The Nagas

1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao Christians articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie About one third of the Aos in my time were Christians who were expelled by the American missionaries if they took rice beer. These ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao village officials and clans articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Among the Aos there is a small council of "Tatars" composed of "Minden" from each clan area. There are two or three ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao marriage articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One curious custom is mentioned in the book of Mills. The Ao unmarried girls have complete sexual license but a marriage usually ensues..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao oath taking articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The Ao does not take oath taking as seriously as the Angami. In some cases both sides take an oath and wait for a month to see if ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao cemeteries articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One had to be careful in avoiding the path leading through the cemetery to the villages, each placed on a hill for defence in the ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country Ao religion articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Every Ao had a "tiya" in the sky. This was not a God but a fate. Every Ao had three souls of which one was a "mithan" (Bos frontalis) ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Lungkam (Nunkum) Next tour with Mills in Ao country allusion to the Baimho ghost articles Ao Lungkam (Nunkum) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A visit to the American Missionaries at Impur was pleasant, no ethnological or ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Next tour with Mills in Ao country description of Mukokchung articles Ao Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mukokchung with its tiny office and Court, hospital, dispensary, school ..
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Ongli Ngaku 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next head-taking articles Ongli Ngaku Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie All the tribes practised this - Aos, Semas and Angamis etc. Much has been written about it and the ceremonies attending it. The tradition ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie We went on to Wakching where there was a dispensary with its view of range after range of 5000 feet hills covered with jungle called the Phom ..
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Hutton 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next description of the Semas; revised edition of Hutton's 'Sema Nagas', 1968 articles Hutton Sema Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie They were mostly in Mukokchung Subdivision and Hutton published his book on the Angamis ..
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Kevichuse 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next education in the Naga Hills articles Kevichuse Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The policy of District officials had been to introduce changes in tribal customs to as small an extent as possible. This attitude ..
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Gimson 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases land dispute between Nagas in the Naga Hills and Manipur State articles Gimson Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Some Nagas lived in Manipur State near to the Police Station at Mao, just inside the Manipur..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases witchcraft articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange trial was one for witchcraft which I was obliged to hear when on tour in the Angami country. In my case the images were of clay and ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases robbery of grave ornaments articles Angami Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange case was the robbing of the grave ornaments of a noted man in an Angami village. Headtaking must have ceased about 1880..
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Injevi 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Next some cases fighting prohibited on main routes to allow trading and a case of head-taking articles Injevi Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The eastern boundary of the Naga Hills was called THE INNER LINE. The range ..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Next some cases presentation of a red blanket to the Sema chief of Sakhai village across the frontier articles Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 Khonoma Next some cases murder at Khonoma articles Khonoma Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie Tour Diary 6.3.1920 Only one murder occurred in my tenure. The Assamese police sub-inspector came about ten o'clock at night to..
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1919-01-01:1920-12-31 hobbies - butterfly collecting articles Cantlie Keith 1919-01-01:1920-12-31 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Aberdeen I had taken the Botany class and the Zoology class but found that Brandt's trees, a huge volume on Indian trees, was too complicated for me ..
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Mills J.P. Woodthorpe Lt. Shakespear Capt. W.B. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya Kamahu first tour introduction - previous expeditions; reasons for present trip articles tours Mills J.P. Woodthorpe Lt. Shakespear Capt. W.B. Konyak Yungya Kamahu Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 DIARIES OF TWO TOURS IN ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Nazira Luchaipani first tour Nazira to Luchaipani articles tours Nazira Luchaipani 1923-04-03:1923-04-03 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 3rd. - Left the Assam-Bengal Railway at Nazira and marched east to Luchaipani at the foot of the hills, where we camped. A severe ..
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Kohoto 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tamlu Yungya Kamahu Tangsa Namsang first tour to Tamlu to meet Mills; Yungya - Kamahu dispute articles tours Kohoto Tamlu Yungya Kamahu Tangsa Namsang 1923-04-04:1923-04-04 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 4th. - Up to Tamlu, where I met Mills. On the way I was ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya Tamlu Dikhu R. Kamahu Yacham first tour leave Tamlu; smoke signals from Yungya articles tours Yungya Tamlu Dikhu R. Kamahu Yacham 1923-04-05:1923-04-05 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 5th. - In the morning we saw smoke signals, or something of the sort go up ..
