The Nagas

1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 October. Mokokchung. Yesterday we went to a Feast of Merit in Ungma village. It was the third day, the climax of the celebrations, when the mithan is sacrificed ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma women's dance diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The decor was like a wild ballet. Against the sombre brown background the women moved vivid and precise in their deep scarlet cloths. As they slowly ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma men's dance diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The men danced behind the women, in an outer ring, adding their bass to the harsh resonance of the women's voices. It sounded like plain song in a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma donor of the feast diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 While the monotonous dance proceeded, the donor of the mithan strode down the street in his new cloak with his feathers silhouetted against the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma taking omens diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Holding a cock between his hands, he pretended to pluck it alive, calling out in a high-pitched cry for the prosperity of his ancestors and the whole ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ungma visit to a feast of merit at Ungma diaries Ungma 1947-10-09:1947-10-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We lingered on watching the dance until it was quite dark. Then, by the light of a lamp, we walked home through the silent forest, our giant shadows striding ..
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Imlong Hopongki 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 inter-tribal marriages diaries Imlong Hopongki 1947-10-10:1947-10-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 October. Mokokchung. Since coming back from tour there has been a whirl of social visits. One day Imlong, the biggest shopkeeper in Mokokchung came with..
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Sankalemba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga Labour Corps in France in the Great War diaries Sankalemba 1947-10-10:1947-10-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We have also been busy returning visits. One day we had rice beer at the house of Sankalemba, the chief interpreter. (104) He described his ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Mayang Nokcha's house diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-10-10:1947-10-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Another day we went to Mayang Nokcha's house. He lives in an airy Ao house down by the Middle English School, with a fine open expanse of hills all ..
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Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 'Hills and Plains' celebrations in Shillong diaries Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-10-12:1947-10-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 October. Mokokchung. Today the newspaper reports that the 'Hills and Plains' celebrations sponsored by the Governor's wife have ..
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Zopianga Krusihu Nchemo Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 drafting of a constitution by NNC committee diaries Zopianga Krusihu Nchemo Mayang 1947-10-15:1947-10-15 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 15 October. Mokokchung. All this week the Naga Committee, appointed by the N.N.C., has been meeting to ..
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Kahutu senior 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 polygyny among the Semas despite christianity diaries Kahutu senior 1947-10-16:1947-10-16 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 16 October. Mokokchung. This evening Kahutu senior, the chief Sema interpreter, came to discuss the agenda of the next N.N.C. meeting. ..
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Subong Ao 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Subong Ao's view that the Aos, Sangtams and Changs will accept the draft constitution diaries Subong Ao 1947-10-18:1947-10-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 18 October. Mokokchung. This evening Subong Ao, the overseer, who is just back from aligning a new road,..
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Zehovi 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 tour in Chang country diaries Zehovi 1947-10-19:1947-10-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 19 October. Lungkhung. Today we set out on tour towards the Chang country. It was a sultry waterish day and it is clear that the rains are by no means over yet. The fields ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkhung visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country diaries Lungkhung 1947-10-19:1947-10-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 On the outskirts of Lungkhung village, a choir of Christian maidens stood in a line singing hymns to welcome us. The two leaders each bore a brass ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkhung visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country spirit stone diaries Lungkhung 1947-10-19:1947-10-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Just by the camp is a menhir with a Christian inscription. We were told that it used to be a spirit-stone standing in the forest to ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkhung visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country house tax; the future diaries Lungkhung 1947-10-19:1947-10-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As night approached, the sand flies began to bite and the cold crept in through the cracks and crevices, but we were soon ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkhung visit to Lungkhung tour in Chang country sandflies diaries Lungkhung 1947-10-19:1947-10-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Then followed a night of agony. Sand flies invaded the hut and penetrated our mosquito nets. I thought of Lewin who complained of their ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country diaries Chang Yongyimti 1947-10-20:1947-10-20 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 20 October. Yongyimti. Today the path wound through the rice and millet fields. Huge tumbled hills sprawled all around, there was a glowering ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country women's dress diaries Chang Yongyimti 1947-10-20:1947-10-20 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rested, Chang girls toiled up to the village with threshed rice. Their dark brown conical baskets were full of yellow grain..