The Nagas

Mauwang of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Eleven. Sacred Chiefs Mauwang's life history books Mauwang of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mauwang's life history is unusual and shows that even a "sacred" chief may have to build up prestige by his own ..
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Mauwang of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Eleven. Sacred Chiefs wife of Ang of Longkhai books Mauwang of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was growing chilly outside, and the Ang got up from the porch of the morung, and together we went over to his ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Eleven. Sacred Chiefs presents and hospitality from wife of Ang of Longkhai books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In no other Naga house was I welcomed with more obvious pleasure on the part of my hosts. Yet the personal charm of this ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country letter inviting Haimendorf to accompany punitive expedition books Mills J.P. Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (105) One evening while I was sitting with Mauwang on the large stone seat, his "..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Pangsha Saochu Kejok Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country news of head-hunting raids in Patkoi hills at Pangsha books Kalyo Kengyu Pangsha Saochu Kejok Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It is not very far from Longkhai to Wakching, and yet the way back that day seemed ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country attitudes of British to head-hunting books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 As long as the feuds in the tribal area were restricted to the usual head-hunting raids, a more or less casual affair leading to little loss of life, the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country head-hunting, human sacrifice and magical virtue of heads books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It is difficult to distinguish clearly between head-hunting and human sacrifice, for the main purpose of taking a head is not ..
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Thepong morung Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country Wakching villagers hope that Haimendorf will bring back head to inaugurate rebuilt Thepong morung books Thepong morung Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 My friends in ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country memories of earlier head-hunting days books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The prospect of this adventure seemed to liven the minds of the old men. Like a torch, it lit the dark, forgotten corners of ..
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Chinyang of Wakching Yongang of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Aopao (Chongwe) Mongnyu Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country purchase and killing of slaves books Chinyang of Wakching Yongang of Wakching Konyak Phom Wakching Aopao (Chongwe) Mongnyu Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country attitude of Wakching people to buying and selling of slaves books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Although this had not been an isolated case, the buying and selling of slaves was not considered quite ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country Kalyo Kengyu people happy to kill slaves books Konyak Kalyo Kengyu Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But the Kalyo Kengyus were apparently not bound by any such scruples. I never discovered what their gods thought ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country attack of malaria; setting off on 10th November on punitive expedition books Mills J.P. Konyak Wakching 1937-11-10:1937-11-10 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The 10th of November was the day fixed for ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country over Dikhu to Mokokchung books Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 As soon as I stood firmly on my legs, I started with Nlamo and a few porters; there was only just enough time to get to Mokokchung. Again we ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chantongia Tamlu Mongsenyimti Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country one night in Tamlu and arrival at Mokokchung books Mokokchung Chantongia Tamlu Mongsenyimti Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I spent only one night in Tamlu and in each of the Ao villages of..
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Smith G.W.J. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country Mokokchung busy, swarms of people books Smith G.W.J. Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I caught sight of G.W.J. Smith, a young police officer, in the middle of this confusion. He was then ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country motives of coolies and porters for joining a punitive expedition books Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Naga porters were all volunteers, and only a few had joined the expedition for the sake of their ..
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Smith Williams Major Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country dining at Mills bungalow with Major Williams; dangers of trip books Smith Williams Major Mills Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mills was already in Mokokchung, and Major Williams, ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country packing luggage; leaving for expedition books Mokokchung 1936-11-13:1936-11-13 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We spent two more days in preparations before all the porters were ready and all the loads packed. My own ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mokokchung Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country description of punitive expeditionary column books Mokokchung Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Twelve men marched ahead forming a kind of advance guard. Mills, Williams, and I followed with the main body; then came Smith..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dikhu R. Chare Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country crossing the Dikhu river again books Konyak Dikhu R. Chare Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Travelling first east and then south-east, the long column wound along the cultivated slopes into the valley of the Upper ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country setting up camp books Mills Konyak Sangtam Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Getting into camp was astonishingly easy, for the first apparent confusion dissolved in a very short time. The sepoys, their rifles always on their ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chare Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country a meal at Chare, eating with villagers books Konyak Chare Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Cows and goats were killed for our porters, and soon after they had been divided up a most savoury smell of roasting meat enveloped ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chimei R. Phire-Ahire (Phire-ahire) Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country setting off from Chare into unadministered territory books Konyak Chimei R. Phire-Ahire (Phire-ahire) Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Next morning it rained, and it was still raining when we ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country poisoned arrows of Kalyo Kengyu ; poison and its effects books Mills Konyak Kalyo Kengyu Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 These first days were so easy and comfortable, and we were always received with such friendliness, that..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Holongba Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country a detour on way to Chongtore books Mills Konyak Holongba Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The next evening we were to camp at Chongtore, and Mills and (112) I decided to make a detour over the hills to visit some of ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Holongba Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country rows of bleached skulls in drum houses; graves books Konyak Holongba Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But all strangers are not given such a friendly reception; rows of bleached skulls hung in the drum-houses, telling grim..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country walk over open ridge looking over Sema country books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Most of that day Mills and I walked over the open ridge looking over the country of the Sema Nagas. The weather had cleared during the day..
