The Nagas

meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong Mokokchung 21.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 21 July. Mokokchung. To...
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meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 hymns and football diaries Mokokchung 22.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 22 July. Mokokchung. Yesterday afternoon the delegates were...
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meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Kevichusa Nehru Mokokchung 23.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 23 July. Mokokchung. This morning t...
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meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 right to decide own future after ten years diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 24.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 24 July. Mokokchung. ...
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meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 decision of NNC to demand revised Governor's agreement or declare independence on 15th August diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 25.7.1947 Arche...
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meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao Mokokchung 27.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 27 July. Mokokchung. All today the local Aos have been...
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delegation of 'rebel' Nagas to Delhi, 18th July 1947 diaries Jinnah Bardoloi Roy/ Nichols 29.7.1947 18.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 29 July. Mokokchung. News is at last coming through of ...
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Mayang Nokcha agrees to go with the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 30.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 30 July. Mokokchung. The choice of Mayang's substitute has at last proved unnece...
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head-taking in the tribal area diaries 30.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Meanwhile trouble of another kind has come to a head. Beyond the frontier lies a great tract of unadministered hills...
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head-taking in the tribal area two Kalyu-Kengyu villages attack a third diaries Kalyu-Kengyu 30.7.1947 3.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 All this year head-taking raids have been gradually inc...
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head-taking in the tribal area kidnapping of two children by Shamnyu as slaves for Tsawlaw diaries Chang Shamnyu Tsawlaw 30.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Then a little later, the Chang vil...
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head-taking in the tribal area Pangsha raid on Shamnyu diaries Pangsha Shamnyu 30.7.1947 6.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 But the punishment of Shamnyu did not stop there. Thinking this too g...
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head-taking in the tribal area Tsawlaw raid on Konyak village of Wangpi diaries Konyak Tsawlaw Wangpi 30.7.1947 7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 This ended for the time being all raids in thi...
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head-taking in the tribal area raid on Banglao diaries Banglao 30.7.1947 7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Finally only a few days ago has come the news of a massacre at Banglao. Four villages...
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head-taking in the tribal area diaries 30.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Since head-taking is getting steadily worse, Bill has decided that a conference with the Deputy Commissioner must be...
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life in Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 31.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 31 July. Mokokchung. Now that the Delhi delegation has left, Mokokchung seems oddly peaceful. One day is very like an...
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life in Mokokchung servants diaries Shoizhu Zukoto Mokokchung 31.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Of our seven Naga servants, Shoizhu, our bearer, is the chief. He is more than forty but is a...
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life in Mokokchung training of interpreters diaries Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu/ of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow/ of Pangsha Shoizhu Mokokchung 31.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 But almos...
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life in Mokokchung visits from villages diaries Mokokchung 31.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 During the day villagers are always calling. They are a mixed crowd. There is the educated Chris...
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life in Mokokchung visit from Pangsha diaries Pilow Mokokchung Pangsha 31.7.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Most of the callers are from villages in the administered territory which has now be...
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fate of the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 6.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 6 August. Mokokchung. Since Mayang and the delegation left, no news of any kind has come. No one knows wh...
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article on Naga case from 'The Statesman', August 1947 diaries 6.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Yesterday The Statesman concisely reviewed the Naga case and urged a greater show of sympathy...
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extract from the 'Assam Tribune' on Naga case diaries 6.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Even the Assam Tribune with all its plains' outlook is obviously unimpressed by the Assam Government's...
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news from Delhi diaries Longri Nehru 7.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 7 August. Mokokchung. Today the silence was abruptly broken. A wire has come from Longri. The Nagas are now in Delhi an...
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life in Mokokchung isolation of Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 8 August. Mokokchung Never have our contacts with the outside world been so slender. Letters n...
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life in Mokokchung news of trouble in East and West Punjab diaries Sachdev/ Mr Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Occasionally our fastnesses are broken into by a visitor from the ...
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life in Mokokchung news of referendum in Assam diaries Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Another day a P.W.D. engineer came up the hills and began aligning a new road. He was a Be...
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life in Mokokchung American missionary diaries Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Yet another day an American Baptist missionary passed through. He was on his way from a refresher ...
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life in Mokokchung Bengali doctor diaries Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 But a more constant link with the world is our Bengali doctor and his wife. For them life in Mokokchung...
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life in Mokokchung Naga experience outside the Naga Hills diaries Imlong Mokokchung 8.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 A few of the wealthier Nagas have been outside the Naga hills and can se...
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trip to Kohima visit to Lungkham diaries Sankalemba/ of Lungkham Ao Lungkam (Lungkham) 9.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 9 August. Lungkham. Today we set off on the first stage of our trek t...
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trip to Kohima Maromi Primary School diaries Maromi 10.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 10 August. Litami. Today the bridle path was like an English summer glade. The trees were dappled with ...
