The Nagas

Longri Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 news from Delhi diaries Longri Nehru 1947-08-07:1947-08-07 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 7 August. Mokokchung. Today the silence was abruptly broken. A wire has come from Longri. The Nagas are now in Delhi and they are meeting Nehru immediately. Next R67057..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung isolation of Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 8 August. Mokokchung Never have our contacts with the outside world been so slender. Letters never seem to bring their answers in under two weeks..
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Sachdev Mr 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of trouble in East and West Punjab diaries Sachdev Mr Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Occasionally our fastnesses are broken into by a visitor from the outside world. This week, Mr. Sachdev, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung news of referendum in Assam diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Another day a P.W.D. engineer came up the hills and began aligning a new road. He was a Bengali from Sylhet, the district of Assam which has ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung American missionary diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yet another day an American Baptist missionary passed through. He was on his way from a refresher course for Sunday-school teachers to his own ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Bengali doctor diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But a more constant link with the world is our Bengali doctor and his wife. For them life in Mokokchung is like a bitter exile in a prison. A well-bred ..
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Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung Naga experience outside the Naga Hills diaries Imlong Mokokchung 1947-08-08:1947-08-08 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few of the wealthier Nagas have been outside the Naga hills and can see themselves and their problems in relation ..
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Sankalemba of Lungkham 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lungkam (Lungkham) trip to Kohima visit to Lungkham diaries Sankalemba of Lungkham Ao Lungkam (Lungkham) 1947-08-09:1947-08-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 August. Lungkham. Today we set off on the first stage of our trek to Kohima. Across the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Maromi trip to Kohima Maromi Primary School diaries Maromi 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 August. Litami. Today the bridle path was like an English summer glade. The trees were dappled with sunlight and only the great cauliflower clouds showed it..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Litami Wokha Mt. trip to Kohima Litami inspection bungalow diaries Litami Wokha Mt. 1947-08-10:1947-08-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We reached Litami hot and tired, with the sun still high in the sky. Outside the bungalow are clumps of spotted orange lilies on tall ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Doyang river Koio trip to Kohima diaries Doyang river Koio 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 11 August. Koio. Lungkham is the end of the Ao country; Litami is on the edge of the Sema, and now we are amongst the Lhotas. There is still no news from Delhi..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima suspension bridge over the Doyang River diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The river was in spate, eddying under the bridge a thick greyish white. I noticed that the suspension bridge was erected in 1899 by Burn and Co, 'the year ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima Naga tea making diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rested by the water, the Nagas made some tea. To do this they cut chungas which are the usual Naga cup. They take their daos, chop down a bamboo, and cut out a segment which..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima pigs diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We were accompanied today by the ear-splitting squeals of pigs. Three men and a small boy were taking them on their backs. The boy, dressed only in a dao case, was carrying a piglet in a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima mithan diaries 1947-08-11:1947-08-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we rounded a bend, I saw my first mithan, a huge lumbering black beast, a cross between an ox and a bison. Mithan are kept chiefly for sacrifice and it is easy to understand after ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 August. Wokha. Today we reached Wokha, the scene of the first N.N.C. meeting and the administrative centre for the Lhota tribe. It possesses a large Middle English school,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima school diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon we went to see the school. Unfortunately even in the Naga Hills, education is beginning to make boys despise manual labour. The school had recently ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima hospital diaries Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 From the school we went to the hospital. There is a keen Ao Naga doctor and the wards were overflowing - two patients sitting on one bed. In spite of more diseases ..
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Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Wokha trip to Kohima NNC meeting in Kohima diaries Mayang Lhota 1947-08-12:1947-08-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 News has at last come through from Delhi. Mayang has summoned the N.N.C. to meet at Kohima tomorrow and has ordered 'Mokokchung members to..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 August. Sanis. Yesterday and today, a march to Yekhum and Sanis. In these Lhota villages the houses are small and mean, dark and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima women's dress diaries Lhota 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Lhotas, especially the women, seem drabber and far uglier than the Aos. All the Lhota women I have so far seen are dressed in grubby blouses with..
