The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947

caption: visit to Phire-Ahire
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Sangtam
location: Phire-Ahire
date: 6.11.1947
production:
person: Archer/ Mildred
date: 9.7.1947-4.12.1947
text: Great hills surround the camp. Yongimti stands out, an isolated cone, and its exposed summit explains the mist and wind we encountered there. This evening as the sun set the hills were stained a deep plum colour and the sky was a delicate cyclamen. The snows are still a glittering line across the sky.
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