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Shopen of Tangsa 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tangsa Kamahu Yacham Sowa (Shua) Wakhu Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) first tour to Tangsa; arrested two men for involvement in Kamahu raid; Yacham leader brings word from Yungya articles tours Shopen of Tangsa Tangsa Kamahu Yacham Sowa (Shua) Wakhu Yangnyu R. (..
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Kangshi of Phomching 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Tangsa Kamahu Urangkong Phomching Yacham first tour some soldiers left in Tangsa, rest march to Kamahu; Phomching took three heads from Yacham, Yacham chief killed articles tours Kangshi of Phomching Phom Tangsa Kamahu Urangkong Phomching Yacham 1923-04-07..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya first tour Yungya deserted and goods removed articles tours Yungya 1923-04-08:1923-04-08 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 8th. - To Yungya. Water short, and a decent camping ground within reach of it simply not to be had. The hostile clans had absolutely cleared ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungya first tour use of eggs to ward off danger and to stop fire spreading; painted stones in front of morungs articles tours Yungya 1923-04-09:1923-04-09 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 9th. - In Yungya I noticed two Konyak customs new to me that had to do with eggs ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Kamahu Yungya Mongnyu Shamnyu Phomhek Ukha Nian (Nyan) first tour Yungya - looking for hidden pigs; head-taking; disposal of the dead; ficus trees, the wild fig; bees and wasps articles tours Chang Konyak Kamahu Yungya Mongnyu Shamnyu Phomhek Ukha Nian (Nyan) 1923-04-10:1923-..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yang-Am (Yangam) Nian (Nyan) Yungya first tour field-houses in the shape of buffalo horns at Yungya; fertility symbols articles tours Konyak Phom Yang-Am (Yangam) Nian (Nyan) Yungya 1923-04-11:1923-04-11 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 11th - To Yangam alias Shimung a ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Mongnyu Sekitima Saoching Tuensang first tour to Mongnyu; ant-hill with buffalo's head carved in it to bring prosperity; path and grave clearing; status of Phom women; shaven heads of women; association of boys hair cutting with head-taking; forked posts; execution of a woman ..
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Woodthorpe 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Pongu Hukpong (Hukpang) first tour to Pongu; rice beer; negroid types; field houses; tattoos; stone platforms; Y posts; carvings; drums; cows and mithan articles tours Woodthorpe Konyak Pongu Hukpong (Hukpang) 1923-04-13:1923-04-13 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 ..
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Woodthorpe Ahon of Shiong 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Anphang (Angfang) Yonghong Ukha Noklang Jakphang (Jakphong) Shiong Chi first tour camping by Yangmun river; memory of Woodthorpe's visit in villages; Naga swimming articles tours Woodthorpe Ahon of Shiong Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R..
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Woodthorpe 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yungphong Yanching Yangnyu R. Jakphang (Jakphong) Yakthu (Yaktu) Ukha Shakchi first tour Yungphong to Yanching; Pongu men carrying to enemy village; pigs used as sewers; blocked paths; forked posts; carving; tattoo; men's belts; stone substituted for head; memorial ..
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Woodthorpe Chingmak of Chingmei 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Ukha Pongu Phomching Yonghong Yakthu (Yaktu) Tobu Mon Shamnyu first tour to Ukha - shy villagers, fear of camera; surface soil banked into terraces behind logs; zu brewed from paddy husks; dislike of selling ornaments; daos; tattoos; effigies of..
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Woodthorpe Balfour Henry 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Yakthu (Yaktu) Yonghong Ukha Shakchi Anphang (Angfang) first tour Yaktu declares war on Ukha; dart-like weapon; women's skirts; women's hairstyle; witness stones; Yonghong village; tattoos - buffalo pattern; similarities between the Angami, Nzemi and ..
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Ongli of Mokokchung 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Muksha R. Anphang (Angfang) Yonghong first tour to Angfang - difficulties with porters; language; forges; log-drums; effigies for the dead; lack of village organization; jhum agriculture; use of pollarded alter articles tours Ongli of Mokokchung Muksha R. ..
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Woodthorpe Peal 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Choha (Chaoha) Saoching first tour to Chaoha; Saoching making guns and gunpowder; field houses; language; tattooing; Chaoha at war with Chin; head-taking; euphorbia head trees; house-projecting roof poles; carving of a bear; log-drums articles tours Woodthorpe ..