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Mungkhau of Sanis 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima Mungkhau of Sanis and polygamy diaries Mungkhau of Sanis Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But some of the men were big and burly and there was one outstanding man at Sanis, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima morungs diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At both Yekhum and Sanis the morungs were falling into disrepair and only the posts carved with hornbills and a few wisps of ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima child-birth ritual diaries Lhota Yekhum 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 There was a michem tree just outside Yekhum, where after a child is born, the midwife takes the after-birth, wrapped up in bits of..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima head-tree diaries Lhota Yekhum Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At one end of the village was a large head-tree, but there were no bamboos with heads leaning in it now - only a luck-stone lay..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima headman's grave diaries Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Today we saw the grave of a headman who had just died. He was buried outside the door of his house and his grave is covered with ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis visit to Yekhum and Sanis trip to Kohima memorials to head-takers and tiger killers diaries Lhota Sanis 1947-08-14:1947-08-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Outside the village we saw a number of criss-cross bamboos. If a man has participated in a head-taking ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sanis trip to Kohima Independence day at Sanis diaries Sanis 1947-08-15:1947-08-15 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 15 August. Independence Day. Sanis. Today seemed just like any other day. There was the usual (43) settling of minor cases, the giving out of passes, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum trip to Kohima Naga system of justice diaries Yekhum 1947-08-16:1947-08-16 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 16 August. Yekhum. Today has gone in settling disputes and I was amazed to see how smoothly the Naga system of justice works. Numbers of villagers streamed in..
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Nchemo 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Nchemo 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 19 August. Wokha. We are now back in Wokha and at last there is news of Delhi. Nchemo, the chairman of the Lhota bench and one of the delegates has returned ..
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Singh Tarlok Ramadhyani Nehru Mayang 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi diaries Singh Tarlok Ramadhyani Nehru Mayang 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the Nagas reached Delhi, Mayang at once approached Tarlok Singh, Nehru's private secretary and..
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Mayang Nehru Longri 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi interview with Nehru diaries Mayang Nehru Longri 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The interview seems to have opened smoothly with Mayang explaining Naga disappointment at the sub-committee's ..
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Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi press communiques diaries Nehru 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The next day a press communique appeared, '"We can give you complete autonomy but never complete independence. You can never hope to be ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi NNC resolve to boycott Indian Independence day diaries 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 'At that stage, 'Nchemo said, 'everything seemed to be pointing to a declaration of independence.' When however the N.N.C. met..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Khonoma group declare Naga Independence diaries 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When Nchemo left Kohima on the 15th morning, the Khonoma group had already declared Naga independence and everyone was wondering what..
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Nchemo 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Lhota viewpoint diaries Nchemo Lhota 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Nchemo himself is in favour of close cooperation with Assam and the Lhotas generally seem determined to accept an Assam Raj if given ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung NNC delegation to see Nehru in Delhi Independence day at Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-08-19:1947-08-19 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After our talk with Nchemo we were discussing how Mokokchung must have celebrated August 15th, when a bag arrived ..
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Resillo Mills J.P. 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima diaries Resillo Mills J.P. Rengma Kotsenyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 21 August. Tseminyu. The last two days we have been passing through the Rengma country and the Lhotas have been left behind. Our guide ..
