In abor jungles of North-East India
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2013-04-12
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Lands of the Abors, tribal life, manners, customs, dress, methods of fighting, Our relations with the tribes, earliest visit to Aborland, Major-General Babbage, treaty of 1862, Inner and Outer lines, Mr Needham's Activities, advent of Mr Williamson, Frontier regulations, previous tours, correspondence with Government, tribal treachery, massacre of Mr Noel William on Dr Gregorson and Party, a Gam's Story, Plan of campaign, the troops employed, career of Major-General Hamilton Bower, C.B, General Officer commanding the operations, Lands, customs, marriage, laws, popular beliefs of the Miris and the Mishmis, Preparations at Calcutta, Shillong ami Dibrugarh, gathering of the troops, across India to inland, Indian military police, spirit of the Ranter, Lumsden's lambs, Selection of Kobo, base camp, its appearance and possibilities, transport coolie, Merry Naga, manners and customs, head hunters, ring of love, tea-cups as ear ornaments, dainty delicacies, Start of the operations, reconnaissance by Major Lindsay, order of march, sixty pound kit, march to Ledum, first blood, Start of Major-General Bower and main column, march from Kobo to Pasighat, land and river convoys, wayside experiments, question of communications, first glimpse of the Dihang, Start of the political missions, mr Kerwood's mission to the Miris, mr W C M Dundas's mission to the Mishmis, Mishmi mission, mr W C M Dundas, where two empires meet, Chinese intrigues, frontier, Fascination of the jungle, ledum column, Dorsing advance to old rengging, Crossing the Dihang, fight at Kekar Monying, burning of Sissin and Babuk, side river, puak post, towards Kebang, burning of Kebang, advance to Yambung, Advance to Komsing, minor operations, peace overtures, Dihang river column, Yamne river column, unveiling of memorials to mr Williamson and doctor Gregorson, Travels of Kinthup, problem of the falls, Dihang river survey party, Yamne river survey party, captain Molesworth's party, submission of Kebang, Mishmi mission, Miri mission