The Nagas

1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang Chingmei camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang Chingmei 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 11 November. Tuensang. Every day brings its fresh excitements. Today the villagers of Chingmei, a Chang village bordering on the Kalyo Kengyu country, came ..
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Yakching 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang Phom carvings diaries Yakching Phom Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Amongst the visitors was Yakching, the Phom woodcarver who has been making chungas for Bill. He had brought us two beautiful tankards ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang warriors' parade diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the salaams were finished and rum and red cloth had been given to the headmen, the crowd formed a great circle. Men climbed trees, babies were mounted on..
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Tongpong of Chingmei Chingmak of Chingmei Bundo of Chingmei Hutton Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang warriors' dance diaries Tongpong of Chingmei Chingmak of Chingmei Bundo of Chingmei Hutton Mills Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The parade ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang fire at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At midday when the dancing was about to end, there was a sudden cry of 'Fire'. The whole crowd stampeded and we saw an ugly column of brown smoke rising from ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang house counting diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon we walked through Tuensang counting the houses and visiting the headmen. It is an enormous village of 560 houses. It is divided into four clans..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang Chang houses diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Chang houses are quite different from those of other tribes. They have sharply sloping roofs with great porches that project like the prow of a ship. They are..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang morungs diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The morungs like the houses have high sloping roofs and wooden hornbills, fish and chains of bamboo rings dangle from the eaves. The Chang morungs are not used for ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang head hunting diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Now we are over the frontier head-hunting is bound up with every aspect of life; dancing, song, village architecture, personal ornaments and dress. It is a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang burnt-out houses diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we returned from the village and passed the site of the fire, a few men were putting up leaf camps for the night and a few women and children were ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang attitude of Gurkhas to Indians diaries Tuensang 1947-11-11:1947-11-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This evening the Gurkha subahdar came into our hut for a drink and the talk gradually came round to politics. The Gurkha attitude seems very ..
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