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Resillo 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima village fortifications diaries Resillo Rengma Kotsenyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We spent yesterday afternoon in Kotsenyu - a typical Rengma village. All around it were fortifications, a outer and an inner stone wall..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu was a cheerful village and as we wandered round looking at the houses, everyone followed behind in a great horde. Mothers held up their babies to look at us, boys (..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima houses and morung carvings diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Some of the houses proclaimed the wealth and status of their owners with a semi-circular porch and eave, others with carved posts and proud house-..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima dress diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I noticed that the Rengma dress was also different from that of other tribes. Most of the men wear the usual apron but have white cloths with black stripes and touches ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kotsenyu Tseminyu visit to Kotsenyu trip to Kohima Tseminyu inspection bungalow diaries Rengma Kotsenyu Tseminyu Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This evening there are clouds clinging round the bungalow and the hill-top is like a floating island. To the west the mist is ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima diaries 1947-08-22:1947-08-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 22 August. Kohima. Today we made an early start. It was still cold and grey. The sky was a gentle lemon and on the hills there were wisps of silver cloud. After eight miles two jeeps and a ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima men's dress diaries Angami Northern 1947-08-22:1947-08-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 We were now in the Northern Angami country and the dress and appearance of the villagers has again changed. The men and women are far fairer and finer than the Lhotas ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima trip to Kohima diaries Kohima 1947-08-22:1947-08-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After miles of jungle and small villages, Kohima with its great macadamed roads, its trucks and lorries, its corrugated iron buildings and untidy shops seems squalid and repulsive. ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 trip to Kohima news of massacres in India diaries 1947-08-22:1947-08-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In Calcutta, Mahatma Gandhi is living in a Muslim quarter and peace is prevailing in the city. But in Delhi and the Punjab, anarchy has come in like a storm. In the ..
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Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima developments in Kohima diaries Pawsey Charles Kohima 1947-08-23:1947-08-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 23 August. Kohima. Yesterday evening, as we sat by the fire, Charles Pawsey, the Deputy Commissioner, told us about recent developments in ..
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Pawsey Charles Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima developments in Kohima Indian Independence day diaries Pawsey Charles Kevichusa Kohima 1947-08-23:1947-08-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Indian Independence Day, it seems, flopped badly. Pawsey had to hoist a flag on the office and take..
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Pawsey Charles Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima developments in Kohima diaries Pawsey Charles Kevichusa Kohima 1947-08-23:1947-08-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Since 15 August, nothing else has happened. Kevichusa tendered his resignation from service as a Magistrate. Pawsey took no..
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Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima developments in Kohima Pawsey's statement, printed in 'Naga Nation', that Governor's new clause 9 should be accepted by NNC diaries Pawsey Charles Kohima 1947-08-23:1947-08-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As to the N.N.C. itself, Pawsey feels that..
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Pawsey Charles Archer W.G. 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima developments in Kohima increase in head-taking diaries Pawsey Charles Archer W.G. Kohima 1947-08-23:1947-08-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This evening Pawsey and Bill have been discussing the rapid increase in head-taking and the ..
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Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima Kohima and the war diaries Pawsey Charles Kohima 1947-08-25:1947-08-25 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 25 August. Kohima. Today I have been taking stock of the new Kohima which has struggled into life since the war. Pawsey's own house is a hut of ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Butler's tour diary diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 27 August. Kohima. Today I have been reading a number of tour diaries in the office written by the first Deputy ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lakhuti Pangti Butler's tour diary diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles Lakhuti Pangti 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 He was unfortunately killed as a result of a stupid feud between the Lhota villages ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Butler's tour diary head-taking diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In Butler's time, the main problem was head-taking in areas just across the border and his comments ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Merema (Merheemah) Butler's tour diary tribal feuds and economic prosperity diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles Merema (Merheemah) 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Butler saw how closely the suspension ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Khonoma Butler's tour diary Khonoma group diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles Khonoma 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It is amusing to see how Butler found the Khonoma group a wearisome problem with ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Butler's tour diary hatred of plainsmen diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The hatred of the plainsman was there even then. The Nagas complained to Butler about the ..
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Butler John Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Butler's tour diary diaries Butler John Pawsey Charles 1870-01-01:1875-12-31 1947-08-27:1947-08-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 While Butler waded, up to his waist, in water, or crawled on his hands and knees through creepers and dense jungle..
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Pawsey Charles 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima Pawsey's schemes: electricity and agriculture diaries Pawsey Charles Kohima 1947-08-28:1947-08-28 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 28 August. Kohima. The last two days I have been going round with Pawsey in his jeep to see some of his schemes and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima American Baptist missions education diaries Kohima 1947-08-29:1947-08-29 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 29 August. Kohima. Today I met an American Baptist Missionary and his wife. The missionary, a hearty cheerful American, is also head of the High School. His ..
