Lungdup hill, 132–3
Lungkhera, a Lushei clan, 127
Lunglai family, 167
Lungleh, 4, 7, 8, 95, 110, 132, 136
Lunglo river, 63
Lungthau, an Old Kuki clan, 185
Lungte, a branch of Chongte clan, 126
Lunkim, a Thado chief, 192
Lunkim, a branch of Thado clan, 192
Lup-lakpa, an Old Kuki village officer, 153, 167, 168
Lur precipice, 68
Lushai, derivations of the name, 42, 60
Distinguished from Lushei, xiii, xiv
Expedition, 5
Nomadic habits of, 23, 27
See Contents
Lushei affinities—
Habitat, 1
History, 2, et seq.
Language, 113–124
Racial characteristics, 2
Lutu, a Lushai householder, 171
Lyall, Sir Charles, xiv
Mackenzie —, 4
Maibi tribe, 111
Maite family, 167
Mait-thuk-kai, Rāngte Thangchhuah feast, 147
Maituki Raia image, 187
Makan, a Chawte family, 154
Makong hill, 159
Malun clan, 143
Mancala Bao, a game, 39
Manchester goods, 17
Mandu, price of bones of dead, 166
Mangami, a Lushei woman, 66
Mangkhaia, a Rālte chief, 140
Mangpura, a Sailo chief, 3
Mangte (Laita) branch of Aimol clan, 153
Mangthawnga, a Rālte chief, 140
Mangyel, a branch of Thado clan, 192–3
Manipur, xiii, xv, xvii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 21, 39, 69, 89, 105, 106, 111, 126, 130, 132, 142, 143, 146, 148 et seq., 166, 173, 174, 175, 176, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190 et seq., 201, 225 et seq.
Manipuri Chronicle, 134, 149, 191
Mankang, marriage price to bride’s paternal uncle, 146, 199
Manlal, a Biate chief, 187
Manpui, marriage price paid to nearest relation on
bride’s father’s side, 51;
Rāngte, 146;
Thado, 199
Manufactures, 28
Mara. See under Lakher.
Marem, a Chawte family, 154
Marriage, 50–53, 82–3
by servitude, 155, 163
prices, among Lusheis, 51–52
Lakher or Mara, 216, 220 et seq., 224
Ngente, 133
Old Kuki, 153 et seq.,
163, 167, 186
Rāngte, 146
Ronte, 173–4;
Tarau, 173–4;
Thado, 198–9, 203
Vuite or Paihte, 143–4
Mat river, 1
Maung Myat San, a Burmese chief, 132
McCabe —, 7
McCulloch, Colonel W., xvii, 13, 106, 111, 189 et seq., 201, 203
Measures and weights, 19–20
Mei-awr-lo sacrifice, 73
Meitheis, the, 89, 105, 150, 159, 224, 225
Memorial posts, Feasts, 88, 90;
funerals, 85, 165
Old Kuki, 170
Khelte and Siakeng, 141;
Thado, 205
Methei lumbu, Old Kuki village official, 153
Mikhirs, the, xiv
Mikhir hills, xv
Mim-kut festival, 87, 169, 223
Ming-puna, name-giving, 161
Minpui hill, 135
Mirem family, 167
Mission, The London Baptist, 113
Mist, spirits of the dead changed into, 222
Mithan, 30, 32;
legendary origin of, 94
sacrificed, 130, 135, 138;
Khelte and Siakeng, 141;
Rāngte, 147;
Vuite,
145;
Ronte and Turau (prohibit), 175;
Thado, 204
Mivengtu, “watchers of men,” spirits, 61
Mi-thi-chhiah, offering to cultivators parents, 65
Mi-thi-khua, xix, 19, 62 et
seq., 78, 84–5, 210–211;
Old Kuki, 157–8;
Rāngte, 147;
Thado, 201
Mi-thi-rawp-lam, a Thangchhuah feast, xix, 88–9, 221;
prohibited among Fanai, 137;
not practised by Siakeng and Khelte, 141;
