INDEX

Bochung, branch of Hualngo clan,

126

Bohmong tribe, 213
Boi, xix, 46-50

Old Kuki, 153

Vuite, 144

Thado, 198
Boklua, illegitimate son of Ngehuka,

3

Bolawng Raia image, 187
Borh, an Aimol she-demon, 158
Bouchesiche, Mom., xix
Brass-work, 29
British Government, 4, 5, 41, 49, 99,

149, 192

Browne, Sir Thomas, 106
Bualchuan hill, 71-2
Bualte (" Dipwell") village, 140
Buh-ai feast, xix, 90-1, 110

Rangte, 147

Vuite, 145

Old Kuki, 186

Thado, 205
Buhman hill, 71, 72
Buh-2a-ai, xix
Buh-za-au feast, 91

Fanai, 137

Bulropa, Old Kuki puitham, 153
Bung tree, 187, 208
Bunkhua, a Chin village, 7, 59
Burkhal, 43

Burma (Kawl), 14, 15, 28-9, 125,
181, 132, 163, 173, 174, 175, 189,
214

OAOHAB, xiii, 1, 6, 148, 185, 187, 189,

190, 193, 197, 226
Carey, B. 8., xiv, xvii, 131, 213
Cattle, 21
Chai dance, 84, 91
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
Changte clan, 125, 127
Chansan, a branch of Thado elan,

192
Chap-char-kut festival, 86-7, 91, 169,

172, 223

Chapui-chol-lai, holiday, 159
Chaw Chyn, a Lakher marriage price,

215

Chawifa, a portent, 104-5, 224
Chawngthu family, 13
Chawn, a Vuite Thangchhuah sacri-
fice, 145

Chawntinleri, a spirit maiden, 68
Chawte, Old Kuki clan, 130, 135, 149

etseq., 165, 169, 170, 173
Chemhler, branch of Tochong clan-

127
Chemhler, branch of Vanchong clan,

127

Ohemsen boi, 46, 48, 49
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
Cheiial, branch of Pachuao clan,

125
Cherlalla, illegitimate son of Zadenga,

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
Chhinchhuuan, 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 Kuku, 160 et seq.
Rangte, 147
Ronte and Tarau, 174
Khelte and Siakeng, 142
Vuite, 144-5
Deaths in, 164, 166