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Webster Mr 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Longmien first tour to Longmien; standing stones; wooden figures; slaves and shaven heads; memorials to the dead; chignons; field houses; basket-work objects in Ang's house articles tours Webster Mr Konyak Longmien 1923-04-20:1923-04-20 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Chinglong Anphang (Angfang) Wakching Wanching first tour to Chinglong; heads hidden; log-drums; standing stones; men's cane belts articles tours Chinglong Anphang (Angfang) Wakching Wanching 1923-04-21:1923-04-21 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 21st. - To Chinglong, ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Chingtang first tour to Chingtang; mat weaving frame; dancing boards in morung with carving of a frog and moon; eclipses; head-stones in front of Ang's house; tattoo articles tours Chingtang 1923-04-22:1923-04-22 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 22nd - To Chingtang, ..
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Shopen of Tangsa Hamshen of Tangsa Aku of Chinglong 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Wakching Yungya Kamahu first tour to Wakching; Yungya - Kamahu head-taking articles tours Shopen of Tangsa Hamshen of Tangsa Aku of Chinglong Wakching Yungya Kamahu 1923-04-23:1923-04-23 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 ..
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Woodthorpe Mills 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Kongan Khanu Joboka (Yanha) first tour to Kongan; spring festival; white lime lines on dancers representing wounds; use of opium; decorated skull; sandstone skull boxes articles tours Woodthorpe Mills Kongan Khanu Joboka (Yanha) 1923-04-25:1923-04-25 Hutton J...
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Kohoto 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) first tour to Naginimara; Semas working in colliery - fear of going underground; Sema clairvoyance articles tours Kohoto Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) 1923-04-26:1923-04-26 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 26th. - To Naginimara, where ..
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1923-04-01:1923-04-27 first tour to Sibsagar articles tours 1923-04-27:1923-04-27 Hutton J.H. 1923-04-01:1923-04-27 April 27th. - To Sibsagar Rd. Railway Station. Next R74275 R74275 Previous R74273 R74273 articles tours Next first tour to Sibsagar Hutton J.H. Previous 21 1923-04-27:1923-04-27 1923-..
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Mills Pawsey 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour introduction articles tours Mills Pawsey Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 SECOND TOUR. OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1923. This second tour was also undertaken under the orders of Government in order to obtain some knowledge of the unadministered and hitherto ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Khonoma Second Tour rebuilt forts at Khonoma articles tours Khonoma 1923-10-09:1923-10-09 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 9th. - From Kohima to Khonoma and back, to see the new "forts." The three khels have erected each a big stone dahu (Pl. 7, figs. 1, 2 nagahuttphot..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour to Dimapur then Longlam articles tours 1923-10-15:1923-10-17 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 15th. - To Dimapur. By train to Safrai leaving Dimapur about 11-30 p.m. local. Oct. 17th. - To Longlam. A long hot march - 18 or 19 miles through Safrai and Singlo ..
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Mills 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Auching Wangla Second Tour to Wangla; Ang's throne; iron cannon articles tours Mills Auching Wangla 1923-10-18:1923-10-18 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 18th. - To Wangla about 12 miles. Met Mr. Mills and the escort - a Jemadar and 30 rifles. Men from the village..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Sangsa Zakko Sangnyu Ngangting Zangkam Second Tour to Ngangting and across the frontier; Zakko morung carvings; head-trees; disposal of the dead; effigies of the dead; decorated skulls; Ang's house at Sangnyu; iron cannon from Assam; incest; boat-shaped coffins phallic posts ..
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Ahon 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Mon Totok (Longphong) Second Tour to Mon; some coolies run away; Ang of Mon's house; stone sitting place; pile of stones representing heads taken; elephants skulls; hot stones used to dry paddy articles tours Ahon Mon Totok (Longphong) 1923-10-21:1923-10-21 Hutton J.H. ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chi Tang Second Tour to Chi; meets Ang of Tang; Ang of Chi's house; skulls; human sacrifice; tattoos articles tours Chi Tang 1923-10-22:1923-10-22 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct.22nd - To Chi (i.e. "Chui" or "Chimi") the path going down into a deep valley and up a steep..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Sinyang R. (Shiniong R.) Lungha (Lengha) Shiong Second Tour to the Shiniong river; Lengha porters build seat for their Ang; stones at Shiong where new-born babies are displayed articles tours Sinyang R. (Shiniong R.) Lungha (Lengha) Shiong 1923-10-23:1923-10-23 Hutton J.H. ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Wakching Second Tour to Wakching; anti-syphilis campaign; lepers articles tours Wakching 1923-10-24:1923-10-24 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 24th - -To Wakching. The anti-syphilitic campaign has worked wonders. I have never known Rs. 1,000 spent to better purpose. ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chantongia (Changtongia) Mongsenyimti (Mongsemdi) Ungri (Ungr) Second Tour Christians in Changtongia; miniature machans with pipes erected as defence against an evil spirit at Ungr; pipe as love token; sexual act; articles tours Chantongia (Changtongia) Mongsenyimti (Mongsemdi..
