My three years in Manipur : and escape from the recent mutiny / by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood.

  • Grimwood, Ethel St. Clair.
Date:
1891
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: My three years in Manipur : and escape from the recent mutiny / by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/359
    CONTENTS CHAPTER I. I'AGE My husband offered the post of Political Agent at Manipur— Arrival there and first impressions—^Adventures on the journey—Coolies—Arrive at Cachar - - - i—lo CHAPTER II. Cachar or.Silchar—We are feted there—The hill tribes : Kukis, Tongkhuls, etc.—Their dress and habits—Rest-houses, and difficulties therein—Manipuri Sepoys : camp on the Makru River—Logtak Lake—Colonel Samoo Singh—The Senaputti n—28 CHAPTER HI. P’avouraljle impressions of our new home, the Residency—The Maharajah—His brother the Jubraj—Polo with the Princes —The .Senaputti a fine sportsman—Visits us on Sunday afternoons—Shell-firing—Prince Zillah Singh—We try to learn the Manipuri language - ... 29—43