The Nagas

Walker G.E.D. Mills J.P. Adams 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 letters between Walker and Mills about the Konyak area letters notes Walker G.E.D. Mills J.P. Adams Konyak 1947-03-26:1947-03-26 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Copy of D.O. no. AXV-1-478 dated 26th March 1947 from the Political Officer, Tirap ..
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Mills Pawsey C.R. Adams P.F. Archer Walker G.E.D. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Totok Chi (Chui) Wakching 17:33 letters notes Next letter from Pawsey to Mills about the unadministered area Archer W.G. Previous 80 letter from Pawsey to Mills about the unadministered area letters notes Mills Pawsey C.R. ..
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1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:34 Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) letter from Pawsey to Archer about grave effigies and the future of the Konyak area letters notes Sema Konyak Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) 1947-04-23:1947-04-23 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 9:34 Camp Melrose, 23447 My Dear Archer, ...You are wrong ..
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Pawsey Kosazu 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kigwema Khonoma 15:9 tours notes Next notes from Archer's tour diary about house horns and gennas Archer W.G. Previous 80 notes from Archer's tour diary about house horns and gennas tours notes Pawsey Kosazu Kigwema Khonoma 1947-01-16:1947-01-16 Archer W.G. 1946-..
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Pawsey Mills Philip Hydari Aliba Imti Sailo 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima 2:13 notes Next notes of talks on future of the Nagas Archer W.G. Previous 80 notes of talks on future of the Nagas notes Pawsey Mills Philip Hydari Aliba Imti Sailo Kohima 1947-08-24:1947-09-02 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-..
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Nikalhu 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:14 notes Next memories of war and the Japanese Archer W.G. Previous Angami 80 memories of war and the Japanese notes Nikalhu Angami Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:14 Nikalhu (Angami) It was not the firing but the bombing. You would be sitting eating your rice. ..
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Mayang 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Khonoma 2:15 notes Next Naga independence Archer W.G. Previous 80 Naga independence notes Mayang Khonoma 1947-03-31:1947-03-31 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:15 March 31 1947 When I returned from tour at the end of March, I found that Mayang had undergone a change...
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Mauwang of Longkhai Chingai 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Longkhai Kongan (Kongon) 2:16 notes Next Konyak customs Archer W.G. Previous 80 Konyak customs notes Mauwang of Longkhai Chingai Longkhai Kongan (Kongon) Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:16 'Formerly took heads and all our harvests were good. ..
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Zopianga 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:17 notes sexual behaviour Archer W.G. Previous Angami Ao Konyak Sema Yimchungr Sangtam 80 sexual behaviour notes Zopianga Angami Ao Konyak Sema Yimchungr Sangtam Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 2:17 Zop and Angamis' views of sex - the breasts are everything - ..
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Archer W.G. Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills diaries Archer W.G. Pawsey Charles Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In June 1947 - two months before the declaration of Indian Independence - I joined my husband, W.G.Archer, a member of the ..
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Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Tasker Sir Theodore 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf diaries Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Tasker Sir Theodore Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 He owed this dramatic turn in his career to a chance talk..
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Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf Christoph 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills J.P. Mills diaries Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Christoph had owed his admission to the Naga Hills to his friend, J.P.Mills, himself a senior ..
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Elwin Verrier Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills W.G. Archer's previous work in India diaries Elwin Verrier Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Mills Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Christoph and his wife Betty, had visited us in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills first news of Indian independence diaries Kohima Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Unlike the tribal people of Bihar, the Nagas had a variety of local styles of carving and Bill intended to study Naga art, tribe by ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills Naga view of independence diaries Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Although it was not clear what the future held for us, I myself was determined to return to India before Independence so as to share the new and exciting ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima Mokokchung British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills diaries Kohima Mokokchung Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In order to understand the political developments in this diary it is perhaps necessary to sketch the main outlines of the administrative system ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills wider implications of the Naga situation diaries Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It may at first seem that the subject of the Naga Hills and its reaction to the political changes in India is petty and not worth recording. ..
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Hutton Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Charali Nakachari Stn. Bengal to Charali diaries Hutton Mills Charali Nakachari Stn. 1947-07-09:1947-07-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 (2) 9 July. Charali. As the train ran through the afternoon sun, the flat paddy fields and scrub of Bengal sprawled on ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung 1947-07-10:1947-07-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 July, Lakuni. This morning Naga villagers gathered to serve as porters and we set off on the walk to Mokokchung, forty-two miles ..