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Miran 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Mokokchung Second Tour storm damage at Mokokchung articles tours Miran Mokokchung 1923-10-30:1923-10-30 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct. 30th. - To Mokokchung. On the way I saw for the first time the damage done by the cloud-burst that occurred here on the evening ..
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Miran Mills 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour halt at Mokokchung articles tours Miran Mills 1923-10-31:1923-11-04 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Oct.31st. - Halted Mokokchung. (About lunch time they sent to tell me that Miran had died having waited to see me first.) Mill's foot was very bad with..
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Pawsey C.R. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chare Second Tour to Chare - mostly Sangtam with one Ao khel; head-taking articles tours Pawsey C.R. Sangtam Ao Chare 1923-11-05:1923-11-05 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Nov. 5th - To Chare about 9 miles, where the gaonburas of Alisopo, Chatongre, Thungare and ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chare Chongliemdi Lungtrok Chatongre Second Tour visit to "six stones" at Lungtrok - Ao origins; destruction of stone by Christian evangelist articles tours Chare Chongliemdi Lungtrok Chatongre 1923-11-06:1923-11-06 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Nov. 6th. - Halted Chare. ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chimongre Thungare Langsipek Second Tour to Chimongre; drum sheds; Chang influence articles tours Sangtam Chang Chimongre Thungare Langsipek 1923-11-07:1923-11-07 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Nov.7th. - To Chimongre a Sangtam village of some 200 houses or less in three ..
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Churangchu of Anangba Mills Mongko of Tuensang Pawsey Charangsu of Mangaki 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chongtore Tuensang Anangba Mangaki Khumishe Second Tour to Chongtore; Changs, a new tribe; Chang language; confiscation of a rifle brought from France; Sangtam toffee; dance articles tours Churangchu of..
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Wongtho of Ngampungchi 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kudeh Santok (Sontak) Chongtore Matong Ridge Ngampungchi Second Tour to Kudeh; wooden signs on pathway; carvings of hornbills suspended in morungs articles tours Wongtho of Ngampungchi Kudeh Santok (Sontak) Chongtore Matong Ridge Ngampungchi 1923-11-09:..
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Chingmak of Chingmei Mongko of Tuensang Bilaeshi khel Tuensang 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Tuensang Anphang (Angfang) Tobu Second Tour to Tuensang; alder seeds taken from Angfang on a raid; description of the Bilaeshi khel; ringing a hill by holding hands; quarrel with Tobu; Angfang's trade in cowries ..
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Ongli Ngaku Mongko of Tuensang 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Tuensang Ninyam Naksho Yali Longtang Second Tour Tuensang - one of the biggest Naga villages; effect of piper's music and buffoonery; village dance; tattooing; dog punished for theft; dog hair dyed and used in cloths; buffalo head carving on log-..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Hakchang Saochu Second Tour to Hakchang; difficulties with coolies; Hakchang men's hairstyle; painted frontal posts in rich men's houses; women allowed to wear men's head-taker's tattoo if they boil a head; pottery; latrines with pig-pens underneath; bird and ape clans ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei Ongli 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Hakchang Maksha Ninyam Tobu Second Tour thorn creepers uses as a barrier in wartime at Hakchang; buffalo-horn pattern graves at Maksha; Hakchang forced to carry to Tobu; coolies paid in red wool; camp built on site where at Hakchang body had been ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chingmei Tobu Ungpang Waoshu (Waoshu) Second Tour difficulty at Tobu with coolies until a pig shot; to Chingmei; error in mapping articles tours Chingmei Tobu Ungpang Waoshu (Waoshu) 1923-11-14:1923-11-14 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 14th. - Tobu appeared this morning in ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Wokyung Chingmei Langnyu R. Panso (Aoshed) Second Tour Pawsey and the surveyor go to map the source of the Zungki river; a Khamti dao; Chingmei houses; fibre cloth; improper to ask for marriage price among Kalyo Kengyu; burial customs; rainbow memorials; bark shields; cattle ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Chentang Sangpurr Second Tour to Chentang; two heads taken from Sangpurr; Sangpurr send message that they won't clear the paths; bark shields articles tours Chentang Sangpurr 1923-11-16:1923-11-16 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 16th. To Chentang, about 15 miles, going up ..
