The Nagas

1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Nian Aopao Yungya trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Nian Aopao Yungya 1942-12-05:1942-12-05 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 1166G dt. 51242: Phamching Morung of Nian shot a man of Aopao. Although ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 File no. XIII 5(2) 1940-1941. Next R66283 R66283 Previous R66281 R66281 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 Pawsey C.R..
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Sangba 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Yungkao Ukha Sanglao 13:2 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. Previous 80 trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Sangba Yungkao Ukha Sanglao 1940-04-03:1940-04-03 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Yungkao Shakchi Sotokurr Yimtsong-Awenrr (Yimtsangaewre) Cheshorr trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Yungkao Shakchi Sotokurr Yimtsong-Awenrr (Yimtsangaewre) Cheshorr 1940-05-30:1940-05-30 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-..
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Sangba 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Ukha Pangsha Agching (Aoching) Yungkao Jakphang Panso 13:2 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. Previous 80 trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Sangba Ukha Pangsha Agching (Aoching) Yungkao Jakphang ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Sowa Ukha Shakchi Agching (Aoching) trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Sowa Ukha Shakchi Agching (Aoching) 1941-03-27:1941-03-27 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 S.D.O's no. 2546G dt. 27341. Sowa took..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Ukha Agching (Aoching) trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Ukha Agching (Aoching) 1941-05-27:1941-05-27 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 On 27th May 1941 S.D.O. wired that Ukha had attacked Aoching in ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Ukha Shakchi Yangnyu trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Ukha Shakchi Yangnyu 1941-05-30:1941-05-30 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 S.D.O's no. 275G dt. 3051941: Ukha had twice entered Shakchi's ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Ukha Pangsha Agching Yangnyu R. trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Ukha Pangsha Agching Yangnyu R. 1941-06-26:1941-06-26 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 D.C's 1646G dt. 2661941: Asked for expedition...
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Ukha Shakchi Kejok (Keyok) Saochu (Saochirr) Agching (Aghching) trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Ukha Shakchi Kejok (Keyok) Saochu (Saochirr) Agching (Aghching) 1941-08-08:1941-08-08 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Ukha Rotongre trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Ukha Rotongre 1939-10-11:1941-08-27 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 In acc. with para. 2 of letter no. 354G dt. 11101939 to Commissioner Ukha warned ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Pangsha Ponyo (Ponyu) Patkoi Range trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Pangsha Ponyo (Ponyu) Patkoi Range 1943-12-05:1943-12-05 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Copy of Memo. no. 191C dt. 51243 from ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Chingmei Nokluk Pangsha Ponyo (Ponyu) Tsaplaw Tsawlaw Law Nawkum Patkoi Range Dilli R. Rotongre Chen Tamkhung Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 the control area notes Chingmei Nokluk Pangsha Ponyo (Ponyu) Tsaplaw Tsawlaw ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Chare Patkoi Range Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Tita R. (Tsutha R.) Tita R. trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 extension of the administered area notes Chare Patkoi Range Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Tita R. (Tsutha R.) Tita R. Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Patkoi Range Dikhu R. Dilli R. Borduria Namsang Wakching Taukok R. (Towkok R.) Takang R. Teijat R. Nyasia Mon Sangnyu Tang trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 the Wakching area notes Patkoi Range Dikhu R. Dilli R. Borduria Namsang Wakching Taukok ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Borduria Namsang Wakching trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 the control of the Borduria- Namsang area notes Borduria Namsang Wakching Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 The control of the Borduria-Namsang ..
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Mills J.P. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Yamrup Chimongre Phire-Ahire (Phire Ahire) Chongtore Anangba Sangsomo Lirisu (Lerise) Holongba Subongsang Younyu Santok Kampong Chimongchi R. (Chimengchi R.) Chenyak R. 13:2 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 Pawsey C.R. Archer W..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Aopao Nian trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Aopao Nian 1944-05-11:1944-05-11 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Abstract from file XIII 4 Transfrontier Konyak 1944-1947. No. 173G dt. 11544: S.D.O. ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Mongnyu Sowa trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Mongnyu Sowa 1944-10-31:1944-10-31 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 No. 1312G dt. 311044: Two men of Mongnyu were beheaded by Sowa who had called in ..
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Chingai 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Shengha Chen Sangnyu Zangkam Nyasia (Nyassia) Joboka 13:2 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. Previous 80 trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Chingai Shengha Chen Sangnyu Zangkam Nyasia (Nyassia) ..
