Naga names of individuals are indexed as single names. Names of Naga villages and tribes are identified as such.
A Million Died (Wragg), 24
Adams, Philip (sahib of Mokokchung)
briefed McKelway on Naga situation, 169
concern about Konyaks in rescue party, 193–194
concern for survivor safety, 193
convinced Mongsen to care for crash survivors, 189–190
as ICS administrator and anthropologist, 98
as leader of rescue party, 209
letter from Pawsey about headhunting, 224
life after rescue, 226
magistrate duties in Noklak, 199
Nagas told to help survivors, 164–165
perceptions of Nagas, 209–210
punitive expedition (1943), 157, 158
as representative of British king, 192–193
respect shown by Nagas, 192
responsibility to Naga population, 103
on semi-independence for Naga Hills, 231
stopped Nagas fighting over survivors’ trash, 196–197
unable to enforce authority in Patkoi Hills during war, 219
visit to Sangbah’s home, 201
Administered Area
ambiguous rule enforcement, 222–223
to be extended with consent of population, 222
benefits of governance in, 210, 221
bordering Dikhu River Valley, 152
gaonburas in, 122
lawlessness from outside, 93–94
as only area of control, 93
opposition to slavery, 156–158
Agching village, 157
air support for China decision, 43
Air Transport Command (ATC)
aircraft accidents, 12–13
ATC members on Flight 12420, 5, 58
in crisis at Chabua, 14
search and rescue capacity in, 206, 215
Sevareid on Hump pilots, 7
White on, 11
aircraft types at Chabua, 1
Alexander, Edward, 170, 182, 188, 203
Allies
bomber crew tortured and beheaded by Japanese, 32
Chennault’s push for air capability in China, 49
Chinese Army training by Britain, 7
forced out of Burma, 26
Germany as second front, 65
support of China, 43–44, 47–48, 51, 53–54, 56
aluminum trail, 162
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 89
American Society of Airplane-Haters, 13
American Volunteer Group (AVG), 19
Anangba village, 115
Angami Naga tribe, 86–87, 90, 99
Angami territory, first flights over, 78
“Anthropology as a Hobby” (Mills), 101
anti-British nationalists aiding Japanese, 33–34
Ao Naga tribe, 91–92, 94, 153–154
Arbuthnot, Glenn, 162
Archer, Bill, 98, 99, 103, 226
“Asia for the Asiatics” and Japanese militarism, 31
Assam Rifles
firepower vs. local knowledge, 120
as former Gurkha soldiers, 121
formerly Naga Hills Military Police, 94
on guard at Chingmei, 139
protecting India from Japanese, 192
punishment expedition against Pangsha, 110–113
Shakespear as commandant, 82
unavailability for rescue mission, 192
as USAAF watch station guards, 219
Assam tea, 85
Assam-to-Yunnan air-ferry route (Hump route), 2, 10, 43
ATC. See Air Transport Command
Aung San, 33–34
Aung San Suu Kyi, 34
AVG. See American Volunteer Group
B-25 Mitchells, 1
bail-out advice, 3
Baisden, Chuck, 20
Balbahadur, Subedar, 131
Barker, George, 85–86
bashas (temporary shelter), 5, 181
Bataan Death March, 30–32
Belloc, Hilaire, 121
Bennett, Elizabeth, 228
Blackie’s Gang, 215–218
Blah, Hari, 156
Blainey, Geoffrey, 93
Blitz, London, Sevareid’s coverage, 61
blood chits, 1–2
Blossom, Bill, 216–217
Boatner, Haydon, 73
Bootland, Alan and Beth, 24–25
boots for return hike, 194, 197–198
Bower, Ursula Graham, 101
Bradley, Mark, 63–65
Brahmaputra River Valley, 4, 43, 83, 142, 211
Bren light machine guns, 218
Britain. See East India Company; Raj
British censorship of Burma situation, 22
British East India Company (EIC), 4, 83–85, 88, 91–92, 98
British Empire, Sevareid on, 208
British imperialism and control of Nagas, 85
British political agent, 176, 180
British surveying expeditions, 90
Brodie, T., 91
Bronson, Miles, 88
Brookes, Stephen, 23–25
Brown, Anthony Cave, 70
Burma