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country charm against evil spirits diaries Chang Yongyimti 1947-10-20:1947-10-20 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Near the village boundary where the path forked to the fields, a small bamboo had been erected. Two wads of cotton ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country Phoms accept Government rule diaries Chang Phom Yongyimti 1947-10-20:1947-10-20 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 On reaching camp we found a crowd of wild-looking Phoms from over the frontier waiting to meet Bill. The ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country diaries Chang Yongyimti 1947-10-20:1947-10-20 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Throughout the day mist has been shrouding the hill-top but at sunset it has suddenly cleared. There is now a (112) piercingly clear blue sky ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country diaries Chang 1947-10-21:1947-10-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 21 October. Yongyimti. Early this morning the air was clear and a vast landscape spread itself out around the camp. But a little later great funnel-shaped clouds of ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country house tax diaries Chang 1947-10-21:1947-10-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In between visits to headmen, Bill counted the houses for house-tax purposes. This is the only tax in the Naga Hills - a contribution of two rupees a year ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country corvee labour diaries Chang 1947-10-21:1947-10-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Indirect taxation is levied in the form of villagers being expected to keep their bridle paths clear, to carry loads for Government officers when they ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Jhakpa tour in Chang country school diaries Chang 1947-10-21:1947-10-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Jhakpa had heard of the political changes but as yet they mean nothing. The headmen asked for government teachers for their school and had not realised that if..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti visit to Yongyimti tour in Chang country head-hunters' dance diaries Chang Yongyimti 1947-10-21:1947-10-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After dark a great fire was lit in the village 'square', and sounds of singing drifted up. Then a message came that the ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 tour in Chang country NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Mayang 1947-10-22:1947-10-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 22 October. Yongyimti. While we quietly sit in the sunshine above a flat plain of mother-of-pearl clouds, the N.N.C. must be having a stormy (114) ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yongyimti tour in Chang country school diaries Yongyimti 1947-10-22:1947-10-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 There is a Lower Primary School in this village attended by sixty Chang boys and girls. It has the usual text-book problems; no books have yet been written in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 tour in Chang country education and the use of English diaries 1947-10-22:1947-10-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As regards higher education the problem is more complicated. The Naga languages cannot as yet be a subject for higher studies as no written literature ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mongsenyimti visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country diaries Mongsenyimti 1947-10-23:1947-10-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 23 October. Mongsenyimti. We woke this morning to a world of grey mist and drizzling rain with a bitter east wind penetrating every crack of..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mongsenyimti visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country 'tortoise' spirit stone diaries Mongsenyimti 1947-10-24:1947-10-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 24 October. Mongsenyimti. Another streaming day. We squelched round the village in the afternoon and visited the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mongsenyimti visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country log drum and morung diaries Mongsenyimti 1947-10-24:1947-10-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 On a sunny day this would be an attractive village. There was a fine log drum and a trim morung, its wooden post carved ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mongsenyimti visit to Mongsenyimti tour in Chang country school diaries Mongsenyimti 1947-10-24:1947-10-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At the end of the village is a large school - amply staffed and sufficiently well equipped. But there is something radically wrong ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-10-25:1947-10-25 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 25 October. Mokokchung. As we tramped back to Mokokchung, the rain streamed down. It was a desolate landscape - the fields empty and the villagers huddled and silent. No birds stirred in the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Assam Rifles celebration of Durga festival at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-10-27:1947-10-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 27 October. Mokokchung. Tonight the Assam Rifles outpost celebrated the Durga festival with a small variety show. The sepoys had ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung murder at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-10-28:1947-10-28 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 28 October. Mokokchung. Today all Mokokchung is agog as early this morning an Assamese sepoy in the Assam Rifles outpost shot a girl and then attempted to commit ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 postal strike diaries 1947-10-28:1947-10-28 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The day has finished with fresh excitement - the postal runners threaten a strike. The post in Mokokchung is dependent on 48 runners. 24 function each week; 12 on the 'up' journey and 12 on the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Wokha news of the NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Wokha 1947-10-29:1947-10-29 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 29 October. Mokokchung. We keep hearing different versions of the Wokha meeting. Today Bill's head-clerk gave us his views. He was extremely pleased with the results..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung volley-ball and football competitions diaries Mokokchung 1947-10-31:1947-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 31 October. Mokokchung. During the last three days the subdivisional inter- Middle English School volley-ball and football competitions have been ..