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Damant 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 walk to Mokokchung village headmen diaries Damant Ao 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 July. Chungtia. We are now over the first two mountain ranges and I am exploring more and more Ao villages. As we trudge up the hills, the village headmen,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon after the day's march is finished we go and visit a village. Today we went to Chungtia. As we approached along a shady footpath through..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung womens' dress diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Some of the Christian women had skirts and shapeless blouses, but the rest were naked above the waist and wore knee-length tightly swathed..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung graves diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we neared the village, we passed the grave-yard. The Aos erect a little thatched shed above the grave on which samples of the dead man's ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The headmen received us at the gate and conducted us along the street. Dogs barked, sows and piglets scattered left and right, women with babies at ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung smoking diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Up on the bamboo verandahs above our heads old women sat grinning with their toothless mouths and puffing away at their pipes. Smoking seems ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung houses and house carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Like many Ao villages Chungtia is built on a steep hillside and, although the front doors are on a level with the ground, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung morung and morung carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the middle of the village was the morung or bachelors' dormitory. It looked like the other houses but for privacy the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia Aliba visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung log drums diaries Ao Chungtia Aliba 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the most exciting things in Chungtia and its neighbour, Aliba, are the log drums. They are carved and hollowed from an ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we left the village the light faded. The Brahmaputra was still a line on the horizon, but now it had turned to bright pink. Then the sun sank, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 July. Mokokchung. At last we have reached Mokokchung. There is no village here - it is merely an artificial administrative centre with ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration District Officer's bungalow diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Our bungalow is on the top of a hill with vast views of mountain ranges and deep valleys. This evening we seemed..
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Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga political consciousness prior to the formation of the Naga National Council (NNC) diaries Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 N Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 18 July. Mokokchung. Since our arrival the leading ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga reactions to news of impending Indian independence diaries Mayang Nokcha Angami Kacha Ao Lhota 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the news of Indian independence broke, it seems that the general Naga reaction was one of ..
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Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting at Wokha, June 1946 diaries Kevichusa 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-06-01:1946-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 These differences in viewpoint were fully existent when the N.N.C. met at Wokha, midway between Mokokchung and Kohima, in June 1946. At ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 various views on Naga independence from the newspaper 'The Naga Nation', from October 1946 diaries 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-10-01:1946-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But although the Wokha resolution was passed unanimously the Angamis were not convinced and when ..
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Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee elected in Delhi to advise on the constitution of the Naga Hills, December 1946 diaries Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting in Kohima, February 1947, agree to demand a ten year interim government diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It was now that Angami dissatisfaction with the Wokha ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee in Delhi reject demand for an interim government; resignation of Mayang Nokcha diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few days later Mayang left for the sub-committee's meeting in ..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima abortive sub-committee visit to Kohima, May 1947 diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. Kohima 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-05-01:1947-05-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After the Delhi fiasco, there..
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Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit of Sir Akbar Hydari, newly appointed Governor of Assam, to Kohima, and agreement reached on a ten year interim government diaries Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For three weeks after that..
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Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 differing reactions to the Hydari agreement and the Khonoma groups secession from the NNC diaries Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Opinion about this agreement now seems to be very divided. ..
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Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 rejection of the Hydari agreement by the Delhi committee, June 1947 diaries Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A week after the Governor's visit, the Delhi Committee met in Shillong and Aliba Imti again ..
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Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong Mokokchung 1947-07-21:1947-07-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 21 July. Mokokchung...
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 hymns and football diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-22:1947-07-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 22 July. Mokokchung. Yesterday afternoon the delegates were settling in and the school grounds were a gay and ..
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Kevichusa Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Kevichusa Nehru Mokokchung 1947-07-23:1947-07-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 23 July. Mokokchung. This morning the N.N.C. had its first formal ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 right to decide own future after ten years diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-24:1947-07-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 24 July. Mokokchung. Late last night agreement was reached...
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 decision of NNC to demand revised Governor's agreement or declare independence on 15th August diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-25:1947-07-25 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 25 July...
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Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao Mokokchung 1947-07-27:1947-07-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 27 July. Mokokchung. All today the local Aos have been visiting Mayang and (21) ..
