The Nagas

1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:7 Kohima declaration of independence by Merhema khel, Khonoma notes NNC Kohima 1947-08-13:1947-08-13 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:7 138 NNC Kohima - Kacha Nagas declared the Merhema khel of Khonoma independence - Kevichusa has resigned as SDC - all the rest stick to ..
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Longri Mayang 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Wokha 2:8 notes Next Lhota attitude to Independence Archer W.G. Previous Lhota 80 Lhota attitude to Independence notes NNC Longri Mayang Lhota Wokha 1947-08-09:1947-08-15 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:8 Tour Aug. 9-15. Lhotas - wanted an Assam Raj. ..
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Sankalemba of Lungkham 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkam (Lungkham) trip to Kohima visit to Lungkham diaries Sankalemba of Lungkham Ao Lungkam (Lungkham) 1947-08-09:1947-08-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 August. Lungkham. Today we set off on the first stage of our trek to Kohima. Across the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Maromi trip to Kohima Maromi Primary School diaries Maromi 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 August. Litami. Today the bridle path was like an English summer glade. The trees were dappled with sunlight and only the great cauliflower clouds showed it..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Litami Wokha Mt. trip to Kohima Litami inspection bungalow diaries Litami Wokha Mt. 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We reached Litami hot and tired, with the sun still high in the sky. Outside the bungalow are clumps of spotted orange lilies on tall ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Doyang river Koio trip to Kohima diaries Doyang river Koio 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 11 August. Koio. Lungkham is the end of the Ao country; Litami is on the edge of the Sema, and now we are amongst the Lhotas. There is still no news from Delhi..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima suspension bridge over the Doyang River diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The river was in spate, eddying under the bridge a thick greyish white. I noticed that the suspension bridge was erected in 1899 by Burn and Co, 'the year ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima Naga tea making diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rested by the water, the Nagas made some tea. To do this they cut chungas which are the usual Naga cup. They take their daos, chop down a bamboo, and cut out a segment which..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima pigs diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We were accompanied today by the ear-splitting squeals of pigs. Three men and a small boy were taking them on their backs. The boy, dressed only in a dao case, was carrying a piglet in a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima mithan diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rounded a bend, I saw my first mithan, a huge lumbering black beast, a cross between an ox and a bison. Mithan are kept chiefly for sacrifice and it is easy to understand after ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 August. Wokha. Today we reached Wokha, the scene of the first N.N.C. meeting and the administrative centre for the Lhota tribe. It possesses a large Middle English school,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima school diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon we went to see the school. Unfortunately even in the Naga Hills, education is beginning to make boys despise manual labour. The school had recently ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima hospital diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 From the school we went to the hospital. There is a keen Ao Naga doctor and the wards were overflowing - two patients sitting on one bed. In spite of more diseases ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima NNC meeting in Kohima diaries Mayang Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 News has at last come through from Delhi. Mayang has summoned the N.N.C. to meet at Kohima tomorrow and has ordered 'Mokokchung members to..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 August. Sanis. Yesterday and today, a march to Yekhum and Sanis. In these Lhota villages the houses are small and mean, dark and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima women's dress diaries Lhota 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Lhotas, especially the women, seem drabber and far uglier than the Aos. All the Lhota women I have so far seen are dressed in grubby blouses with..
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Mungkhau of Sanis 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima Mungkhau of Sanis and polygamy diaries Mungkhau of Sanis Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But some of the men were big and burly and there was one outstanding man at Sanis, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima morungs diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At both Yekhum and Sanis the morungs were falling into disrepair and only the posts carved with hornbills and a few wisps of ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima child-birth ritual diaries Lhota Yekhum 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 There was a michem tree just outside Yekhum, where after a child is born, the midwife takes the after-birth, wrapped up in bits of..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima head-tree diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At one end of the village was a large head-tree, but there were no bamboos with heads leaning in it now - only a luck-stone lay..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima headman's grave diaries Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Today we saw the grave of a headman who had just died. He was buried outside the door of his house and his grave is covered with ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima memorials to head-takers and tiger killers diaries Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Outside the village we saw a number of criss-cross bamboos. If a man has participated in a head-taking ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis trip to Kohima Independence day at Sanis diaries Sanis 1947-08-15:1947-08-15 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 15 August. Independence Day. Sanis. Today seemed just like any other day. There was the usual (43) settling of minor cases, the giving out of passes, the ..
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