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Mills Chirongchi of Anangba 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Anangba Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country at Anangba, greeted by Chirongchi, veteran of First World War; the spiked helmet of Prussian grenadier books Mills Chirongchi of Anangba Konyak Anangba Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mills ..
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Pukovi Chirongchi 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Anangba Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country story of famous head-hunter and his death books Pukovi Chirongchi Konyak Anangba Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 He showed us with pride the skull of Pukovi, a notorious Sema Naga who had raided even into..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chongtore Chapter Twelve. Towards Unknown Country arrival at Chongtore, bitterly cold books Konyak Chongtore Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We came into Chongtore in time for tea. The rest of the column had arrived an hour or so earlier, and the sepoys had already ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak crossing slippery tree-trunk bridge books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (114) A huge tree had fallen across the stream or perhaps the Nagas had pushed it there to act as a bridge. It was still wet from the night's rain, but ..
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Hokshe Smith 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Helipong Mt. Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak climbing steep slopes to Helipong books Hokshe Smith Konyak Helipong Helipong Mt. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Our path rose almost perpendicularly ahead, sheer from the narrow valley filled with..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak vegetation changes as they reach forest books Konyak Helipong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 At last the secondary jungle gave way to tall forest, quite different from the woods in the lower regions. Wild bananas and ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak Helipong, a remote village of twenty houses books Konyak Helipong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Not more than twenty houses clung to the bare rocks, 7,280 feet above sea-level, while a little way away several granaries ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak natives almost naked despite great cold books Konyak Helipong Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When leaving the protection of the forest we had pulled out some warm things from the baskets, yet in spite of all our clothes we ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Chentang Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak Chang outpost at Helipong; a human hand trophy books Chang Helipong Chentang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Why should these few people choose to settle here? It seemed strange that they had selected these ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Helipong Mt. Saramati Mt. Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak magnificent views over watershed from Helipong books Helipong Mt. Saramati Mt. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The view from Mount Helipong over the immense mountain country was magnificent. We overlooked ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak magnificent cloud effects books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Even as we watched, the view that had lain so clearly before our eyes began to veil itself. Shreds of tinted clouds stormed across the sky and caught on the peaks till a..
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Williams Major 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak trial alarm defence by porters books Williams Major Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 That evening Major Williams thought it would be a good idea to hold a trial alarm to train the porters in case of an attack on our ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Kuthurr Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak leaving mount Helipong in the rain; Yimsungr country books Yimsungr Chang Kuthurr Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Again that night storm raged round our tents and even covered as we were with every available blanket we spent ..
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Williams Major 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Kuthurr Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak visit to Kuthurr books Williams Major Kuthurr Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Next morning, when I wanted to take photographs in the village while the sepoys broke camp, Major Williams insisted that I should ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chentang Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak camp at Chentang in Chang country books Chang Chentang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 That day, keeping on the border of Yimsungr country, we turned north-east, and camped at the Chang village of Chentang. As long as we ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Sangpurr Chentang Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak spot where ambush had occurred books Yimsungr Sangpurr Chentang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 On the path to Chentang, one of the dobashi pointed to where a couple of months ago an old man of Chentang had been ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chentang Sangpurr Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak Mills caustic remarks about anthropologist's squeamishness pipe-line for water which had been built to avoid head-takers books Mills Chentang Sangpurr Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "I like you ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chentang Chapter Thirteen. The Camp On a Peak grave of favourite hunting dog on pole books Chentang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Outside the village our attention was attracted by a small hut on high bamboo poles. It contained the corpse of a favourite hunting-dog, ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves welcomed by warriors of Chingmei in full dress books Chingmak of Chingmei Chang Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (120) Feathers fluttered on the top of the hill as we climbed slowly up the saddle..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves arrival at Chingmei, greeted by Chingmak the chief books Chingmak of Chingmei Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The warriors led us through the forest and over open clearings to the village. Many ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves phallic symbols in the camp at Chingmei books Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Chingmei people had built us a large camp on the flat top of a hill not far from their village. Several spacious, strawcovered huts ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves stockades and sentry posts at Chingmei books Kalyo Kengyu Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei, the last Chang bulwark against the Kalyo Kengyus, was a large, strongly fortified village, encircled by a double ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves steep roofed houses at Chingmei books Chang Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The houses within the stockade had steeply-sloping roofs, rising from just above the ground at the back to about thirty feet in front. Thus..