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trip to Kohima Litami inspection bungalow diaries Litami Wokha Mt. 10.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We reached Litami hot and tired, with the sun still high in the sky. Outside the bungalo...
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trip to Kohima diaries Doyang river Koio 11.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 11 August. Koio. Lungkham is the end of the Ao country; Litami is on the edge of the Sema, and now we are amongst ...
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trip to Kohima suspension bridge over the Doyang River diaries 11.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The river was in spate, eddying under the bridge a thick greyish white. I noticed that the s...
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trip to Kohima Naga tea making diaries 11.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we rested by the water, the Nagas made some tea. To do this they cut chungas which are the usual Naga cup. They t...
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trip to Kohima pigs diaries 11.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We were accompanied today by the ear-splitting squeals of pigs. Three men and a small boy were taking them on their backs. The ...
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trip to Kohima mithan diaries 11.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we rounded a bend, I saw my first mithan, a huge lumbering black beast, a cross between an ox and a bison. Mithan are kept...
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visit to Wokha trip to Kohima diaries Lhota 12.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 12 August. Wokha. Today we reached Wokha, the scene of the first N.N.C. meeting and the administrative centre f...
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visit to Wokha trip to Kohima school diaries Lhota 12.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In the afternoon we went to see the school. Unfortunately even in the Naga Hills, education is beginning...
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visit to Wokha trip to Kohima hospital diaries Lhota 12.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 From the school we went to the hospital. There is a keen Ao Naga doctor and the wards were overflowing...
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visit to Wokha trip to Kohima NNC meeting in Kohima diaries Mayang Lhota 12.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 News has at last come through from Delhi. Mayang has summoned the N.N.C. to meet a...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 14 August. Sanis. Yesterday and today, a march to Yekhum and Sanis. In these Lhota vill...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima women's dress diaries Lhota 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The Lhotas, especially the women, seem drabber and far uglier than the Aos. All the Lh...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima Mungkhau of Sanis and polygamy diaries Mungkhau/ of Sanis Lhota Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 But some of the men were big and burly and t...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima morungs diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At both Yekhum and Sanis the morungs were falling into disrepair and only the p...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima child-birth ritual diaries Lhota Yekhum 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 There was a michem tree just outside Yekhum, where after a child is born, ...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima head-tree diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At one end of the village was a large head-tree, but there were no bamboos wi...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima headman's grave diaries Lhota Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Today we saw the grave of a headman who had just died. He was buried outside t...
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visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima memorials to head-takers and tiger killers diaries Lhota Sanis 14.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Outside the village we saw a number of criss-cross ...
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trip to Kohima Independence day at Sanis diaries Sanis 15.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 15 August. Independence Day. Sanis. Today seemed just like any other day. There was the usual (43) s...
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trip to Kohima Naga system of justice diaries Yekhum 16.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 16 August. Yekhum. Today has gone in settling disputes and I was amazed to see how smoothly the Naga s...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Nchemo 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 19 August. Wokha. We are now back in Wokha and at last there is news of Delhi. Nchemo, the chairman of ...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Singh/ Tarlok Ramadhyani Nehru Mayang 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 When the Nagas reached Delhi, Mayang at once approached Tarlok Singh, Ne...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi interview with Nehru diaries Mayang Nehru Longri 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The interview seems to have opened smoothly with Mayang explaining Na...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi press communiques diaries Nehru 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The next day a press communique appeared, '"We can give you complete autonomy but neve...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi NNC resolve to boycott Indian Independence day diaries 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 'At that stage, 'Nchemo said, 'everything seemed to be pointing...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Khonoma group declare Naga Independence diaries 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 When Nchemo left Kohima on the 15th morning, the Khonoma group had alr...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Lhota viewpoint diaries Nchemo Lhota 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Nchemo himself is in favour of close cooperation with Assam and the Lhotas genera...
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NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Independence day at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 19.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After our talk with Nchemo we were discussing how Mokokchung must ha...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima diaries Resillo Mills/ J.P. Rengma Kotsenyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 21 August. Tseminyu. The last two days we have been passing through the Rengma country a...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima village fortifications diaries Resillo Rengma Kotsenyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We spent yesterday afternoon in Kotsenyu - a typical Rengma village. All arou...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Kotsenyu was a cheerful village and as we wandered round looking at the houses, everyone followed behind in ...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima houses and morung carvings diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Some of the houses proclaimed the wealth and status of their owners with a semi-c...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima dress diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 I noticed that the Rengma dress was also different from that of other tribes. Most of the men wear the...
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visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima Tseminyu inspection bungalow diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Tseminyu Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 This evening there are clouds clinging round the bungalow and the hill...
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trip to Kohima diaries 22.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 22 August. Kohima. Today we made an early start. It was still cold and grey. The sky was a gentle lemon and on the hills there were ...
