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In Abor Jungles: Being Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission

In Abor Jungles: Being Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission

Hamilton, Angus

Paperback

AnthropologyOther Wars

ISBN10: 1843424983
ISBN13: 9781843424987
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Jan 22 2003
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
A full and comprehensive account of a classic punitive expedition to subdue and settle three tribes - the Abors, the Mishmis and the Miris - in and around Aborland on the frontiers of Assam and China in British-ruled India. The 1911 Abor Expedition under Major-General Hamilton Bower was carried out to punish the perpetrators of a massacre of a British colonial official, a doctor and their coolies in March that year. After some fighting and burning of villages, the murderers were caught, the tribal chiefs - 'Gams' - submitted to the British Raj, and their tribal centres were destroyed. The author - a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society - gives a full account of the episode, together with interesting anthropological descriptions of the tribes and their customs - including the 'ring of love' and their habit of using teacups as earrings. The book is well illustrated with more than seventy photographs and a map of the expedition drawn by the author.

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