British rule (1885–1942), 17
ethnic and tribal frictions, 21
exodus from, 20–25
extended Control Area toward, 155–156
geography of, 16–17
hill country tribes, 21
Indian workers in, 21
Japanese invasion, 17–18
ongoing civil war, 34
population exodus after attack, 20–25
Stowe’s reportage on, 19
villages raided from Patkoi Hills villages, 220–221
Burma Army, tribespeople recruited, 22
Burma Independence Army, 34
Burma Road, 17–18, 24, 45, 47, 50–51
Burmese people, sided with Japan against colonial British, 21
Bushido, 31
C-47 Skytrains “Gooney Birds,” 1, 80, 161–162, 168
C-54 Skymasters, 1
C-87 Liberators, 1
camp organization, 178–179, 181
canned water, 183
Carton de Wiart, Adrian, 55
CBI (China-Burma-India) theater, 50
“Celestial Catering Service.” See rescue packs
Chabua USAAF air base (“Dumbastapur”), 1–2, 4, 217
Chakhesang village, 78–79
Chang expedition (1889), 94
Chang Naga tribe, 99, 107, 117–118
Chare village, 113–114, 206, 221
Chasie, Charles, 233
Chennault, Claire Lee, 5, 44, 49, 51–55, 230
Chentang village, 119, 122, 144, 149–150
Chiang Kai-shek
demand for Allied resources, 56
lobbied for American support against Japan, 43
objectives and strategies, 46, 48
promoted Chennault plan, 53–54
refusal to meet Sevareid, 227
relationship with Stillwell, 45, 48, 229–230
See also Kuomintang
Chiang-Chennault air offensive plan, 73
Chicago Daily News, Stowe on Burma Road, 19
children, visibility of in villages, 167–168
China
Allied policy of support, 43
Chinese intelligence and SACO, 66
honest with US, 44
manipulation of American views, 72–73
Mao’s defeat as goal, 44
political sense per Davies, 71
Trident Conference plans for, 55–56
US airpower in, 49
China National Aviation Corporation aircraft at Chabua, 1
China-Burma-India (CBI) theater, 50
Chinese Air Force, loan of P-43s, 5
Chinglong village, 94–97
Chingmak
emotional leave-taking with Mills, 152
fealty sworn to George V, 107, 138
guide provided to expedition, 127
as Mills’s friend, 123
as protector of survivors, 180–181, 193
Chingmei village
as advanced base camp for punitive expedition, 123
attack on Law Nawkum, 219
enforcing Mokokchung’s injunctions, 223
Matche sought sanctuary in, 107–108
return after punitive expedition, 138
stop on return march, 200–201
Chingpoi village, 95
Chins (Burmese hill country tribe), 21, 33
Chirongchi, 116
Chongtore village, 115–117, 205
Christian missionaries, 87–89, 104, 209–210
Chrysanthemum (Eighteenth) Division (Japan), 27–28, 33
Church Parade, 187
Clay, Joseph, 58
clouds’ effects on planes, 8
Clow, Andrew, 102, 226, 231–232
Cockpit Joe ballad, 4
Coleman, Kenneth, 191
Communism in China, predicted by Sevareid, 226–227
Control Area
bordering Dikhu River Valley, 152
destabilizing effect of Pangsha’s actions, 108
head-hunting in, 222–223
life without government intervention, 210
opposition to slavery, 156–158
Pawsey’s concern, 219–222
request to include Pangsha, 155–156
Corsica Daily Sun (Texas) on Martin as MIA, 22
Cross, John, 28
crossbows with poisoned arrows, 114–115, 186, 193–195
cultural anthropology, understanding Nagas, 99–100
Curtis-Wright aircraft at Chabua, 1
Dacca Military Police, 95
dacoits (bandits), 24
Davies, John Paton, Jr. (Jack)
on bail-out decision, 38–39
on beauty of country, 207
as celebrity in survivor group, 206
in charge of bartering with Nagas, 179
on Dai Li and Miles, 66–69
fitness level on march, 203
as Flight 12420 passenger, 5, 15, 58
on leaving Pangsha and Ponyo, 195
on Lee, 6
life after rescue, 227
on lunch for survivors at Mokokchung, 211
met native men after parachute jump, 75–76
on Miles and SACO, 227–228
under Naga observation, 183
on Pangsha treatment of survivors, 194–195