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Mills Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves friendly welcome to Mills by Chingmak's daughter books Mills Chingmak of Chingmei Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The first call we paid in the village was at the house of the chief, or ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Panso Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves marriage ties between warring villages books Kalyo Kengyu Chingmei Panso Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Strangely enough, though Chang and Kalyo Kengyus were almost continually at war, Chingmak's first wife came from ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Panso Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves skulls at Chingmei and huge rainbow-shaped funeral monument books Chingmak of Chingmei Mills Chingmei Panso Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (122) When Chingmak had visited Mokokchung, Mills ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Pangsha Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves slaves freed, despite threats from Pangsha books Chingmei Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But our appreciation waxed loudest when we discovered that the slaves we had set out to rescue were already waiting ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Pangsha Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves five slaves freed books Chingmak of Chingmei Chingmei Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We had not taken these menaces literally, but now we were astonished that the bare news of our ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves miserable condition of five freed slaves books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I have never seen more miserable creatures than these five. "slaves": a young woman, a youth of about twenty, two small boys, and a small girl. After the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves slavery and human sacrifice books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Few of the captives of those tribes ever lived long, for just as mithan and buffaloes were sacrificed by the Angamis, the tribes on the Patkoi mountains beheaded a ..
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Pongwei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Pangsha Saochu Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves questioning the slaves books Pongwei Chingmei Pangsha Saochu Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Chingmei men did not understand the language of the captives, and so it had been impossible to explain ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves terror and apathy of slaves books Mills Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Far worse than the physical hardships of captivity had been the fear of their future fate. The terror of the last months had so eaten into their minds that..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Pangsha Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves further threats from Pangsha books Mills Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The release of these five "slaves" did not end our mission. Pangsha still held another girl, the sister of the woman from Saochu, and as ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves rest in Chingmei ; absence of terror at war books Chingmei Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Here in Chingmei, where we rested the porters a few days, I often wondered how the people of these villages can live, and even enjoy ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Fourteen. The Rescued Slaves absence of great fear in a head-hunting world books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 To slip is possible in this, as in every system of safeguards, and now and again a man paid for his carelessness with the loss of his head. But such ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chingmei Pangsha Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day a Yimpang man acts as guide books Chingmak of Chingmei Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Chingmei Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (125) Some weeks ago Matche, a Yimpang man. had fled to ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Saochu Kejok Pangsha Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day decision to convince village of Yimpang of expedition's strength books Mills Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Saochu Kejok Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Although the men of Yimpang had nominally ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day travel up to Yimpang books Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was not far to Yimpang, and we could clearly see the village on one of the slopes to the north-east of Chingmei as we stood looking up the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day strong fortifications, with removable bridge and spikes books Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The village was strongly fortified, with an inner and an outer wall. A removable bridge between the walls, led..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day Yimpang village deserted books Chingmak of Chingmei Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Normally Yimpang had a mixed population of Kalyo Kengyus, Changs, and Yimsungr, but Chingmak must ..
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Williams Major 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day a bagpiper plays in deserted square books Williams Major Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We were obviously not a social success in Yimpang; even the air seemed to hang heavily round us and ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Saochu Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day head-hunting trophies, skulls in Yimpang books Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Saochu Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 On the Saochu raid they had not hesitated, for they had come to take heads and had set about their business, ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day skulls of enemies and their decorations books Chingmak of Chingmei Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The heads were garlanded in true Kalyo Kengyu fashion with tresses of long grass, ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Saochu Kejok Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day fresh heads from Yimpang cut down to take to Museum books Mills Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Saochu Kejok Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 As soon as I had recovered from my first astonishment, I began coveting ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day relief of Yimpang villagers when troops leave books Kalyo Kengyu Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Although Yimpang had come off very lightly, all the old heads remaining on the tree, we felt we were anything but ..
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Hutton J.H. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Waoshu (Waoshu) Pangsha Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day visit to friendly visit of Waoshu books Hutton J.H. Chang Waoshu (Waoshu) Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 lnstead of returning directly to our camp, we followed the ridge of the mountain ..
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Matche 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingmei Noklak Yimpang Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day return to Chingmei; rumours of hostile forces books Matche Kalyo Kengyu Chingmei Noklak Yimpang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When we returned to Chingmei, the camp was bubbling with news. Matche and ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Noklak Pangsha Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day need to travel light books Noklak Pangsha Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Will Noklak resist us? Will they oppose our march through their land? These are the questions that run in all our minds and form the main topic ..
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Chingmak of Chingmei Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Pangsha Noklak Chapter Fifteen. Yimpang's Black Day dangerous path to Pangsha; not on the map books Chingmak of Chingmei Mills Pangsha Noklak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Mills folds up the map he has been studying. Neither Noklak nor ..
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