For words not explained, but having Roman numerals set against them, see Glossary.
Abortion, 2;
Thado, 200;
Vuite, 144
Agriculture, 27, 28, 32, 139. See under Jhum
Ai, xix, 78 et
seq.;
Rāngte, 147;
Thado, 205, 207
Aichhana, a Thado, 142
Aijal (Ai-zawl), 4, 5, 7, 12, 102, 108, 131, 139, 149, 151, 185
Aijal-Champhai road, 108
Aijal-Falam road, 62
Aijal-Lungleh road, 4
Aimol, Old Kuki clan, xv, xix, 8, 64, 89, 149 et seq., 160–1, 169 et seq.
Ai-mual village, 151
Allan, B. C., xviii
A-ma-pi, a Lakher marriage price, 219
Amber, 215
Ambush and pitfalls, 60;
Vuite, 144
Anal, Old Kuki clan, 149 et seq., 161, 165, 167, 169, 171
Ancestor-worship, 65, 71, 89, 201
An-hmu, Lakher equivalent of Uihring sacrifice, 223
Animals, domestic, 32
Anthropological Institute, The, 2
Aohmun, branch of Chuaongo clan, 126
Arem, a Chiru festival, 168
Ar-kang-tha, a Thado birth sacrifice, 203
Arke-ziak, Lushei head-dress, 11
Arte-hring-ban (or khaw-hring-tir) sacrifice, 81
Arte-luilam sacrifice, 81
Arte-pum-phelna sacrifice, 81
Asiatic Dissertations, xix, 108
Awk-pa, Kom legend, 183
Aw-rua-baw-na, a Lakher marriage price, 218–19
Bailchi, branch of Hualbang clan, 126
Banerji, Babu Nithor Nath, 176, 182, 184
Barak (Tuiruang) river, 109
Barkhul, 4
Basilisk, myth of, 105
Bawl, a Lakher sacrifice, 222
Bawlte village, 136
Bear, superstition about the, 102
Beh-dieng-khlam, a Synteng (Khasi) custom, 167
Bengalis, king of the, 96
Bengkhawia, tale of, 79
Benglama, equivalent of Lushai Chhura, 207 et seq.
Bete clan, 148
Betlu village, 131
Biate (Beteh) tribe, 6, 49, 108, 110, 185, 187–8
Biate tribe, 136
Birds entering houses, superstition, 102
Birth. See under Child
Blackwood, Captain, 5
Boar, devil possessed, 112
Sacrificed, 64
Fanai, 139
Khelte and Siakeng, 141
Vuite, 144
Bochung, branch of Hualngo clan, 126
Bohmong tribe, 213
Boi, xix, 46–50
Old Kuki, 153
Vuite, 144
Thado, 198
Boklua, illegitimate son of Ngehguka, 3
Bolawng Raia image, 187
Borh, an Aimol she-demon, 158
Bouchesiche, Mons., xix
Brass-work, 29
British Government, 4, 5, 41, 49, 99, 149, 192
Browne, Sir Thomas, 106
Bualchuam hill, 71–2
Bualte (“Dipwell”) village, 140
Buh-ai feast, xix, 90–1, 110
Rāngte, 147
Vuite, 145
Old Kuki, 186
Thado, 205
Buh-za-ai, xix
Buh-za-zu feast, 91
Fanai, 137
Bulropa, Old Kuki puithiam, 153
Bunkhua, a Chin village, 7, 59
Burkhal, 43
Burma (Kawl), 14, 15, 28–9, 125, 131, 132, 163, 173, 174, 175, 189, 214
Cachar, xiii, 1, 6, 148, 185, 187, 189, 190, 193, 197, 226
Carey, B. S., xiv, xvii, 131, 213
Cattle, 21
Chaichim, the mouse, 109
Chaita, a branch of Aimol clan, 153
Chalbuk, branch of Hualbang clan, 126
Chalthleng, branch of Hualngo clan, 126
Chamershi, a Kolhen festival, 169
Champhai, xviii, 3, 6, 77, 136, 140
Chang-do-ni, last day of feast, 88
Changom, branch of Ronte clan, 173
Changsan, brother of Thlangom, 192
Changsan, a branch of Thado clan, 192
Chāp-chār-kut festival, 86–7, 91, 169, 172, 223
Chapui-chol-lai, holiday, 159
Chaw Chyu, a Lakher marriage price, 218
Chawifa, a portent, 104–5, 224
Chawngthu family, 13
Chawn, a Vuite Thangchhuah sacrifice, 145
Chawntinleri, a spirit maiden, 68
Chawte, Old Kuki clan, 130, 135, 149 et seq., 165, 169, 170, 173
Chemhler, branch of Tochong clan, 127
Chemhler, branch of Vanchong clan, 127
Chengpui village, 4
Chengrel, branch of Vanchong clan, 127
Chengri river, 4
Chengtea, Zawngte chief, 135
Chenkhual, branch of Thangur clan, 125
Chenkhuala, ancestor of Chenkual clan, 125
Cherlal, branch of Pachuao clan, 125
Cherlalla, illegitimate son of Zādenga, 125
Cherra, 7
Cherput, branch of Hualbang family, 126
Chertluang, branch of Hualbang family, 126
Chhak-chhuak (“Come out of the East”) family, 127
Chhakom, branch of Tochong family, 127
Chhawng-chili, tale of, 107–8
Chhawndawl, Lushei head-dress, 11
Chhawthliak, branch of Pachuao clan, 125
Chhim sacrifice, 76
Chimnuai village, 143
Chhinchhuan, a Thado family, 185, 190 et seq., 202, 205
Chhinga Raia image, 187
Chhinglung, hole in the earth whence the world was
peopled, 94, 139
Known to Old Kukis as Khurpui, 150
Chawte account, 151
Known to Thados as Khulpi, 193
Chhirbuk, Chiru zawlbuk, 168
Childbirth customs—
Lakher, 223
Lushei, 81–2
Old Kuki, 160
et seq.