nor by Old Kukis, 158, 170
Mizo, hill-folk, xiv, 110
Mongolian type, 1
Monogamy, Vuite or Paihte, 143
Moth, the Atlas, superstition, 103
Mouse, legend of the, 109
Mrung clan, 213
Mualsavata, mythological hero, 100
Muchhip-chhuak, a branch of the Chongthu clan, 126
Muchhip-chhuak, a branch of the Tochong clan, 127
Mullah, Sailo chief, 140
Mu-vān-lāi, a spirit who attacks the departed, 64
Naga hills, xiv, 189
Naga people, The, xiii, xix, 11, 20, 21, 55, 69, 86, 90, 143, 170, 192, 199
Nairung, ancestor of Kolhens, 150
Nao-hri sacrifice, 70, 77, 130
Nao-lām-kut, Ngente substitute for, 133
Nau-bil-vu, a Thado birth sacrifice, 203
Nau-puan-puak-man, marriage fee received by a sister from husband of her younger sister, 52, 154
Naw-clawng, Lakher equivalent for “hlamzuih,” 223
Necklaces, 65
Nepal, 110
Ngaia, a Ngente chief, 132, 134
Ngai-ti, legend of, 95
Ngakchi, a branch of the Changte clan, 125
Ngalchi, a branch of the Lungkhua clan, 127
Ngalchung, a branch of the Lungkhua clan, 127
Ngamboma, tale of, 209–11
Ngaphawl, a branch of Lungkhua clan, 127
Ngehguka, a Paihte chief, 3
Ngente, a non-Lushei clan, 132–3, 168, 173
Ngente hill, 173
Niman, marriage price paid to bride’s aunt on father’s side, 51, 154
No-hla, a Lakher marriage price, 218–9
Nuengi, legend of, 95–6
Nongjai, supposed wife of Pathen, 200
Nu-hrih sacrifice, 77
Nuaijingmang, Thado evil spirit, 201
Numeina, Aimol she-demon, 158
Nungchomba, a Manipuri god, 159
Nungshaba, a Chawte god, 159
Oaths, 55
O-kia, a Lakher marriage price, 218–9
Ornaments, 59
Lakher, 215
Old Kuki, 152
Vuite, 143
Owl, legend of, 94
Pachana, a Ronte family, 173
Pachuao, a Lushei clan, 125, 140
Padaratu, a branch of Changte clan, 125
Paihte (Vuite), a non-Lushei clan, 3, 8, 41, 93, 110, 142–4
Paihtea, sons of egg-hatched Lamleia, 142
Pakanglakpa, Old Kuki village officer, 153
Pakhāngba, Manipuri snake-god, 106, 150, 158
Paku, a Lakher festival, 223
Palal, Guardian, xix, 82–4
Marriage price paid to, 51
Ngente, 133
Pallian, a branch of Thangur clan, 3, 4, 5, 13, 49, 125–6
Pamte, a branch of Changte clan, 125
Paotu, a non-Lushei clan, 134–5
Papek, a Ronte and Tarau festival, 175
Patel, Anal, and Kolhen name for Pathian, 157
Pathen, Thado name for Pathian, 200
Patheng, Kom name for Pathian, 157
Pathen-biak-na, a Thado sacrifice, 202
Pathian, xix, 50
et seq., 69, 94, 95,
99, 103, 109, 201, 220
Vuite, 144
Old Kuki, 157–8, 169, 177
Tarau do not worship, 175
Pawl-kut festival, 87
Ngente, 133
Pe-ra, Lakher equivalent for Pial-ral, 221
Phaileng village, 140
Phaizang hill, 146
Pheizaim, Thado Lāshi, 201
Phun-lu-buk hill, 95
Phungchi, a branch of Lungkhua clan, 127
Phunkai, Thado adoption, 200
Pial-ral, xx, 62, 64, 186, 221
Pial river, 62–3
Pig, 18, 32;
legendary origin of, 94;
sacrificed, 70, 72, 74,
77, 80, 102, 139, 145, 147, 158, 164, 166,
168, 172–3, 175,
201, 202
Pi-leh-pu, Lakher “All-Father” or “All-Mother,” 221
Piler hill, 7