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Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 delegation of 'rebel' Nagas to Delhi, 18th July 1947 diaries Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-29:1947-07-29 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 29 July. Mokokchung. News is at last coming through of the 'rebel' Nagas in ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang Nokcha agrees to go with the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 30 July. Mokokchung. The choice of Mayang's substitute has at last proved unnecessary. To everyone's relief Mayang decided this ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Meanwhile trouble of another kind has come to a head. Beyond the frontier lies a great tract of unadministered hills. The portion of it known as the 'control' area hugs the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area two Kalyu-Kengyu villages attack a third diaries Kalyu-Kengyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-03-01:1947-03-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All this year head-taking raids have been gradually increasing. In March two Kalyu-Kengyu villages in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Shamnyu Tsawlaw head-taking in the tribal area kidnapping of two children by Shamnyu as slaves for Tsawlaw diaries Chang Shamnyu Tsawlaw 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Then a little later, the Chang village of Shamnyu kidnapped two children and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Pangsha Shamnyu head-taking in the tribal area Pangsha raid on Shamnyu diaries Pangsha Shamnyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the punishment of Shamnyu did not stop there. Thinking this too good an opportunity to waste, the..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tsawlaw Wangpi head-taking in the tribal area Tsawlaw raid on Konyak village of Wangpi diaries Konyak Tsawlaw Wangpi 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This ended for the time being all raids in this area, but in the last three ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Banglao head-taking in the tribal area raid on Banglao diaries Banglao 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Finally only a few days ago has come the news of a massacre at Banglao. Four villages on the edge of the Chang country ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Since head-taking is getting steadily worse, Bill has decided that a conference with the Deputy Commissioner must be held quickly. Proposals have already gone to Delhi for ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 31 July. Mokokchung. Now that the Delhi delegation has left, Mokokchung seems oddly peaceful. One day is very like another and time drifts placidly by. But although we ..
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Shoizhu Zukoto 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung servants diaries Shoizhu Zukoto Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Of our seven Naga servants, Shoizhu, our bearer, is the chief. He is more than forty but is as small as I am, a bare five feet. He..
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Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung training of interpreters diaries Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung visits from villages diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 During the day villagers are always calling. They are a mixed crowd. There is the educated Christian Naga with his shirt, shorts, Wellington boots ..
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Pilow 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Pangsha life in Mokokchung visit from Pangsha diaries Pilow Mokokchung Pangsha 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Most of the callers are from villages in the administered territory which has now been under Government for fifty to ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 fate of the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 6 August. Mokokchung. Since Mayang and the delegation left, no news of any kind has come. No one knows whether they were met by the Angamis, whether they..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 article on Naga case from 'The Statesman', August 1947 diaries 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yesterday The Statesman concisely reviewed the Naga case and urged a greater show of sympathy in Congress circles. A leading article said, 'Legal arguments..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 extract from the 'Assam Tribune' on Naga case diaries 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Even the Assam Tribune with all its plains' outlook is obviously unimpressed by the Assam Government's attitude. 'The Naga Hills, being excluded areas, the popular ..
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Longri Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 news from Delhi diaries Longri Nehru 1947-08-07:1947-08-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 7 August. Mokokchung. Today the silence was abruptly broken. A wire has come from Longri. The Nagas are now in Delhi and they are meeting Nehru immediately. Next R67057..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung isolation of Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 8 August. Mokokchung Never have our contacts with the outside world been so slender. Letters never seem to bring their answers in under two weeks..
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Sachdev Mr 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of trouble in East and West Punjab diaries Sachdev Mr Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Occasionally our fastnesses are broken into by a visitor from the outside world. This week, Mr. Sachdev, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of referendum in Assam diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Another day a P.W.D. engineer came up the hills and began aligning a new road. He was a Bengali from Sylhet, the district of Assam which has ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung American missionary diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yet another day an American Baptist missionary passed through. He was on his way from a refresher course for Sunday-school teachers to his own ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Bengali doctor diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But a more constant link with the world is our Bengali doctor and his wife. For them life in Mokokchung is like a bitter exile in a prison. A well-bred ..
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Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Naga experience outside the Naga Hills diaries Imlong Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few of the wealthier Nagas have been outside the Naga hills and can see themselves and their problems in relation ..
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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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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum trip to Kohima Naga system of justice diaries Yekhum 1947-08-16:1947-08-16 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 16 August. Yekhum. Today has gone in settling disputes and I was amazed to see how smoothly the Naga system of justice works. Numbers of villagers streamed in..
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Nchemo 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Nchemo 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 19 August. Wokha. We are now back in Wokha and at last there is news of Delhi. Nchemo, the chairman of the Lhota bench and one of the delegates has returned ..
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Singh Tarlok Ramadhyani Nehru Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Singh Tarlok Ramadhyani Nehru Mayang 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the Nagas reached Delhi, Mayang at once approached Tarlok Singh, Nehru's private secretary and..
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Mayang Nehru Longri 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi interview with Nehru diaries Mayang Nehru Longri 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The interview seems to have opened smoothly with Mayang explaining Naga disappointment at the sub-committee's ..
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Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi press communiques diaries Nehru 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The next day a press communique appeared, '"We can give you complete autonomy but never complete independence. You can never hope to be ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi NNC resolve to boycott Indian Independence day diaries 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 'At that stage, 'Nchemo said, 'everything seemed to be pointing to a declaration of independence.' When however the N.N.C. met..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Khonoma group declare Naga Independence diaries 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When Nchemo left Kohima on the 15th morning, the Khonoma group had already declared Naga independence and everyone was wondering what..
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