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Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs |
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23. No change in the boundaries of the area of political control occurred during the year. The conduct of the Semas was excellent with the exception of the one village of Satekha. The men of this village had a quarrel about some jhum cultivation with the men of a small Sema village named Jekya, which is situated outside the sphere of British control, and in fact the land about which the dispute arose is also situated beyond the line. The Satekha men killed one of Jekya's men in retaliation for which a few men from each of the trans-border villages of Jekya, Kyaku, Lhoshupu and Sotoimi came in and raided Satekha and took four heads. This occurred in November and when the Deputy Commissioner was out on tour in December, he enquired into the case and sent for the headmen of the trans- border villages. Satekha was found to be very much to blame so the trans-border villages were fined and warned that a recurrence of these outrages would meet with punishment. The Semas in the Tita and Tizu valleys continued to raid amongst themselves and the only wonder is that they so seldom raid in British territory. The Deputy Commissioner made only one tour through the Sema country during the year. The work on the bridle path through the political control area progressed satisfactorily. The path will eventually be continued to Mokokchang. |
