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Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs |
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7. The hill tribes in Manipur territory behaved well. Only one murder was reported, that of a poor Naga woman of the village of Laloi, who was found decapitated at a short distance from her home. The head was taken, and the woman's relatives suspected the Kuki village of Tangningkor, because some years ago the two villages were at feud. Enquiry did not confirm the local suspicion, and, though further investigations were made, no clue to the murderer was obtained. |
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The mad Naga of Tongam, Arunepfemi, who was suspected of the murder of three travellers on the Manipur-Mao road in the preceding year, was captured, and placed in jail under medical observation. Though at first strange in his manner, he gradually recovered, and, as the only evidence connectihg him with the murders was his erratic life of roaming the jungles, he was discharged and made over to his relatives. |
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Only Rs. 2,120 were collected in fines from the hill villages for misbehaviour as compared with Rs. 2,757 in 1894-95. |
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The Revd. W. Pettigrew, of the American Baptist Mission, settled in the Tangkhul hills near the village of U Krul towards the end of the year; but from the latest reports it appears that the hill-men are averse to his working among them, and are boycotting him in the hope of driving him from the country. |
