| [PREFACE] | [v] |
| [CONTENTS] | [vii] |
| [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS] | [ix] |
| [INTRODUCTION] | [xi] |
| I. | [GENERAL] | [1] |
| | [Origin and Migration.] | [3] |
| | [Appearance.] | [6] |
| | [Dress.] | [8] |
| | [Ornaments.] | [11] |
| | [Weapons.] | [15] |
| | [Character.] | [19] |
| II. | [DOMESTIC LIFE] | [21] |
| | [The Lhota House.] | [30] |
| | [Manufactures.] | [36] |
| | [Loans.] | [45] |
| | [Agriculture.] | [45] |
| | [Live-stock.] | [59] |
| | [Hunting.] | [63] |
| | [Fishing.] | [70] |
| | [Food.] | [74] |
| | [Drink.] | [78] |
| | [Medicine.] | [79] |
| | [Drugs.] | [81] |
| | [Games.] | [82] |
| | [Music.] | [85] |
| | [Daily Life.] | [86] |
| III. | [LAWS AND CUSTOMS] | [87] |
| | [Polity and Village Organization.] | [96] |
| | [Property.] | [97] |
| | [Inheritance.] | [98] |
| | [Adoption.] | [99] |
| | [Settlement of Disputes.] | [100] |
| | [Oaths.] | [102] |
| | [Friendships.] | [104] |
| | [War and Head-hunting.] | [104] |
| | [Slavery.] | [111] |
| | [The Position of Women.] | [111] |
| IV. | [RELIGION] | [113] |
| | [Religious Officials.] | [121] |
| | [Public Ceremonies.] | [127] |
| | [Ceremonies for Rain.] | [130] |
| | [Individual Ceremonies.] | [131] |
| | [Ceremonies for Illness.] | [133] |
| | [The Social “Gennas.”] | [136] |
| | [Birth.] | [144] |
| | [Marriage.] | [147] |
| | [Divorce.] | [156] |
| | [Death Ceremonies.] | [156] |
| | [Miscellaneous Beliefs.] | [163] |
| V. | [FOLK-TALES AND SONGS] | [174] |
| | [The Sambhur and the Hanuman Monkey.] | [175] |
| | [The Wild Boar and the Tiger.] | [175] |
| | [Apfuho and the Old Woman.] | [177] |
| | [Apfuho and the Tiger.] | [177] |
| | [How the Villagers tried in vain to put an end to Apfuho.] | [178] |
| | [The Old Man and His Dogs.] | [180] |
| | [The Story of the Two Brothers.] | [181] |
| | [The Widow and the Boys of the Morung.] | [181] |
| | [The Boy and the Water Spirit.] | [182] |
| | [The Story of Sityingo and Ngazo.] | [183] |
| | [How Men became Catfish.] | [184] |
| | [How Men were turned into Gibbons.] | [184] |
| | [The Story of the Kithang Clan.] | [185] |
| | [The Story of Lichao and His Daughter.] | [187] |
| | [The Girl who Married a Tiger.] | [190] |
| | [Lankongrhoni and the Villagers.] | [193] |
| | [The Woman with a Caterpillar for a Husband.] | [195] |
| | [The Sun and the Moon.] | [196] |
| | [The Wagtail and the Owlet.] | [196] |
| | [The Story of Ramphan.] | [197] |
| | [SONGS] | [200] |
| VI. | [LANGUAGE] | [207] |
| | [Vowels.] | [207] |
| | [Diphthongs.] | [208] |
| | [Consonants.] | [208] |
| | [Grammar.] | [209] |
| | [Syntax.] | [219] |
| | [Abuse and Nicknames.] | [224] |
| | [Baby Language.] | [225] |
| VII. | [APPENDICES] | [226] |
| A. | [THE LHOTA CALENDAR] | [226] |
| B. | [MENSURATION] | [228] |
| C. | [HUMAN SACRIFICE] | [230] |
| | [NAGA-ASSAMESE GLOSSARY] | [232] |
| [INDEX] | [233] |