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effect of British withdrawal on the Konyaks |
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Sept - Dec - all sorts of rumours circulating - 'Konyaks were now independent' - 'Govt. had ceased' - 'The British had gone' and the ground itself was shaking, quivering. The basis of Konyak assumptions had gone - Namsang and various villages wanted to believe and perhaps did in fact believe that for the time being there was now no Govt. Important as a clue to Konyak attitude to administration - a resentment - a final irreconcilibility - a wish to be once again unadministered. |
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Wakching itself a bit scared at its own lack of guns. |
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The Ang of Mon - a regal figure in a camel-coloured cloak covered with large printed tigers - urged that every morung should now be given 5 guns - believed to have incited Wangla and Hungphoi to collect guns. |
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The Tsawlaw menace - anarchy on the Burma border - it was known that this would be the first consequence of Burmese independence - slowness in repairing the paths - in some cases refusal - Namsang refused coolies for salvaging the Dikhu Bridge. |