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Butler Thompson Col. Pinto Mr 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima American Baptist missions music diaries Butler Thompson Col. Pinto Mr Kohima 1947-08-29:1947-08-29 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The school specialises in music. Naga boys are taught the saxophone and cornet, while Naga 'misses' with..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima American Baptist missions singing diaries Kohima 1947-08-29:1947-08-29 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 'Good ears' also characterise Naga singing. After lunch I listened to choral practice in the school hall. The boys and girls were sitting in four groups - bass, ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima American Baptist missions effects on Naga culture diaries Kohima 1947-08-29:1947-08-29 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Such choral practice, I fear, is symbolic of the Missions' attitude to Naga culture. As Naga life is closely integrated, dress, dancing, singing ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga independence, the Khonoma group and 'Our Home News' diaries 1947-08-30:1947-08-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 30 August. Kohima. There is still no sign of action by the Khonoma group but today a new cyclostyled paper has appeared. It is called Our Home News and ..
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Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam train journey to Shillong diaries Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-08-31:1947-08-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 31 August. Kohima. Bill has just returned after meeting the Governor in Shillong...
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Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam decision to take Chang country into the Control Area diaries Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-08-31:1947-08-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When he reached Shillong Bill found the Governor, Sir ..
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Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar Mayang Bardoloi Pawsey Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam acceptance of the original Kohima agreement diaries Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar Mayang Bardoloi Pawsey Nehru Mokokchung 1947-08-31:1947-08-31 Archer Mildred 1947-..
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Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar Pawsey Bardoloi 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 W.G. Archer's visit to the Governor of Assam desire to integrate Nagas into Assam diaries Archer W.G. Hydari Sir Akbar Pawsey Bardoloi 1947-08-31:1947-08-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sir Akbar and Bardoloi on the other ..
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Pawsey Archer W.G. Aliba 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima pressure on Nagas to accept Governor's agreement diaries Pawsey Archer W.G. Aliba Kohima 1947-09-01:1947-09-01 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 1 September. Kohima. This morning Bill has been meeting the Kohima Nagas and explaining the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-09-01:1947-09-01 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tomorrow we start back for Mokokchung. We are returning by a different bridle path - the route known as 'The New Sema Road,' which lies through Eastern Angami country. Next R67128 ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Dzulu R. journey back to Mokokchung landscape and vegetation diaries Dzulu R. 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 4 September. Chizami. During the last three days the landscape has had a character all its own. The mountains are both higher and steeper ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung Angami terracing diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But while for great stretches the jungle rules, some hillsides have been completely cleared and cultivation is vaster and more sustained than any I have seen in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The pony was particularly irritating today. Whenever the road is unusually precipitous with a yawning gulf below, it minces along the outside edge with complete nonchalance, detaching..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chizami journey back to Mokokchung monoliths memorials in Chizami diaries Chizami 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As one nears a village, groups of stone monoliths rise from the paths. These are erected by rich men to celebrate their wealth and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami journey back to Mokokchung village defences diaries Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Many of these Angami villages are impressively situated. Founded in the days of headhunting, a site was chosen which..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima Kohima journey back to Mokokchung village gates diaries Kekrima Kohima 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At the end of these tunnels the entrance to the village is blocked by a great solid gate which is nowadays left open. Most gates are ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung siting of village diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The village itself is usually built so that it has a good view of the surrounding country. Around the houses are platforms of great flat stones which are now used as..
