The Nagas

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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journey back to Mokokchung village gates diaries Kekrima Kohima 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At the end of these tunnels the entrance to the village is blocked by a great solid gate whi...
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journey back to Mokokchung siting of village diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The village itself is usually built so that it has a good view of the surrounding country. Around the h...
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journey back to Mokokchung filth in Angami villages diaries Aohukyu Kekrima 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 It is impossible to describe the filth of an Angami village. It was raining as w...
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journey back to Mokokchung feasts of merit, house carvings and mithan horns diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The house of a rich Angami advertises the status of its owner. The front...
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journey back to Mokokchung house interiors diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Inside the houses have three compartments. The front one contains a rice-pounding bench shaped like a boa...
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journey back to Mokokchung Eastern Angami women's dress diaries Angami <Eastern 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 I had seen Eastern Angami men in Kohima, but I had not seen the women. They ...
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journey back to Mokokchung female porters diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 For the first time, many of our porters are women. The Aos, Lhotas, and Semas never let their women do thi...
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journey back to Mokokchung diaries 4.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Very few English women can have passed along this road. At every bungalow the women and children stand on the banks and g...
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journey back to Mokokchung relics of the Japanese invasion diaries Houseman/ Major Yekhum Sanis Tseminyu 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 8 September. Phek. All the way memories of the Japs...
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journey back to Mokokchung inspection bungalows destroyed by Japanese diaries Chakhabama Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami Losami Phek 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we get nearer the frontier,...
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journey back to Mokokchung war stories diaries 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Every day we hear fresh stories of the war. 'This is the place,' we are told 'where a jeep crashed burning do...
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journey back to Mokokchung treatment of the Nagas by the Japanese diaries Jakai/ of Phek 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Opinions vary about the Japs and their treatment of the Nagas. The ...
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journey back to Mokokchung killing fish with hand-grenades diaries Jakai/ of Phek Pawsey 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The Nagas thought that this was a good idea, and when they found so...
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journey back to Mokokchung Khonoma group's anger with the British, Pawsey and the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Pawsey 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 9 September. Phek. Today the rain ha...
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journey back to Mokokchung an Indian doctor's opinion of the Nagas diaries 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 After he had gone and as if to prove his thesis, in sauntered the young Bengali d...
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journey back to Mokokchung diaries Shoizhu Aohukyu 9.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Shoizhu has just informed us that Aohukyu went out shooting this afternoon, there was a loud report and h...
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Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung diaries Shoizhu Aohukyu Zehovi Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 10.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 10 September. Chipoketami. Toda...
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Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung grave effigies at Ketsapomi diaries Nerhema (Nerema) Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) 10.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 I reached the rest-house at lunc...
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Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung hornet grubs and bamboo shoots diaries Elwin/ Verrier 10.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Bill had a generous meal in this village - rice, horne...
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journey back to Mokokchung diaries Sema Sakhai (Sakai) 11.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 11 September. Sakai. This morning we crossed the boundary between the Kohima and Mokokchung subdivis...
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journey back to Mokokchung news of Mahatma Gandhi's fast diaries Gandhi Mokokchung 11.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At the bungalow, mail was waiting for us and we heard for the first time...
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visit to Sakhalu jhuming diaries Sema Sakhalu 13.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 13 September. Sakalu. All today the road lay along an open hillside running parallel to the frontier. The vie...
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visit to Sakhalu diaries Sema Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 13.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 I have just returned from a tour of the village. Unlike the Angamis, the Semas poise their hou...
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visit to Sakhalu chief of Sakhalu and polygamy diaries Sema Sakhalu 13.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 At the entrance to the village, we were welcomed by its chief wrapped in a magnificent ...
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future of the Semas when the British leave diaries Hutton Mills Pawsey Sema 14.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 14 September. Baimho. All today and yesterday the Semas have been discussing th...
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Sema girl diaries Hutton Sema Sheyepu 14.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 On the way we stopped at a large house in Sheyepu and as we lunched on rice, roast pork, pineapples and rice beer, th...
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fever at Baimho inspection bungalow diaries Baimho Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 17.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 17 September. Aichisagami. The last three days have drifted by engulfed in fever....
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fever at Baimho inspection bungalow complaints by Sema of Ao domination diaries Baimho 17.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The talk of the interpreters droned on incessantly outside. I heard ...
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fever at Baimho inspection bungalow polygamy diaries Luzukhu/ of Baimho Pawsey Baimho 17.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 While I dozed, Bill went to see the village where Luzukhu, an old ret...
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fever at Baimho inspection bungalow diaries Baimho 17.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 When Bill returned, he too had the drowsy ache, the tingling in his legs, thighs and wrists which marks ...
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fever at Baimho inspection bungalow Assamese doctor diaries Baimho 17.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Yesterday the Assamese doctor from Ghukiya came to see us, a keen and energetic youth. H...