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Chingmak 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Yakko Sangpurr Pansorr Tuensang Chingmiren (Chingmirem) Tsohyemung R. Chentang Second Tour to Yakko and Sangpurr with troops; unfriendly villages; daos confiscated from young men of Tuensang and Chingmirem who followed; heads in Sangpurr; log-drums; wooden shingle ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kuthurr Sotokurr (Shotokurr) Second Tour missing gaonbura reappears; to Kuthurr; granary protection against rats; women's hair-style articles tours Yimtsungrr Kuthurr Sotokurr (Shotokurr) 1923-11-18:1923-11-18 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 18th. - We started out at 7-0 to ..
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Pawsey Dundas 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kuthurr Chingmiren (Chingmirem) Sotokurr (Shotokurr) Ayepongrr Yimtsong-Awenrr (Yimtsung-Awenrr) Second Tour pressure on Kuthurr to produce coolies; Chingmirem fined for not producing coolies; to Shotokurr; to Yimtsung-Awenrr; small menhirs; alders articles tours..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kyutsu-Kilong (Kitsu) Shipungre (Shipungrr) Second Tour trouble with coolies from Shotokurr; coolies try to bolt at Shipungrr; to Kitsu; rice growing articles tours Kyutsu-Kilong (Kitsu) Shipungre (Shipungrr) 1923-11-20:1923-11-20 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 20th. - ..
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Woziya Khuvetha Zukishe of Phesami Sittobung Hezekhu Ghovishe Hovokhu Zhetoi Khuzhokhu of Shothumi 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Shothumi Cheshorr Phesami Honronre Kyutsu-Kilong (Kyutsukilong) Second Tour to Shothumi; head-taking dispute between Cheshorr and Phesami; Hutton permits limited war between ..
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Hovokhu of Phesami 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Rishetsu Honronre Phesami Second Tour gift of pigs at Honronre; man injured by dao blade; refusal to accept 'salaam' from chief of Sirichu because of murder of a British subject by his son articles tours Hovokhu of Phesami Sangtam Rishetsu Honronre Phesami ..
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Dundas 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kishethu Sirire Sampurre (Thachumi) Second Tour Sirire chief ransomed for five pigs for not supplying coolies; to Kishethu; head-tree; decayed morung - carved post articles tours Dundas Kishethu Sirire Sampurre (Thachumi) 1923-11-23:1923-11-23 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:..
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Kohoto Gwovishe Chekiye of Lukami Zukishe of Phesami Sittobung Hezekhu Tootso of Kitangre Tsichimu of Kitangre Yazuthu of Yezashimi Rengcha of Phorre Kekhezhe of Tsukohomi Hovokhu 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Yazuthu Tita R. (Tsutha R.) Nitoi Mungre (Shietz) Lakomi Sampurre (Thachumi) Kosonasami (..
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Nikhui of Kukishe Nivi of Kukishe 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kosonasami (Kosanasami) Khukishe (Kukishe) Second Tour to Kosanasami then Kukishe; furniture in house of hew chief, Nivi; his father's grave and other graves; hand arrow for boys; woman wearing conch shell in Angami fashion articles tours ..
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Pawsey Zhekiya 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Mongre Yatsimi (Yangpire) Kiyekhu (Kiyakhu) Ghokhwi (Ghukhwi) Zhekiya Second Tour Mongre - Yangpire and Lhoshyepu - Kosanasami land disputes - allowed to fight each other; Kiyakhu - Ghukhwi land case settled; Kiyakhu - Zhekiya land dispute not investigated ..
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Hunitso Delahing 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Kilomi Sathazumi (Satazuma) Second Tour dak carrier, Delahing, found suffering from a fit articles tours Hunitso Delahing Kilomi Sathazumi (Satazuma) 1923-11-27:1923-11-28 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 27th. To Kilomi. 28th. Double marched through Zulhama ..
