The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

letters from J.P. Mills to Henry Balfour

caption:

"Looting" for the museum during punitive measures

medium:

letters

person:

Balfour/ Henry

ethnicgroup:

Sema

location:

Yungya

date:

11.7.1923

production:

person:

Mills/ J.P.

acquirer:

person:	Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford
refnum:	Mills Ms.

text:

Mokokchung,

text:

Naga Hills,

text:

Assam

text:

Camp Baimho

text:

July 11th 1923,

text:

My dear Balfour,

text:

I wish you had walked out onto this verandah as I came along, as you did the last time I was here! Today nothing but shrieking crowds of litigious Semas. And filthy weather...

text:

In August or early September I expect to visit Yungya again. With any luck I ought to be able to surprise it and loot it properly, to the advantage of the P.R. I should like to fire on it, but there is the risk of hitting women and children if they have no chance of getting them away. The men deserve bullets...

text:

Yours ever,

text:

J.P. Mills

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