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Aliba Imti's statement regarding clause 9 of the 'agreement' diaries Aliba Imti 18.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 18 September. Aichisagami. Yesterday an interpreter brought letters and new...
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news of the end of Mahatma Gandhi's fast diaries Gandhi 18.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 The other news is that Mahatma Gandhi's fast is over. After three days peace was restored in Calcut...
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Aichisagami to Longsa diaries 19.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 19 September. Longsa. Today we have struggled on to Longsa feeling very limp after our fever. Bill rode the pony while I was ...
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haunted bungalow at Baimho diaries Mills Hutton Bor Stonor/ Charles Baimho 19.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we came along Bill blurted out to me the stories he had heard about the 'haun...
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comparison between Aos and Semas diaries Hutton Ao Sema Longsa 19.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 It is strange how differently two persons can react to Nagas or how two tribes can change. T...
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quarrel between Longsa and Sapotemi diaries Shoizhu Longsa Sapotimi (Sapotemi) 19.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we waited for lunch, I saw my first Naga fight. Suddenly there was a grea...
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view from Longsa diaries Longsa Dikhu R. (Diku R.) 20.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 20 September. Mokokchung. This morning as we went through Longsa village, we could see Mokokchung, a blu...
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painted bands for tribal cloths diaries Longsa 20.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 As we went along the village street, we met the Ao craftsman who makes the painted bands for tribal cloaks. ...
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bungalow at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 21.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 21 September. Mokokchung. After more than a month in small and dark rest houses, the bungalow seems oddly bright ...
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Mayang says that Aos will boycott NNC meeting on 23rd September diaries Mayang Aliba 21.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Last night Mayang called. He told us that all the Ao members have deci...
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Mayang agrees to accept the position of Add. S.D.O. Mokokchung diaries Mayang 21.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Bill asked Mayang if he would accept the position of Additional S.D.O. if the...
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Indian flag diaries 21.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Bill has just noticed that the new flag of the Indian Dominion is not flying on the fort. When he asked why, the Gurkhas said, 'We did ...
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shopping in Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 23.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 23 September. Mokokchung. Today I went shopping. Mokokchung possesses a 'V Stores', run by the Nagas under Govern...
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garden at the bungalow, Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 24.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 24 September. Mokokchung. Last night there was a great storm and downpour, but this morning the sky i...
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Phom carvings diaries 25.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 25 September. Mokokchung. An exciting evening. First an old headman appeared with a basket of wooden Phom carvings. (The Phoms are an...
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Mr Adams' farewell message in the 'Naga Nation' diaries Adams 27.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 27 September. Mokokchung. Today the September issue of the Naga Nation has arrived. It contai...
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travelling with the Naga delegation communal riots in India diaries Sachdev 28.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 28 September. Mokokchung. Sachdev, the Sikh Manager of the coal mine has again ...
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administrative problems in Assam diaries Hydari/ Sir Akbar 30.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 30 September. Mokokchung. Yesterday The Statesman made a pointed comment. 'Sir Akbar Hydari's re...
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report of the NNC meeting in Kohima, 23rd September diaries Longri Aliba 2.10.1947 23.9.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 2 October. Mokokchung. This morning Longri came to see Bill and we heard...
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report on the Delhi delegation diaries Longri Nehru 2.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 Longri then spoke about the Delhi delegation. 'What a waste it was,' he said. 'No one would see us. No ...
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Longri's meeting with Bardoloi in Shillong diaries Longri Bardoloi Kevichusa 2.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 'After the Kohima meeting in August' he continued, 'I had to go to Shillong. I...
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refugees from the Punjab allotted to Naga land at Manipur Road diaries Manipur Road 3.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 3 October. Mokokchung. Today, Naga groups in Mokokchung have all been d...
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report on Kohima meeting of NNC in 'Our Home News' diaries Aliba Imnik/ Dr Shilukba 4.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 4 October. Mokokchung. Another copy of Our Home News issued by the Naga...
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slight effects of Indian Independence in the Naga Hills diaries 5.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 5 October. Mokokchung. As we sit in Mokokchung, it is as if Indian independence were still ...
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anarchy in the Punjab and Nehru's distress at communal violence diaries Nehru 5.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 In the Punjab, on the other hand, anarchy is still prevailing though in Delhi...
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economic problems in the Naga Hills: cash crops and lack of transport diaries 7.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 7 October. Mokokchung. The Naga Hills have their own peculiar economic proble...
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Konyaks come to Mokokchung to see if 'government' still existed diaries Konyak Mokokchung 8.10.1947 Archer/ Mildred 9.7.1947-4.12.1947 8 October. Mokokchung. Today several wild Konyaks, their matted h...
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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 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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