The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters
    Mills J.P. Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 10:5 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer Archer's tour to Chang country & failure of 'Hills Week' in Shillong Archer W.G. Previous Chang 80 letters from Mills to Archer Archer's tour to Chang country & failure of 'Hills Week' in ..
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  2. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) to Anangba via Holongba and Sangsoma; village hospitality diaries Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 7 November. Anangba. We spent the whole morning covering the six miles to Anangba as in both ..
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  3. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sangsomo (Sangsoma) headman at Sangsoma diaries Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At Sangsoma the headman was a vivid figure in scarlet, black and white. He wore great elephant-tusk bracelets, shell and boars' tusk necklaces. He had..
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  4. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) view over the Tizu River diaries Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The road today lay up and down rocky humpy hills overlooking the Tizu river and the rolling heights of the Sema land. To the east rose a ..
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  5. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    Churungchu of Anangba Hutton 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba headmen of Anangba diaries Churungchu of Anangba Hutton Anangba 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At last we reached a hilltop where two brothers, the headmen of Anangba, were waiting with their friends, scarlet ..
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  6. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba camp on the site of a war-time American outpost at Anangba diaries Anangba 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After drinking rice-beer these two headmen accompanied us to the camp which is on a site used by an American outpost during the war. ..
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  7. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba Chimongre girls from Chimongre diaries Anangba Chimongre 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A huge crowd was waiting at the camp - mainly to look at me, the interpreters said. Some girls from Chimongre, a village eight miles away which Bill had ..
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  8. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    Churungchu Hutton Pawsey 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba toffee at Churungchu's house diaries Churungchu Hutton Pawsey Anangba 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This evening we went to Churungchu's house where he gave us the same kind of toffee made with honey and maize flour..
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  9. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    Churungchu Pukovi Hutton Chuba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba Chongtore head-hunting memories diaries Churungchu Pukovi Hutton Chuba Anangba Chongtore 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Here we are in a different world from Mokokchung. Politics has given place to head-hunting..
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  10. typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947
    Churungchu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba Churungchu, a were-leopard diaries Churungchu Anangba 1947-11-07:1947-11-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Then Churungchu dreamily told us how he is a were-leopard. There are a number of leopard and tiger man amongst the Nagas. Churungchu's leopard ..
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