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1923-10-01:1923-11-31 Second Tour to Sakhabama, then Kohima; Delahing's death blamed on a godling articles tours 1923-11-29:1923-11-30 Hutton J.H. 1923-10-01:1923-11-31 29th. Double marched to Sakhabama, 20 miles where I learned that Delahing had died the night before shortly after passing ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population. Naga Hills reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 The population of the Naga Hills has increased b 20,043 or by 12.6 per cent. The figure, however, includes 6,820 persons censused for the first time in the Melomi-Primi..
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Mills J.P. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population. Naga Hills J.P. Mills' analysis of the census reports Mills J.P. Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Nevertheless, Mr J.P. Mills, I.C.S., the Deputy Commissioner of the Naga Hills, is not at all satisfied with ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population. Naga Hills reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary Table 1. Density, water-supply and crops] Naga Hills Mean density per square mile in 1931 - 42 Percentage of total area which is cultivated (..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population. Naga Hills reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary Table 3. Variation in relation to density since 1881] Naga Hills Percentage of variation: increase (+) decrease (-) 1921-1931 1911-1921 1901-..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population. Naga Hills reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary Table 5. Persons per house and houses per square mile] Naga Hills Average number of persons per house. ___1931___1921___1911__1901__1891 ____3...
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter II. The Population of Towns and Villages reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsiduary Table 1.] Distribution of the population between towns and villages Naga Hills Average population per: town - 2,756, village - 366 Number per mille residing in:..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter II. The Population of Towns and Villages reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary Table 2.] Number per mille of the total population and of each main religion who live in towns Naga Hills Number per mille who live in town Total population - ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter IV. Age. reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsiduary table 5.] Proportion of children under 10 and of persons 60 and over to those aged 15-40; also of married females aged 15-40 per 100 females. Naga Hills Proportion of children both sexes per ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter V. Sex reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary table 1.] General proportions of the sexes by natural divisions and districts. Number of females to 1,000 males (actual population) Naga Hills __1931__1921__1911__1901__1891__1881 ___997___993_1,..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VII. Infirmities insanity reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 85. The number of persons recorded as insane had increased by 1,327 since 1921....In the hills, however, although the proportion of insane per 100,000 of the population is still considerably higher ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VII. Infirmities Deaf-mutism reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 In 1921, 1911 and 1901 the Naga Hills was far the worst district for deaf-mutism, yet the figures for 1931 show this infirmity is not much more prevalent there than in several of the plains ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VII. Infirmities Blindness reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 The hill districts - as at all previous censuses - have the highest proportion of blind. The Naga Hills and Manipur show an improvement since 1921 but all the other hill districts have deteriorated ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VII. Infirmities Leprosy reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 94. It is distressing to note how few ... lepers are receiving proper care and treatment. There are only two small leper asylums in British territory, one at Sylhet and the other at Kohima in the Naga ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VII. Infirmities reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsidiary Table 1.] Number per 100,000 of the population at each of the last five censuses: Naga Hills ______________________Male_______________________Female ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VIII. Occupation reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsiduary Table 2a.] Distribution by sub-classes in natural divisions and districts. (a) Earners (principal occupation) and working dependants. Naga Hills Total 1,00 Non-working dependants - 416..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter VIII. Occupation reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsiduary table 2b.] Distribution by sub-classes in natural divisions and districts. (b) Earners (subsiduary occupation) Number per mille of total population, of earners having a subsiduary ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter IX. Literacy reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Subsiduary table 2.] Literacy by age, sex and locality. Naga Hills Number per mille who are literate ____________________________Total___Males___Female ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter IX. Literacy reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 [Summary of Table 3.] Literacy by religion, sex and locality. Aged 5 and over. Number per mille who are literate ____________Males_____Females_________ Hindu_________330__________48 Muslim________273__________61 ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter X. Language reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Mr J.P. Mills, I.C.S., Deputy Commissioner of the Naga Hills, tells me that Kachha Naga (though a term which is in common use) is a meaningless expression and that about half the Nagas of Manipur are Lyengmai and ..
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1931-01-01:1931-12-31 Chapter X. Language Tibeto-Chinese family. The Naga group. reports Mullan C.S. 1931-01-01:1931-12-31 138. ....The Naga group is one of the most interesting groups o the Assam-Burmese branch. The number of speakers of this group has increased from 227,000 to 265,000 but about ..
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