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Aohukyu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima journey back to Mokokchung filth in Angami villages diaries Aohukyu Kekrima 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It is impossible to describe the filth of an Angami village. It was raining as we went round Kekrima and we squelched through ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung feasts of merit, house carvings and mithan horns diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The house of a rich Angami advertises the status of its owner. The front is made of wooden boards and as he performs the various ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung house interiors diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Inside the houses have three compartments. The front one contains a rice-pounding bench shaped like a boat with a keel underneath and four or five holes for pounding. ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung Eastern Angami women's dress diaries Angami Eastern 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I had seen Eastern Angami men in Kohima, but I had not seen the women. They wear a kind of bodice made by crossing a red- edged blue cloth ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung female porters diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For the first time, many of our porters are women. The Aos, Lhotas, and Semas never let their women do this work. Most of these who carry loads are either unmarried ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Very few English women can have passed along this road. At every bungalow the women and children stand on the banks and gaze at me with absorbed and wondering eyes. This afternoon as ..
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Houseman Major 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Yekhum Sanis Tseminyu journey back to Mokokchung relics of the Japanese invasion diaries Houseman Major Yekhum Sanis Tseminyu 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 8 September. Phek. All the way memories of the Japs have been crowding in on ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chakhabama Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami Losami Phek journey back to Mokokchung inspection bungalows destroyed by Japanese diaries Chakhabama Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami Losami Phek 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we get nearer the frontier, traces of ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung war stories diaries 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Every day we hear fresh stories of the war. 'This is the place,' we are told 'where a jeep crashed burning down the hillside and the sahibs jumped out and said, "O.K. ..
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Jakai of Phek 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung treatment of the Nagas by the Japanese diaries Jakai of Phek 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Opinions vary about the Japs and their treatment of the Nagas. The headmaster of the school here told us that the ..
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Jakai of Phek Pawsey 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung killing fish with hand-grenades diaries Jakai of Phek Pawsey 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The Nagas thought that this was a good idea, and when they found some live bombs after the war, they went ..
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Pawsey 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung Khonoma group's anger with the British, Pawsey and the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Pawsey 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 9 September. Phek. Today the rain has been drifting down and Nagas from the village have ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung an Indian doctor's opinion of the Nagas diaries 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After he had gone and as if to prove his thesis, in sauntered the young Bengali doctor in a loud check sports coat and a flashy tie. He ..
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Shoizhu Aohukyu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries Shoizhu Aohukyu 1947-09-09:1947-09-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Shoizhu has just informed us that Aohukyu went out shooting this afternoon, there was a loud report and he shot one of our domestic fowls. Next R67149 ..
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Shoizhu Aohukyu Zehovi 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung diaries Shoizhu Aohukyu Zehovi Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 1947-09-10:1947-09-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 September. Chipoketami..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Nerhema (Nerema) Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung grave effigies at Ketsapomi diaries Nerhema (Nerema) Ketsaovoma (Ketsapomi) 1947-09-10:1947-09-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I reached the rest-house at lunch time but Bill did not..
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Elwin Verrier 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Phek to Chipoketami journey back to Mokokchung hornet grubs and bamboo shoots diaries Elwin Verrier 1947-09-10:1947-09-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Bill had a generous meal in this village - rice, hornet- grubs and pig's liver. He said the grubs were ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sakhai (Sakai) journey back to Mokokchung diaries Sema Sakhai (Sakai) 1947-09-11:1947-09-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 11 September. Sakai. This morning we crossed the boundary between the Kohima and Mokokchung subdivisions and Bill is now back in his own ..
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Gandhi 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung journey back to Mokokchung news of Mahatma Gandhi's fast diaries Gandhi Mokokchung 1947-09-11:1947-09-11 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At the bungalow, mail was waiting for us and we heard for the first time the news of Mahatma Gandhi's fast. It seems ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sakhalu visit to Sakhalu jhuming diaries Sema Sakhalu 1947-09-13:1947-09-13 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 13 September. Sakalu. All today the road lay along an open hillside running parallel to the frontier. The view was open and unbroken as all the hillsides had been ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) visit to Sakhalu diaries Sema Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) 1947-09-13:1947-09-13 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I have just returned from a tour of the village. Unlike the Angamis, the Semas poise their houses on open airy sites flanked ..
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