parachuted from Flight 12420, 74
in party joining survivors in Wenshoyl, 175–176
retrieval of rescue loads, 179
survivor camp description, 187
Davies Papers, Truman Library, 76
Dayak (Iban) headhunters, Borneo, 83
Detachment 101 (OSS), 34, 67–71
A Different Kind of War (Miles), 68
diplomatic tour to Panso village, 143
dissonance between civilized imperatives and native culture, 104
dobashis (interpreters), 111, 132
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, 65–69
Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 71, 228
Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, 32
Dorman-Smith, Reginald, 19–20
downed aircraft, finding, 162–163. See also Blackie’s Gang
Downie, Don, 3
Dumbastapur, origin of name, 5
Dwyer, J. J., 191
East India Company (EIC). See British East India Company
education programs, current, 232
Edward VIII’s abdication, 126, 139, 153–154
Eighteenth (Chrysanthemum) Division (Japan), 27–28, 33
elephants and tigers, 207
Ercolani, Lucien, 30–32
ethnological and anthropological studies, 104. See also individual anthropologists
evangelizing missions. See Christian missionaries
feast given by Nagas at survivor camp, 184–185
Felix, Charles, 2, 175, 178, 187
First Anglo-Burmese War, 85
Fisher, Herbert, 12
fitness of crash survivors, 202–203
Flickinger, Don
camp activities organization, 188
difficult first day’s march toward Chabua, 198
as forerunner of volunteer medic parachuters, 217
as leader for survival group, 177–178
life after rescue, 229
maintaining equilibrium between Nagas and survivors, 179
medical treatment of villagers, 174, 183
parachuting in to survivor group, 170–172
preparations for Japanese attacks, 188
visit to Sangbah’s home, 201
as wing surgeon, 170
Flight 12420
attempted emergency route to Jorhat, 36
bail-out, 37–42
crash site, 160
oil pressure gauge problem, 35–36
passengers, 5–6
weight concern, 11
Flying Tigers, 19
Forsdike, Eric, 8
Fort Hertz, Burma, 9
France, Sevareid’s coverage in, 60–62
Fuller, Joseph Bampfylde, 83–85
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christof von
on crossbows with poisoned arrows, 115
on danger of solo travel in Naga Hills, 107–108
donation of heads to Naga sepoys, 154–155
Emlong photographs with heads, 211
expedition photographs, 116
on friendliness of Panso, 146
life after rescue, 225–226
on Mills’s approach to Nagas, 101
on Pangsha emissaries at Chimgmei, 140–141
on punitive expedition to Pangsha, 110–111
search for Wenshoyl, 133
study of Noklat, 136
on views from Helipong, 117–118
visits to uncontacted villages, 115
gaonbura (village headman appointed by British), 181
gaonbura system of Naga government, 91–92
gasoline air transports to China, 2–3
Gauss, Clarence, 71
Geneva Conventions of 1929, 32
Germany, 60–62
Gerty, Bernard, 156
Gibb, Isabella “Ishbel,” 64
gift exchange in Ponyo, 78–79
Giguere, Joseph “Jiggs,” 58, 74, 179, 203
Gilbert, Henry, 22
Giota, Anthony, 191
goat sacrifice, 80
Great Awakening, 88
guns, 220, 223. See also Lee-Enfield rifles
Gurkhas
Burmese Army recruitment from, 22
as Gurkha Rifles, 157
J. Cross as, 28
kukri (fighting knife), 38
subdued Chinglong, 97
Hamilton (Captain), 94
Harman, Carter, 217
head-hunting
in Control Area, 221
as cultural dissonance problem, 104–106
heads confiscated at Yimpang, 125
Inner Line System increases, 105
as Naga practice, 83–84
occasionally sanctioned, 223
Pangsha and Yimpang rampage, 108–109
prohibition, beneficial effects of, 210
raids by tribes in nonadministered areas, 93–94
Raj and missionary opposition to, 89
helicopters for search-and-rescue, 217
heliograph apparatus, 118
Helland, Edward, 58
Heppner, Richard, 67
hill country tribes as pro-British, 21