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Ahan 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Longmien Chi (Chui) Sengha Wakching 13:2 notes Next trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 quarrel between Chui and Longmein Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. Previous 80 trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 quarrel between Chui and Longmein notes Ahan ..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Wakching Totok (Totok Chingha) Longmien trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Wakching Totok (Totok Chingha) Longmien 1946-03-21:1946-08-20 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Longmien and Totok Chingha. On..
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1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Yang-Am (Yongam) Aopao Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Nian trans-frontier raids from 1920 to 1946 notes Yang-Am (Yongam) Aopao Yangnyu R. (Yangmun R.) Nian 1946-08-20:1946-08-20 Pawsey C.R. Archer W.G. 1947-04-25:1947-04-25 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 13:2 Nian ..
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Archer W.G. Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills diaries Archer W.G. Pawsey Charles Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In June 1947 - two months before the declaration of Indian Independence - I joined my husband, W.G.Archer, a member of the ..
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Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Tasker Sir Theodore 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf diaries Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Tasker Sir Theodore Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 He owed this dramatic turn in his career to a chance talk..
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Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf Christoph 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills J.P. Mills diaries Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Christoph had owed his admission to the Naga Hills to his friend, J.P.Mills, himself a senior ..
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Elwin Verrier Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills W.G. Archer's previous work in India diaries Elwin Verrier Furer-Haimendorf Christoph Mills Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Christoph and his wife Betty, had visited us in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills first news of Indian independence diaries Kohima Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Unlike the tribal people of Bihar, the Nagas had a variety of local styles of carving and Bill intended to study Naga art, tribe by ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills Naga view of independence diaries Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Although it was not clear what the future held for us, I myself was determined to return to India before Independence so as to share the new and exciting ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima Mokokchung British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills diaries Kohima Mokokchung Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In order to understand the political developments in this diary it is perhaps necessary to sketch the main outlines of the administrative system ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills wider implications of the Naga situation diaries Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It may at first seem that the subject of the Naga Hills and its reaction to the political changes in India is petty and not worth recording. ..
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Hutton Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Charali Nakachari Stn. Bengal to Charali diaries Hutton Mills Charali Nakachari Stn. 1947-07-09:1947-07-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 (2) 9 July. Charali. As the train ran through the afternoon sun, the flat paddy fields and scrub of Bengal sprawled on ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung 1947-07-10:1947-07-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 July, Lakuni. This morning Naga villagers gathered to serve as porters and we set off on the walk to Mokokchung, forty-two miles ..
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Damant 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 walk to Mokokchung village headmen diaries Damant Ao 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 July. Chungtia. We are now over the first two mountain ranges and I am exploring more and more Ao villages. As we trudge up the hills, the village headmen,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon after the day's march is finished we go and visit a village. Today we went to Chungtia. As we approached along a shady footpath through..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung womens' dress diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Some of the Christian women had skirts and shapeless blouses, but the rest were naked above the waist and wore knee-length tightly swathed..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung graves diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we neared the village, we passed the grave-yard. The Aos erect a little thatched shed above the grave on which samples of the dead man's ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The headmen received us at the gate and conducted us along the street. Dogs barked, sows and piglets scattered left and right, women with babies at ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung smoking diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Up on the bamboo verandahs above our heads old women sat grinning with their toothless mouths and puffing away at their pipes. Smoking seems ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung houses and house carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Like many Ao villages Chungtia is built on a steep hillside and, although the front doors are on a level with the ground, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung morung and morung carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the middle of the village was the morung or bachelors' dormitory. It looked like the other houses but for privacy the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia Aliba visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung log drums diaries Ao Chungtia Aliba 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the most exciting things in Chungtia and its neighbour, Aliba, are the log drums. They are carved and hollowed from an ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we left the village the light faded. The Brahmaputra was still a line on the horizon, but now it had turned to bright pink. Then the sun sank, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 July. Mokokchung. At last we have reached Mokokchung. There is no village here - it is merely an artificial administrative centre with ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration District Officer's bungalow diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Our bungalow is on the top of a hill with vast views of mountain ranges and deep valleys. This evening we seemed..
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Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga political consciousness prior to the formation of the Naga National Council (NNC) diaries Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 N Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 18 July. Mokokchung. Since our arrival the leading ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga reactions to news of impending Indian independence diaries Mayang Nokcha Angami Kacha Ao Lhota 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the news of Indian independence broke, it seems that the general Naga reaction was one of ..
