual members of it are often "N...
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supernatural beliefs articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 They believe there is a supreme God, the creator of...
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cleanliness; refusal to drink milk articles Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 All the hill-people are dirty, but am...
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language; Angamee agression articles Koupooee Angamee Quoireing Pooeeron Songboo McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In appear...
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migration articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Khongjais or Kookies until lately occupied the hill...
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creation myth; explanation for disease; dog sacrifice articles hedgehog snake Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1...
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myth concerning separation into tribes articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In explanation of their se...
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interest in genealogies articles Kooding Mang Kookie Khongjai Kooki <Thado McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 They pay much a...
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village sites; houses articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In their own hills, the different tribes ap...
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hereditary chiefs; taxes articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The tribes I have hitherto noticed have ...
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chief's son - ceremony after birth; marriage articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 (59) Supposing the R...
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value of girls; status of women articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Koupooees make no distinction...
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tribal intermarriage articles Keoding Kai Kooding Mang Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In his...
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physical description of people articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 I quote from it:- "Th...
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laziness; smoking articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The men like the Nagas are incline...
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dress and hairstyle articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 They are filthy in person to an ...
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village government; chiefs articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In the internal managemen...
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rice; yams, corn and beans articles Stewart/ Lt. Chingtung Komba/ Raja of Munnipore Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcu...
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sickness; payments for the dead articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Sickness is treated ...
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dance and song articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai Koupooee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Khonjai's in temperament...
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hunting; poisoned-arrows articles tiger elephant Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 "The Kookies...
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death; smoking of corpses articles Stewart/ Lt. Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Their customs, on occurren...
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smallpox and cholera articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In their own hills, the Khongjais describe t...
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clans; sharing of combs articles Kookie Khongjai McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Their attention to genealogy, the distinc...
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Kamsol tribe articles Kookie Khongjai Kamsol McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The tribe named Kamsol is really Khongjai, th...
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Anal-Namfau tribe birth; marriage articles Kookie Khongjai Anal McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The whole of the people in...
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other tribes, varieties of Kookies articles Kookie Khongjai Kom McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Aimole, Kom, Koireng, Chot...
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Murring tribe - origins; hairstyle; officials; marriage; stone mounds articles Murring McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 In ...
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Tangkool tribe - hairstyle; officials; dress articles Tangkool McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The tribe next to the Murri...
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Loohoopa tribe - feuding; long spear and shield; hairstyle articles Loohoopa McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 From the Tang...
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tribute; chiefs; marriage; house decoration; human heads articles Loohoopa McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Amongst them on...
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terrace cultivation; dung; labouring; slaves articles Loohoopa McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The system of cultivation a...
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tattoos articles Loohoopa McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Loohoopas in the far North being more warlike are much feare...
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Mow and Muram tribes - houses; dormitories; marriage; theft; chiefs; planting; food prohibitions; sickness articles Mow Muram McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Governme...
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Meeyangkhang tribe - terraced cultivation; slaves; chiefs; dress articles Meeyangkhang McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The...
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Gnamei tribe (Angamee); attempt by British to prevent attacks on weaker neighbours; lack of chief articles Stewart/ Lt. Angamee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Govern...
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commerce: ivory, wax, nettle-fibre cloths; firearms articles Stewart/ Lt. Angamee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 "The Ang...
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dress articles Stewart/ Lt. Angamee McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The Gnamei in customs and manners resemble the Koupooe...
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domestic annimals; dogs as food articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 The domestic animals of the hill-people are buffa...
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wild animals articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Of wild animals, almost every kind is to be found in the hills, and ...
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geology articles Pemberton/ Capt. McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Our knowledge of the geology of the country occupied by ...
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minerals articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 If, as seen, we are but imperfectly acquainted with the external geologi...
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plants articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Neither have the products of the vegetable kingdom received any thing more...
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creeper used for fish-poisoning; timber articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Another creeper affords them the means of...
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salt-springs; cotton; pottery; baskets articles McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 If, as with the metals, the hill-man was d...
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British desire to bring peace to feuding tribes articles Pemberton/ Capt. McCulloch/ Major W. 1858 from: Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859 Such are the tri...
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