A Sketch of Assam: With some account of the Hill Tribes

Chapter 6: SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ASSAMESE TRIBES.

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A compact travel account and regional survey that blends natural history, practical travel notes, and ethnographic sketches of Assam and its hill peoples. The narrator describes journeys by river and forest, local climate and agriculture, abundant wildlife and hunting methods, and the material culture, customs, and social practices of numerous tribal communities. Separate chapters record topography, village life, cultivation and revenue systems, slavery and opium, and encounters with frontier authorities, while appended sketches profile individual tribes, their dress, rites, and modes of warfare. Occasional illustrations and maps accompany the observational narrative.

SOME ACCOUNT
OF
THE ASSAMESE TRIBES.

Observations on the Khamtees—Surprise and Conflagration of the Station of Suddeah by the Khamtees, in January 1839—Singphoos—Muttucks—State of Assam Tea Company—Bor Abors—Abors and Merees—Mishmees—Dooaneahs—Assamese—Nagas—American Baptist Missionaries in Assam—Garrows—Their present and eventual condition—Cosseahs—Traits of the people of Bootan—Attachment of the Bootan Dooars in Assam by the British Government—Defeat of the Booteahs, in 1836—Sath Booteah Rajahs of Kooreahparah Dooar, in Durrung—Thebingeah Booteah Rajahs—Sath Rajahs of Char Dooar—Hazaree Khawa Akhas—Kuppah Choor Akhas—Meechees, and Dufflahs of Now Dooar.