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attitude towards tigers and leopards |
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Kanying - Sangtam word for tiger. leopard - cf. bagh - ie. a generic word - but special sort distinguished. |
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Kima/ Ki Kanying - the 'water' bagh - tiger. |
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Kongkhu - a smaller kind of cat ie. smaller than a leopard. Kanying Kongre - were-leopard. |
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Leopard killing rare among Sangtams and tiger killing unknown. When a leopard killed it is buried and not exposed on a platform outside the village cf. Sema Christians or Aos. |
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A leopard head or tiger head in no circumstances brought into the village or given to the log-drum. 'The children would touch it and all their limbs would swell'. |
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Since 1943 tigers a great nuisance in the N. Sangtam country. In early 1947, 50 mithan killed - great enthusiasm at Hopongki's success. He sat for 7 hours before getting it. |