History of the Areas Bordering on Assam from 1883–1941 (Reid), 82, 84
Hobbes, Thomas, 210
Hobhouse Commission, 98
Holongba village, 115
hostel for distant-living school children, 232–234
Hukawng Valley, Burma, 9
Hull, Cordell, 22
human sacrifice, 108, 109, 142, 149, 210
Hump (Assam-to-Yunnan air-ferry route), 2, 10, 43
Hutton, John Henry “J. H.,” 83, 97–100, 150
Hydari, Akbar, 226
iced wings, 10
ICS. See Indian Civil Service
Imperial Japanese Army. See Japanese military
India. See Shillong, India
Indian Civil Service (ICS), 97–98
Indian workers in Burma, 21
Inner Line System, 105
intelligence concerns, 65–69. See also Office of Strategic Services
Intourist tours to Russia, 64
Japanese military
attacks and invasion of Burma, 19–22, 29, 33
fighting ability and commitment of, 27–29
Japanese Zero fighter planes, 9, 10, 187–188, 218
Pearl Harbor and Asian attacks, 19, 29
Porter attacked ground positions, 218
protection of Burma, 33
rapes of nurses, 24
“Regulations for Punishment of Enemy Air Crews,” 32
ruthlessness and brutality of, 29–31
as threat to crash survivors, 186, 188
Japan’s Last Bid for Victory (Lyman), 79, 192
jettisoned baggage retrieved, 183–184
John Company. See British East India Company
Jones, Craig, 206
Jorhat, Assam
as air base, 4
survivors arrive at, 213
Kachin tribe
as British-led rebels, 33
as Burmese hill country tribe, 16, 21, 33
Detachment 101, working with, 67–68, 70
as pro-British, 34
Kalyo Kengyu Naga tribe, 107–108, 156, 164–166
Kaolikung Range, Burma, 9
Katzman, George, 162
Kempetai (Japanese military police), 32
kepruo (plane), 78
Kesiezie, Pfelie, 233
khel headmen of Pangsha, 108
khels (village divisions), 132–133
Khonoma village, 78, 86–87, 90, 91
Khruomo, Noumvüo, 78
Knight, Richard, 162
Kohima Educational Society (KES), 232, 234
Kohima Educational Trust (KET), 232–234
Kohima village, 87, 90–91, 99–100, 225
Konyak Naga tribe, 103, 191–192
The Konyak Nagas (Fürer-Haimendorf), 103
Kramer, Joe, 217
Kukis, as Burmese hill country tribe, 33
kukri (fighting knife), 38, 195
Kunming, China, 5
Kuomintang, 44–45, 56–57, 67, 226–227. See also Chiang Kai-shek
LaBonte, Andrew “Buddy,” 184, 191, 229
lambu (sacrosanct ambassador), 141
Langnyu River Valley
men missing from stockade, 133
Noklak village on, 136
planned pretend camp after Pangsha-Wenshoyl attack, 131
latitude/longitude of crash site, 163
Lee, Duncan C. “Koch”
in charge of supply tent, 179
on Eifler’s SI reports, 70
encounter with tiger, 212
fitness level on march, 203
as Flight 12420 passenger, 5–6, 15, 58
life after rescue, 227–229
parachuted from Flight 12420, 74
proposed meeting with Dai Li, 228
as Soviet spy in OSS, 6, 62–65, 228–229
tasked by Donovan re Detachment 101, 69–70
tasked by Donovan re SACO, 65–69, 67
Lee-Enfield rifle, 112, 116, 121, 134–135
lend-lease material to China, 18, 45, 47, 71–72, 230
The Lhota Nagas (Mills), 102
LIFE magazine
on C-46 problems, 11–12
on ferry pilots, 4–5
Liresu village, 117
Loksan village, 151–152
Longmatrare, Nagaland, 222
Longmisa village, 153–154
Longon, P., 233
Ltu, Khrienuo, 92
Lunt, James, 29
Lushai, as Burmese hill country tribe, 33
Lyman, Robert, 79
M1 carbines for survivors, 177–178
MACR. See missing air crew reports
Maddock, Thomas, 88
Manipur, India
army to Khonoma siege, 91
in Treaty of Yandabo, 85
march from Mokokchung to Jorhat airfield, 211–212
Mark I Eyeball, 162
Martin, Neil G., 22
Mason, Gerry, 5
May, Rob and Sylvia, 233–234
McKenzie, William, 171–172, 178, 229
Merrill, Frank, 73
Merritt, Joe, 191
Miles, Milton “Mary,” 65–69, 227–228
military codes of conduct, ignored by Japanese, 29, 31
Mills, Geraldine, 100
Mills, James, 231–232
Mills, Pamela, 114
Mills, Philip “J.P.”