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Mayang Kevichusa Hopongki Imlong Pawsey 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Wokha Mayang's views on the outcome of the NNC meeting at Wokha diaries Mayang Kevichusa Hopongki Imlong Pawsey Wokha 1947-10-31:1947-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After presenting the trophies, we called on Mayang who today..
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Sankalemba Chuba Akong Mong Auhukhyu Zehovi Hopongki 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Sankalemba Chuba Akong Mong Auhukhyu Zehovi Hopongki Tuensang 1947-11-02:1947-11-02 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 2 November. Mokokchung. Today final preparations ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang preparations for a tour to Tuensang plans for a new Sub-division at Tuensang diaries Yimchungr Chang Sangtam Tuensang 1947-11-02:1947-11-02 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For many months now the plan for a new subdivision at Tuensang has been developing. Under ..
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Zopianga 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang preparations for a tour to Tuensang new district officers diaries Zopianga Tuensang 1947-11-02:1947-11-02 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It had also been hoped that the new S.D.O. could be appointed and that he could come on this tour and discuss plans ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Tuensang 1947-11-02:1947-11-02 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It is clear that this tour cannot set the new subdivision in motion. But the presence of the S.D.O. with an escort in the 'control area' may show the more ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang preparations for a tour to Tuensang diaries Mayang Tuensang 1947-11-03:1947-11-03 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 3 November. Mokokchung. Mayang came in this afternoon to wish us a pleasant tour. As usual the conversation soon took a political turn and he ..
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Mayang Sailo Capt. Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang's views on Pawsey's successor diaries Mayang Sailo Capt. Kevichusa 1947-11-03:1947-11-03 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang also enquired about this Lushai officer, Captain Sailo, and the rumour that he is to be the next D.C. 'I ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang's reasons for Naga dislike of plainsmen diaries Mayang 1947-11-03:1947-11-03 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I asked Mayang why such bitter feelings had grown up against the plainsman, as it is obvious that they are not merely due to the recent war contacts ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Tuensang Dikhu R. leaving Mokokchung for Tuensang diaries Mokokchung Tuensang Dikhu R. 1947-11-04:1947-11-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 4 November. Chare. Since we were last out on tour the season has changed; the cold weather has come and the rains are ..
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Hutton Dr 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 the frontier diaries Hutton Dr 1947-11-04:1947-11-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The first part of the march lay down to the Dikhu river. When Dr. Hutton went along this same track to Tuensang in 1923 at the very same time of the year, this formed the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chare Dikhu R. visit to Chare diaries Chare Dikhu R. 1947-11-04:1947-11-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All the way to Chare the bridle path had been freshly cleared, weeds hoed and the undergrowth on either side cut back. Every year at this time when the rains are ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chare Pangsha visit to Chare log drum diaries Chare Pangsha 1947-11-04:1947-11-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The log drum was close by. On the side of its shed was a panel carved with hornbills, human heads, the sun and moon, a dao and a digging tool - a shorthand ..
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Chuba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chare Lungtrok visit to Chare proposed visit to Lungtrok diaries Chuba Chare Lungtrok 1947-11-04:1947-11-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The evening passed in talking to headmen and villagers. Bill suggested that the next morning, before setting off on our march,..
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Zokutov 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chare visit to Chare packing on tour diaries Zokutov Chare 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 6 November. Phire-ahire. We did not hurry off this morning and I sat by the hut watching the packing. It amazes me that our possessions arrive each day..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chare visit to Chare school diaries Chare 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Before setting out on the march we visited the Upper Primary and Lower Primary Schools at Chare. The Sangtams like the Changs have no readers in their own language although a ..
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Chuba Sankalemba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chimei R. new bridle path linking Mokokchung with Tuensang diaries Chuba Sankalemba Chimei R. Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Apart from the first three miles, the march today lay along a new bridle path which has been made during the last month. About ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All today we halted at Phire-ahire, a Sangtam village, counted it and inspected the school. We played musical arms with the children accompanying the game on..