Rāngte, 147
Ronte and Tarau, 174
Khelte and Siakeng, 142
Vuite, 144–5
Deaths in, 164, 166
Children—
Posthumous killed, 87
Still-born, 223
Tobacco smoking, 12
Chindwin (Upper) river, 174, 189
Chinese superstition about birds, 102
Chin Hills, xiii, xiv, xviii, 14, 126, 129, 140, 143, 150, 213, 226
Chin Hills Gazetteer, 131
Chin Languages, classification of, 225
Chinghrut, a vegetable, 187
Chins, the, xiii, xviii, 4, 5, 8, 9, 20, 24, 46, 56–60, 95, 108, 110, 126, 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 140, 146, 193, 198, 205, 213, 214, 215, 226
Chiru, an Old Kuki clan, 8, 9, 22, 131, 149 et seq., 162, 165, 168, 169, 171
Chittagong, xiii, xviii, 5, 6, 75, 95, 96
Chittagong Hill Tracts, xiii, 1, 4, 6, 213
Chhoalak, branch of Pachuao clan, 125
Chhungte, dependants living in house, 46
Chhura, the shaper of the world, 92, 99, 188, 207
Chinja, tribe, 214
Chonchhon, branch of Chuachang clan, 126
Chonchir, branch of Chuachang clan, 126
Chong, Thangur-chhuah feast, 87–8, 131
Fanai substitute for, 137
Ngente, 153
Rāngte, 147
Thado, 204, 207
Chongdur, a Chiru family, 154
Chonglal, branch of Pachuao clan, 125
Chonluma, a Hrangchal chief, 185
Chonglun, branch of the Changte clan, 125
Chongom, a branch of Aimol clan, 152–3
Chongpuithanga, a demon, 66
Chongte, Lushei clan, 126
Chongthleng, stone at, 100
Chongthu, a non-Lushei clan, 93, 130–1, 167
Chongthu, nickname of Lershia, 131, 150, 154
Chonlut, a Biate chief, 187
Chonuma, a Hnamte chief, 131
Christ’s Village, 62
Chuachang, a Lushei clan, 126
Chuango, Lushei family, 140
Chuaongo, Lushei clan, 126, 140
Chulkut, a Purum festival, 169
Chumkal, branch of Hualbang clan, 126
Chumthluk, branch of Chuaongo clan, 126
Cloth, 30–1,
65
Legendary origin of, 140
Cock, sacrificed, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80 et seq., 90, 133, 159, 162–3, 169, 186
Cockatrice, Myth of, 105
Creeper,
Pulling the, 166
Tug of war with, 134
Use of, for sick children, 82
Dai-bawl, sacrifice, xix, 70, 73 et
seq.
Aimol and Chiru, 158–9
Thado, 201 et seq.
Daibun, a Thado Jhum sacrifice, 202
Daikam, a Thado sacrifice, 202
Dailova, Tale of, 66–7
Dallesari river, 3
Dances, 38, 87, 169, 170
Fanai, 138
Danla, a Chiru family, 154
Old Kuki, 152
Dāpā, Rāngte legends of, 147
Darchao, branch of Pachuao clan, 125
Darchaova, illegitimate son of Zadenga, 125
Darchun, branch of Changte clan, 125
Darlung peak, 3
Davis, A. W., xviii
Dawngbul, Ralte marriage price to male and female paternal first-cousins, 141
Dawngler, do, 141
Dead, Burial of, see under Funerals, Memorial
Spirits of, 65, 78
Rāngte, 147
Vuite, 144
Old Kuki, 157–8, 170
Deer, Barking, 64
Demons. See under Spirits
Deo-bi, Thado poison, 197
Dil lake, 67
Dingthoi, a Chiru family, 154
Dipwell Village, 140
Divorce
Lushei, 52, 144
Old Kuki, 156
Dogs, 32,
eaten, 36
sacrificed, 75, 77, 102,
159, 168, 172–3,
175, 201
Dongel, Thado’s elder brother, 142–3, 189, 190, 201
Drake-Brockman, C. B., 132, 134
Dress, 8 et
seq.
Old Kuki, 186
Lakher, 14
Drinking feasts, 173
Drum-making festivals, 171–2
Dulian, the Lushei language, xiv, 113
Dungtlang river, 5
Dzo, xvii
Earrings, 13,
65, 143, 161
Vuite or Paihte, 143
Earthquakes, Old Kuki idea about, 184
Eclipses, Legends and superstitions concerning, 92, 123
Old Kuki, 182 et seq.,
187
Effigies, 74, 76, 88, 89, 109, 111, 175, 188
Elephants, 35, 44, 45, 64, 196
Elmun, Ancestor of Shit-hloh clan, 191
Endogamy, 50, 153, 154, 167, 173
En-lawk, Opening of coffin, 85
Epidemics, 74–6
Exorcism, 111–12
Fachirang, Tale of, 177 et seq.
Falam, tribe, 3, 126, 143, 151
Fanai, a Non-Lushei clan, 8, 89, 136 et seq.
Fangtet, branch of Hualbang clan, 126
Fānodawi sacrifice, 80
Feasts, 65, 86
Ngente, 133
Old Kuki, 160 et seq.
See under Kut
Fielding Hall, Mr., 163
Firminger, W. K., note by, xviii–xix