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INDEX

Mancala Bao, a game, 39

Manchester goods, 17

Mandu, price of bones of dead, 166

Mangami, a Lushei woman, 66

Mangkhaia, a Ralte chief, 140

Mangpura, a Sailo chief, 3

Mangte (Laita) branch of Aimol clan,

153

Mangthawnga, a Ralte chief, 140
Mangyel, a branch of Thaclo 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, ]S9, 190 et

seq.3 201, 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 ; Rangte, 146 ; Thaclo,

199

Manufactures, 28
Mara. See under-L&kliQT.
Marenij 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
Rangte, 146
Route, 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
McCrea, Surgeon, xix.
McOulloch, Colonel W., xvii, 13, 106,

111, 189«**ey.,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; Rangte, 147 ;

Viute, 145; Ronte and Tarau

(prohibit), 175; Thado, 204
Mivengtu,cc 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 ;

Rangte, 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
Monkey, 123, 151
Monogamy, Vuite or Paihte, 143
Moth, the Atlas, superstition, 103
Mouse, legend of the, 109
Mrung clan, 213

Mualsavata, mythological hero, 100
Muchhip hill, 71, 126
Muchhip-chhuak, a branch of the

Chongthu clan, 126
Muchhip-chhuak, a branch of the

Tochongclan, 127
Mullah, Sailo chief, 140
Musical instruments, 28, 152
Mu-van-lai, 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-liim-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