In Abor Jungles

Being Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission

von Angus Hamilton

420 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781843424987
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.01.2003
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press