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trip to Kohima men's dress diaries Angami <Northern 22.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 We were now in the Northern Angami country and the dress and appearance of the villagers has again chan...
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trip to Kohima diaries Kohima 22.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After miles of jungle and small villages, Kohima with its great macadamed roads, its trucks and lorries, its corrugated iron ...
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trip to Kohima news of massacres in India diaries 22.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In Calcutta, Mahatma Gandhi is living in a Muslim quarter and peace is prevailing in the city. But in Del...
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developments in Kohima diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kohima 23.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 23 August. Kohima. Yesterday evening, as we sat by the fire, Charles Pawsey, the Deputy Commissioner,...
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developments in Kohima Indian Independence day diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kevichusa Kohima 23.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Indian Independence Day, it seems, flopped badly. Pawsey had to hoi...
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developments in Kohima diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kevichusa Kohima 23.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Since 15 August, nothing else has happened. Kevichusa tendered his resignation from service...
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developments in Kohima Pawsey's statement, printed in 'Naga Nation', that Governor's new clause 9 should be accepted by NNC diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kohima 23.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 ...
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developments in Kohima increase in head-taking diaries Pawsey/ Charles Archer/ W.G. Kohima 23.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 This evening Pawsey and Bill have been discussing the rapid incr...
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Kohima and the war diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kohima 25.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 25 August. Kohima. Today I have been taking stock of the new Kohima which has struggled into life since t...
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Butler's tour diary diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 27 August. Kohima. Today I have been reading a number of tour diaries in the office writ...
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Butler's tour diary diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles Lakhuti Pangti 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 He was unfortunately killed as a result of a stupid feud between the Lhot...
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Butler's tour diary head-taking diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In Butler's time, the main problem was head-taking in areas just across the ...
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Butler's tour diary tribal feuds and economic prosperity diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles Merema (Merheemah) 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Butler saw how closely the suspe...
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Butler's tour diary Khonoma group diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles Khonoma 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 It is amusing to see how Butler found the Khonoma group a wearisom...
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Butler's tour diary hatred of plainsmen diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The hatred of the plainsman was there even then. The Nagas complaine...
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Butler's tour diary diaries Butler/ John Pawsey/ Charles 1870-1875 27.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 While Butler waded, up to his waist, in water, or crawled on his hands and knees through...
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Pawsey's schemes: electricity and agriculture diaries Pawsey/ Charles Kohima 28.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 28 August. Kohima. The last two days I have been going round with Pawsey in hi...
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American Baptist missions education diaries Kohima 29.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 29 August. Kohima. Today I met an American Baptist Missionary and his wife. The missionary, a hearty che...
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American Baptist missions music diaries Butler Thompson/ Col. Pinto/ Mr Kohima 29.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The school specialises in music. Naga boys are taught the saxophone and corn...
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American Baptist missions singing diaries Kohima 29.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 'Good ears' also characterise Naga singing. After lunch I listened to choral practice in the school hall. ...
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American Baptist missions effects on Naga culture diaries Kohima 29.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Such choral practice, I fear, is symbolic of the Missions' attitude to Naga culture. As Na...
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Naga independence, the Khonoma group and 'Our Home News' diaries 30.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 30 August. Kohima. There is still no sign of action by the Khonoma group but today a new c...
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W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam train journey to Shillong diaries Archer/ W.G. Hydari/ Sir Akbar 31.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 31 August. Kohima. Bill has just returned aft...
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W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam decision to take Chang country into the Control Area diaries Archer/ W.G. Hydari/ Sir Akbar 31.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 When he reached Sh...
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W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam acceptance of the original Kohima agreement diaries Archer/ W.G. Hydari/ Sir Akbar Mayang Bardoloi Pawsey Nehru Mokokchung 31.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.19...
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W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam desire to integrate Nagas into Assam diaries Archer/ W.G. Hydari/ Sir Akbar Pawsey Bardoloi 31.8.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Sir Akbar and Bard...
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pressure on Nagas to accept Governor's agreement diaries Pawsey Archer/ W.G. Aliba Kohima 1.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 1 September. Kohima. This morning Bill has been meeting the Kohima...
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journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Tomorrow we start back for Mokokchung. We are returning by a different bridle path - the route known as 'The New Sema Roa...
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journey back to Mokokchung landscape and vegetation diaries Dzulu R. 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 4 September. Chizami. During the last three days the landscape has had a character all ...
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journey back to Mokokchung Angami terracing diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 But while for great stretches the jungle rules, some hillsides have been completely cleared and cultivat...
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journey back to Mokokchung diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The pony was particularly irritating today. Whenever the road is unusually precipitous with a yawning gulf below, it minc...
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journey back to Mokokchung monoliths memorials in Chizami diaries Chizami 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As one nears a village, groups of stone monoliths rise from the paths. These are e...
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journey back to Mokokchung village defences diaries Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Many of these Angami villages are impressively situated. Founded in the days of...
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