The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 6. The Nagas of Upper Asam war-dance: description of one witnessed at Sangnoi articles Sangnoi Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Naga war dances commence with a review or sham fight. I witnessed one at Sa...
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  2. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 6. The Nagas of Upper Asam costume: shell head pieces; hats; ornaments; girdles of polished plates of brass; aprons; cane leg bands; pole-axe; spears; chiefs' stools articles Sangnoi Dalton/ E...
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  3. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 6. The Nagas of Upper Asam guard house: drums; alarms articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 In all these Naga villages of the interior there is, at each of the fortified entrances, a large building well ...
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  4. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 6. The Nagas of Upper Asam physical traits: articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The young chiefs are sometimes fine looking men, and it is not an uncommon occurrence to find the chief himself a very po...
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  5. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River government: no chiefs; village spokesman's office no hereditary; council of elders; feuding between clans; village melees articles D...
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  6. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River gods: sacrifices; omens; genna; fire; cultivation articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 These Nagas sacrifice to several spirits to whom differ...
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  7. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River houses: bachelors' houses articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The houses are built with one of the gables elevated, whilst the other, that to...
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  8. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River dances articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 These Nagas are fond of dancing. The men have a war dance, in which, as previously described, a re...
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  9. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River ornaments and dress: coiled brass armlets; beads; hairstyles articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 They are very fond of ornaments: one peculia...
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  10. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River marriages: bride price; value of women's work articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The marriages are arranged by payment to the parents of the...
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  11. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River burial: coffins; stone cenotaphs articles Steward/ Major Dalton/ E.T. 1872 These Nagas bury their dead close to their houses in a co...
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  12. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River food etc: frogs, lizards, snakes, rats, dogs, monkeys, cats, rice-beer; drinking tobacco oil articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 In regard to...
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  13. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River Angami and Kachu Nagas: clan warfare - women unmolested; tribal warfare - women killed articles Kachu Angami Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The A...
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  14. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River weapons: fire-arms, spears, daos, panjies, shields articles Angami Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Angamis have of late years taken to fire-ar...
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  15. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River Arung Nagas articles Steward/ Major Arung Kuki Manipuri Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The other Nagas described by Major Steward are the Arung t...
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  16. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis articles Steward Dalton/ E.T. 1872 SECTION 7. (2)- THE KUKIS. Steward gives us accounts of two clans of Kukis now settled in Kachar, the old and the new; but they are obviou...
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  17. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis early notices: hereditary chiefs; clans with elected chiefs; villages; houses; hammocks; war; adoption; thieving; polygamy; idea of life after death enjoyed by those who com...
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  18. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis physiognomy: articles Reynolds/ H.J. Dalton/ E.T. 1872 There appears to be considerable variety in the Kukis of the Chittagong jungles. Some are represented as very dark, bu...
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  19. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis settlement: permission by British to Settle in Kachar after defeat by Lushais articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Kukis first made their appearance in the hill country south of K...
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  20. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis government: chiefs-rajas; tribute; council; law; punishment; slavery; adultery or seduction articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 Each of the tribes has a raja, whose dignity they cons...
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  21. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis deities: articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Kukis recognise a Supreme God and Creator whom they call Puthen. He is regarded as a benevolent deity, but he is the omniscient judge...
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  22. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis diseases and cures; sacrifice; priests - Thimpu articles Steward Dalton/ E.T. 1872 As with nearly all the aboriginal tribes, diseases are attributed to the malevolence of so...
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  23. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis idea of future state (paradise): encouragement of hospitality and murder articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The paradise of a Kuki is a place situated in some northern region, exclu...
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  24. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis nomadic habits: articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Kukis are very nomadic but gregarious, seldom occupying a village site more than three years, but migrating and re-settling in...
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  25. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis villages: raja's house; stockade and fortifications; settling near cultivation; smoking and drinking; tobacco oil articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The village generally takes the ...
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  26. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis birthday feasts: baby fed with rice from mother's mouth; boy leaving family home to go to guard house; bride price; marriage; Thimpu officiates; pair presented with combs ar...
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  27. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis combs: sacred articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 Combs, perhaps these particular combs are very sacred things. It is very unlucky to lose them, and man and wife only may use the sam...
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  28. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis costume: turbans; use of feathers; daos; javelins; rhinoceros-hide armour; shields; pebble bead necklaces articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The national dress of the Kuki appears t...
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  29. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis songs: language; bamboo pipes - ghosen; gongs articles Steward/ Major Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Kukis have songs in an old dialect of their language now obsolete, which, from th...
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  30. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis disposal of the dead; smoking bodies; feasts; burial; skulls; human sacrifice on Raja's death articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 The Kukis bury their dead; but even amongst the poor...
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  31. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    Section 7. (2) - The Kukis lack of change in sixty years articles Steward/ Major Dalton/ E.T. 1872 It is not uninteresting to observe that the exhaustive notice of the Kukis in Kachar by Major Steward...
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  32. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    photographs Naga chief articles Dalton/ E.T. Simpson/ Dr 1872 (20) PLATE 16. From a Photograph by Dr. SIMPSON. NAGA CHIEF. The wild inhabitants of the southern barrier of the Asam Valley, from the Dih...
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  33. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    photographs man and woman of the Namsang Naga tribe articles Namsang Dalton/ E.T. Simpson/ Dr 1872 (21) PLATE 17. From a Photograph by Dr. SIMPSON. Male and female of the NAMSANG NAGA TRIBE. The Namsa...
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  34. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    photographs natives of the Manipur Valley and Angami Naga articles Angami Dalton/ E.T. Brown/ Dr 1872 (22) PLATE 19. From Photographs by Dr. BROWN, late Political Agent, Manipur. Figs. 1, 2, & 3 S...
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  35. published - extracts from 'Descriptive Ethnography of Bengal' on Nagas by E.T. Dalton
    photographs male and female of the Lower Naga group articles Dalton/ E.T. 1872 (23) PLATE 28. Male and Female of the LOWER NAGA GROUP. This is an admirable illustration of one of the Naga tribes, who ...
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  36. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  37. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  38. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  39. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  40. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  41. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  42. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  43. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  44. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  45. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  46. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  47. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  48. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  49. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  50. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  51. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  52. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  53. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  54. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  55. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  56. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  57. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  58. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  59. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  60. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  61. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  62. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  63. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  64. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  65. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  66. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  67. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  68. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  69. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  70. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  71. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  72. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  73. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  74. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  75. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  76. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  77. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  78. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  79. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  80. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    "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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  81. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  82. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  83. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  84. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  85. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  86. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  87. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  88. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  89. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  90. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  91. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  92. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  93. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  94. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  95. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  96. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  97. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  98. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  99. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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  100. published - extracts from 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes' by Major W. McCulloch
    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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