Poiboi, a Sailo chief, 146
Poison, Thado methods, 197
Polkut, a Lushai festival, 169
Portents, 104–5
Pottery, 29
Priests, 80. See
under Pui-thiam
Old Kuki, 149
Lakher, 224
Property in land, ideas of, 156
Pu, xx
Pu river, xx
Puanpui, a Lushei quilt, 31
Puggris, 9
Pui-thiam, xx, 44,
60, 75, 77, 80–1, 83, 90, 102, 130, 160
Old Kuki, 153
Rangte, 147
Vuite, 147
Pupawla, tale of, 62–3, 147, 158
Pumtek, 215
Purbura, a Lushei chief, 7
Purum, Old Kuki clan, 149 et seq., 162, 165, 168, 169
Pushum, Marriage price to bride’s nearest relation on mother’s side, 51
Python, superstition about, 224
Quail, 97–8
Raia, corruption of Rajah, 187
Raids, 56 et
seq.;
Old Kuki, 157
Rainbow, Old Kuki idea about, 184
Rai-pi-hra, Lakher marriage price, 218–9
Rāl, funeral feast, 84
Rālte, a non-Lushei clan, 87, 93, 94, 131, 139 et seq., 190
Ramcharipu, Aimol name for Pupawla, 158
Rām-chawm, clay figures used in sacrifices, 74
Ram-huai, spirits, 65 et seq., 80, 221
Ramhual, advisers as to jhumming, 44
Rampus, Chiru demons, 159
Rangthai, tale of, 177 et seq.
Rāngte, ancestor of Rāngte clan, 146
Rāngte, a non-Lushei clan, 146–7, 207
Rao-chhiak, food placed aside for spirits of the dead, 65
Rāpu, Tanau substitute for Pathian, 175
Rat, 205;
eaten, 36, 153;
Legend and superstition, 94,
102
Ratek, a Chiru and Kolhen festival, 172
Rawi-ni, day in the Chong feast, 88
Religious beliefs, 61 et seq. See under Festivals, Funerals,
Omens, Sacrifices, Superstitions, Worship
Lakher, 221 et seq.
Old Kuki, 157 et seq.
Thado, 200 et seq.
Vuite, 144
Rem-ar, xx, 83
Rembual family, 167
Rennel (Rennell), Major James, xviii–xix, 6
Rengpui, a chief of Tipperah, 98
Renthlei, a non-Lushei clan, 13, 135
Rezar, a Chiru family, 154
Rezar, son of Chongthu, 150
Rhangkol (Hrangchul) clan, 6, 148, 185
Rhinoceros, superstition, 103
Rice, not cultivated in Zahao country, 139
Rikampu, Old Kuki legend of, 183
Ringchanghoi, tale of, 182
Rivang, a branch of Thangur clan, 3, 4, 6, 42
Roite, a non-Lushei clan, 135
Rokum, a branch of Thangur clan, 3, 42, 125
Rolura, a branch of Sailo clan, 5
Rongthlang hills, 132
Ronte (Lonte), an Old Kuki clan, 173 et seq.
Roreiluova, ancestor of Fanai chiefs, 136
Rothangpuia (Ruttonpoia), 4
Ru, a Lakher marriage price, 220
Rulngan, a kind of snake, 64
Rulpui, the big snake, 105 et seq., 185, 201
Rulpui-thlen, snake deity, 106
Run river, 201
Sacrifices, Lushei, 70 et seq.
Old Kuki, 158–60, 168 et seq.
Vuite, 145
Thado, 201 et seq.
Lakher, 221
Sa-huai, spirits, 94
Saiha village, 213
Sailo, a branch of Thangur clan, 3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 42–3, 56–7, 125–6, 131, 140, 142, 146, 185, 186
Sailova, ancestor of Sailo clan, 5, 43, 125
Sakei-Ai, 79
Sakhia, Lakher equivalent of Lashi, 221
Sakhua, xx, 221
Chant, 143
Sacrifices to, 54, 62, 66–7,
70 et seq, 81, 89, 108, 130, 135, 138
Lakher, 222
Old Kuki, 158–9, 161
Khelte, 141
Vuite, 144, 158
Ronte and Tarau, 175
Thado, 192, 198, 201