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Chambesi of Phire-Ahire 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire Chambesi's house diaries Chambesi of Phire-Ahire Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We visited the house of Chambesi, a young interpreter with a pretty wife. He had a fine ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire pets diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Sangtams seem particularly fond of animals and every house was full of hens with their broods, cats, dogs and new-born pups. The dogs are kept for ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire Y posts diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Outside the houses were Y posts, the record of Feasts of Merit. They were higher with longer arms than the Ao posts. Next R67252 R67252 Previous ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire Sangtam women diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Sangtam women looked most attractive with their smooth hair held by shining grass fillets. Many of them were wearing cloth puttees which ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phire-Ahire visit to Phire-Ahire diaries Sangtam Phire-Ahire 1947-11-06:1947-11-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Great hills surround the camp. Yongimti stands out, an isolated cone, and its exposed summit explains the mist and wind we encountered there. This evening as..
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Chuba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba Chongtore girls dancing at Anangba diaries Chuba Anangba Chongtore 1947-11-08:1947-11-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 8 November. Anangba. Everyone has had a miserable night. After midnight the cold seeped in through the bedclothes and although we piled ..
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Churungchu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba warriors' dance at Anangba diaries Churungchu Anangba 1947-11-08:1947-11-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As they were finishing, there was a bloodcurdling cry, the cat-call of the successful warrior returning with a head. It is a cry that sends ..
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Sankalemba Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Anangba camp at Anangba diaries Sankalemba Imlong Anangba 1947-11-08:1947-11-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After the dancing everyone lay round on the ground in the sun drinking rice-beer, chatting and staring. The camp is big news, all the ..
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Chuba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) the frontier diaries Chuba Chang Yimchungr Kalyo Kengyu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 1947-11-09:1947-11-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 November. Chingmiren. The exciting part of the tour has now begun. By 4.30 am the camp was stirring and I ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Helipong visit to Helipong diaries Helipong 1947-11-09:1947-11-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At last we emerged on to a rocky windy hilltop where a Chang headman and his Yimchungr wife were waiting with rice-beer. nagaarchphotP48753.jpg The headman led us to his ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chingmiren Chamyung R. visit to Chingmiren diaries Chingmiren Chamyung R. 1947-11-09:1947-11-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Reluctantly we left the village and dropped steeply down the hillside to the Chamyung river, a small stream flowing through a great boulder-..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chingmiren visit to Chingmiren granaries diaries Chingmiren 1947-11-09:1947-11-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 On our way to the camp I noticed the Chang granaries, mounted on piles with a circular wooden disk at the top 'To keep away the rats', we were told. These ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chingmiren visit to Chingmiren camp diaries Chingmiren 1947-11-09:1947-11-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Crowds of villagers with presents of pigs, fowls and eggs were waiting in the camp and again Bill explained to them that they were now to be administered. No one ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chingmiren visit to Chingmiren poverty in the Trans-frontier region diaries Chingmiren 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 November. Tuensang. Before leaving Chingmiren this morning, the headmen were (139) insistent that we should visit their houses. ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chingmiren Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) visit to Chingmiren drum houses in disrepair diaries Chingmiren Holongba Sangsomo (Sangsoma) 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As in Holongba and Sangsoma, the drum houses had fallen into disrepair. It looks as ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang Chingmiren Helipong Pangsha march to Tuensang diaries Tuensang Chingmiren Helipong Pangsha 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The march to Tuensang was a gentle eight miles through fields and forest dappled with sunshine like an English wood. ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we emerged from the woods, we saw Tuensang sprawling over the hills below, a huge village. In a field I could see its twelve headmen, great toughs with cane helmets, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang Pangsha's fine of mithan diaries Tuensang 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Under the trees in front of the camp were ten large mithan peacefully grazing. Bill smiled with relief; Pangsha had paid its fine. nagaarchphotP48772...
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang Pangsha camp at Tuensang explaining about the new Sub-division at Tuensang diaries Tuensang Pangsha 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All the afternoon I have felt like an animal at the zoo. We sit in front of the hut and the crowd presses ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang camp at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 1947-11-10:1947-11-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 During the afternoon a large mithan was brought by the Chang tribal council and slaughtered. It has been carefully divided out between the whole camp and we have got the tail ..
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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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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang site of the new Sub-division diaries Tuensang 1947-11-12:1947-11-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 November. Tuensang. Today everyone has enjoyed a day's leisure. The porters and sepoys have washed their clothes, bathed, scoured their cooking pots and lounged..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tuensang men and women dancing at Tuensang diaries Tuensang 1947-11-13:1947-11-13 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 13 November. Tuensang. This morning we again visited the village and watched two of the clans dancing. Both men and women were dancing together. nagaarchphot..
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