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Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting at Wokha, June 1946 diaries Kevichusa 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-06-01:1946-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 These differences in viewpoint were fully existent when the N.N.C. met at Wokha, midway between Mokokchung and Kohima, in June 1946. At ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 various views on Naga independence from the newspaper 'The Naga Nation', from October 1946 diaries 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-10-01:1946-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But although the Wokha resolution was passed unanimously the Angamis were not convinced and when ..
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Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee elected in Delhi to advise on the constitution of the Naga Hills, December 1946 diaries Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting in Kohima, February 1947, agree to demand a ten year interim government diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It was now that Angami dissatisfaction with the Wokha ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee in Delhi reject demand for an interim government; resignation of Mayang Nokcha diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few days later Mayang left for the sub-committee's meeting in ..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima abortive sub-committee visit to Kohima, May 1947 diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. Kohima 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-05-01:1947-05-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After the Delhi fiasco, there..
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Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit of Sir Akbar Hydari, newly appointed Governor of Assam, to Kohima, and agreement reached on a ten year interim government diaries Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For three weeks after that..
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Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 differing reactions to the Hydari agreement and the Khonoma groups secession from the NNC diaries Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Opinion about this agreement now seems to be very divided. ..
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Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 rejection of the Hydari agreement by the Delhi committee, June 1947 diaries Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A week after the Governor's visit, the Delhi Committee met in Shillong and Aliba Imti again ..
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Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong Mokokchung 1947-07-21:1947-07-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 21 July. Mokokchung...
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 hymns and football diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-22:1947-07-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 22 July. Mokokchung. Yesterday afternoon the delegates were settling in and the school grounds were a gay and ..
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Kevichusa Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Kevichusa Nehru Mokokchung 1947-07-23:1947-07-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 23 July. Mokokchung. This morning the N.N.C. had its first formal ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 right to decide own future after ten years diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-24:1947-07-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 24 July. Mokokchung. Late last night agreement was reached...
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 decision of NNC to demand revised Governor's agreement or declare independence on 15th August diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-25:1947-07-25 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 25 July...
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Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao Mokokchung 1947-07-27:1947-07-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 27 July. Mokokchung. All today the local Aos have been visiting Mayang and (21) ..
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Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 delegation of 'rebel' Nagas to Delhi, 18th July 1947 diaries Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-29:1947-07-29 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 29 July. Mokokchung. News is at last coming through of the 'rebel' Nagas in ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang Nokcha agrees to go with the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 30 July. Mokokchung. The choice of Mayang's substitute has at last proved unnecessary. To everyone's relief Mayang decided this ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Meanwhile trouble of another kind has come to a head. Beyond the frontier lies a great tract of unadministered hills. The portion of it known as the 'control' area hugs the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area two Kalyu-Kengyu villages attack a third diaries Kalyu-Kengyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-03-01:1947-03-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All this year head-taking raids have been gradually increasing. In March two Kalyu-Kengyu villages in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Shamnyu Tsawlaw head-taking in the tribal area kidnapping of two children by Shamnyu as slaves for Tsawlaw diaries Chang Shamnyu Tsawlaw 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Then a little later, the Chang village of Shamnyu kidnapped two children and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Pangsha Shamnyu head-taking in the tribal area Pangsha raid on Shamnyu diaries Pangsha Shamnyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the punishment of Shamnyu did not stop there. Thinking this too good an opportunity to waste, the..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tsawlaw Wangpi head-taking in the tribal area Tsawlaw raid on Konyak village of Wangpi diaries Konyak Tsawlaw Wangpi 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This ended for the time being all raids in this area, but in the last three ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Banglao head-taking in the tribal area raid on Banglao diaries Banglao 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Finally only a few days ago has come the news of a massacre at Banglao. Four villages on the edge of the Chang country ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Since head-taking is getting steadily worse, Bill has decided that a conference with the Deputy Commissioner must be held quickly. Proposals have already gone to Delhi for ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 31 July. Mokokchung. Now that the Delhi delegation has left, Mokokchung seems oddly peaceful. One day is very like another and time drifts placidly by. But although we ..
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Shoizhu Zukoto 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung servants diaries Shoizhu Zukoto Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Of our seven Naga servants, Shoizhu, our bearer, is the chief. He is more than forty but is as small as I am, a bare five feet. He..
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Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung training of interpreters diaries Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung visits from villages diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 During the day villagers are always calling. They are a mixed crowd. There is the educated Christian Naga with his shirt, shorts, Wellington boots ..
