The Nagas

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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