In Abor Jungles 1st Edition
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Full Title

In Abor Jungles 1st Edition
Author(s)

Angus Hamilton
Edition

1st Edition
ISBN

9781781511213, 9781843424987
Publisher

Naval and Military Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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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