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Pilow 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Pangsha life in Mokokchung visit from Pangsha diaries Pilow Mokokchung Pangsha 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Most of the callers are from villages in the administered territory which has now been under Government for fifty to ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 fate of the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 6 August. Mokokchung. Since Mayang and the delegation left, no news of any kind has come. No one knows whether they were met by the Angamis, whether they..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 article on Naga case from 'The Statesman', August 1947 diaries 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yesterday The Statesman concisely reviewed the Naga case and urged a greater show of sympathy in Congress circles. A leading article said, 'Legal arguments..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 extract from the 'Assam Tribune' on Naga case diaries 1947-08-06:1947-08-06 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Even the Assam Tribune with all its plains' outlook is obviously unimpressed by the Assam Government's attitude. 'The Naga Hills, being excluded areas, the popular ..
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Longri Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 news from Delhi diaries Longri Nehru 1947-08-07:1947-08-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 7 August. Mokokchung. Today the silence was abruptly broken. A wire has come from Longri. The Nagas are now in Delhi and they are meeting Nehru immediately. Next R67057..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung isolation of Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 8 August. Mokokchung Never have our contacts with the outside world been so slender. Letters never seem to bring their answers in under two weeks..
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Sachdev Mr 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of trouble in East and West Punjab diaries Sachdev Mr Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Occasionally our fastnesses are broken into by a visitor from the outside world. This week, Mr. Sachdev, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of referendum in Assam diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Another day a P.W.D. engineer came up the hills and began aligning a new road. He was a Bengali from Sylhet, the district of Assam which has ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung American missionary diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yet another day an American Baptist missionary passed through. He was on his way from a refresher course for Sunday-school teachers to his own ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Bengali doctor diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But a more constant link with the world is our Bengali doctor and his wife. For them life in Mokokchung is like a bitter exile in a prison. A well-bred ..
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Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Naga experience outside the Naga Hills diaries Imlong Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few of the wealthier Nagas have been outside the Naga hills and can see themselves and their problems in relation ..
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Sankalemba of Lungkham 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkam (Lungkham) trip to Kohima visit to Lungkham diaries Sankalemba of Lungkham Ao Lungkam (Lungkham) 1947-08-09:1947-08-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 August. Lungkham. Today we set off on the first stage of our trek to Kohima. Across the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Maromi trip to Kohima Maromi Primary School diaries Maromi 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 August. Litami. Today the bridle path was like an English summer glade. The trees were dappled with sunlight and only the great cauliflower clouds showed it..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Litami Wokha Mt. trip to Kohima Litami inspection bungalow diaries Litami Wokha Mt. 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We reached Litami hot and tired, with the sun still high in the sky. Outside the bungalow are clumps of spotted orange lilies on tall ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Doyang river Koio trip to Kohima diaries Doyang river Koio 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 11 August. Koio. Lungkham is the end of the Ao country; Litami is on the edge of the Sema, and now we are amongst the Lhotas. There is still no news from Delhi..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima suspension bridge over the Doyang River diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The river was in spate, eddying under the bridge a thick greyish white. I noticed that the suspension bridge was erected in 1899 by Burn and Co, 'the year ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima Naga tea making diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rested by the water, the Nagas made some tea. To do this they cut chungas which are the usual Naga cup. They take their daos, chop down a bamboo, and cut out a segment which..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima pigs diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We were accompanied today by the ear-splitting squeals of pigs. Three men and a small boy were taking them on their backs. The boy, dressed only in a dao case, was carrying a piglet in a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima mithan diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rounded a bend, I saw my first mithan, a huge lumbering black beast, a cross between an ox and a bison. Mithan are kept chiefly for sacrifice and it is easy to understand after ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 August. Wokha. Today we reached Wokha, the scene of the first N.N.C. meeting and the administrative centre for the Lhota tribe. It possesses a large Middle English school,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima school diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon we went to see the school. Unfortunately even in the Naga Hills, education is beginning to make boys despise manual labour. The school had recently ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima hospital diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 From the school we went to the hospital. There is a keen Ao Naga doctor and the wards were overflowing - two patients sitting on one bed. In spite of more diseases ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima NNC meeting in Kohima diaries Mayang Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 News has at last come through from Delhi. Mayang has summoned the N.N.C. to meet at Kohima tomorrow and has ordered 'Mokokchung members to..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 August. Sanis. Yesterday and today, a march to Yekhum and Sanis. In these Lhota villages the houses are small and mean, dark and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima women's dress diaries Lhota 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Lhotas, especially the women, seem drabber and far uglier than the Aos. All the Lhota women I have so far seen are dressed in grubby blouses with..
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