Chang territory visit, 107
on changes in Naga culture, 105
as colonial administrator and anthropologist, 97–98, 100–102
on death by Naga poison, 121
on Edward VIII’s abdication, 139
first Pangsha encounter, 129–130
hope for nonviolent resolution in Pangsha, 112–113
journey to uncharted areas, 110
life after rescue, 225
overtures to neighboring villages to Pangsha, 122–123
perceptions of Nagas, 209–210
search for Wenshoyl, 133
on semi-independence for Naga Hills, 231–232
study of Noklat, 136
terms for peace with Pangsha, 140–141
visits to uncontacted villages, 115
See also punitive expeditions
missing air crew reports (MACRs), 162
mithan cows, 132, 149, 151, 184
The Modern Traveller (Belloc), 121
Mokokchung village
anthropological studies in, 99–100
as British administrative site, 93–94
march to, 208
Mills at, 100
Pangsha expedition launch from, 111–113
returning Pangsha expedition, 153
Mongoloid races, Nagas as, 82–83
Mongsen
arrested in 1939, 158
child treated by Flickinger, 188–189
as emissary to Chingmei, 140
first encounter in punitive expedition, 129–130
imagined response to KET work, 235
injured foot treated by Vierya, 141–142
as khel headman of Pangsha, 108
perceptions of white men, 189–190
in Wenshoyl with crash survivors, 174
monsoons, 30, 96, 116, 175, 187
morungs (village dormitories), 136, 167
Mount Yakko, 143–144
Murrow, Edward, 59–61
Myanmar. See Burma
Myitkyina, Burma, 10, 16, 50–51
Naga expedition (1879–1880), 85–86
Naga Hills
British surveying expeditions, 90
danger of solo travel in, 107–108
establishing peace, problems with, 85–86
as Savage Mountains (Chinese), 17
sought independence from India, 231
Naga Hills Military Police, 95
Naga Labour Corps, 115–116
Naga tribes
in administered vs. unadministered zones, 105–106
attempts to convert and civilize, 88–89
as Burmese hill country tribe, 21
came to Pangsha to observe crash survivors, 199
changes near civilization, 207
continued quest for independent Nagaland, 232
cultural dissonance problems, 104–106
dance celebration, 146–147
different languages among, 111–112
ethnological and anthropological studies of, 98–103
exposure to foreigners, 9
fighting methods, 119–121
first contact with crash survivors, 164–166
gaonbura system and British rule, 92
history and culture, 82
internecine struggles for local power, 89–90
Mills’s description, 102–103
offered tribute for British protection, 90
playful natures of, 99
as porters for Pangsha expedition, 111–112
power by fear, 84, 127, 129, 143, 146, 209–210, 221
retribution for Raj attacks, 87
visitors restricted by British, 9
war, enjoyment of, 84–85
See also Raj; slavery among Nagas; individual tribes and villages
Nagaland, 232–235
The Naked Nagas (Fürer-Haimendorf), 103
Nakhu, 140
Nanking Massacre, 32
Nazi Germany Means War (Stowe), 19
Neilao, 78
Neveu, Harry
on bail-out, 39–42
in charge of guard roster, 179
collapse on trail, 212
as Commando pilot, 1
engine problems, 35–36
fear of Japanese capture, 30–32
leg sore on march, 204
life after rescue, 229
responsibility for crash, 160–161
reunited with Sevareid group, 159
route from Chabua, 14–15
weight concern for Flight 12420, 11
Ngully, Phyobemo, 234
Nian village, 158
Noklak village, 125, 127, 136–137, 142, 197–200
Noklu village, 143, 144–145, 148
Nokluk village, 219
Not So Wild a Dream (Sevareid), 227
“Note on the Future of the Hills Tribes of Assam and the Adjoining Hills in as Self-Governing India” (Mills), 231–232
Nye, A. R., 157
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 6, 34, 62–65, 67–68
Oropeza, Frank, 191
Oswalt, Walter
bamboo chair for return hike, 194, 199
in Blackie’s Gang, 216
as camp radio operator, 179
died with Porter, 229
emergency distress signals sent, 37
helped to village, 167
leg broken in crash, 161
preflight checklist, 2
reunited with Sevareid group, 159
worsening leg condition, 170
Ozukum, Bendang, 233
P-40 fighter planes, 5
P-43 fighter planes, 5
palisades against Naga attacks, 119, 121
Pangsau Pass, 24
Pangsha village
as allies of Ponyo, 79–80
attack on Law Nawkum, 219
attacking other villages, 108–109
attempts to get firearms, 178
at Chingmei, 140
counterattack at Wenshoyl, 133–134
feared by other villages, 97
mocking of military expedition, 119–120
Noklak khel elders to see crash survivors, 199
now in Myanmar, 231
peace terms agreed to, 141–142
personalities of residents, 188–189
reported casualties, 135–136
return to violent behavior, 157, 218–219
slaves relinquished, 123–124
treatment of survivors, 194–195
urge for Control Area to include, 220–221
See also punitive expeditions
Pangti expedition (1875), 94
panji traps, 96, 120, 127–128, 138, 149, 151
Panso village, 122–123, 143, 145–148, 157
parachutes, 1, 3, 37–39, 162, 163
Passey, Richard, 171–172, 178, 188, 201–203
Patkai Ranges. See Patkoi Hills
Patkoi Hills (now Patkai Ranges)
Flickinger parachuted into, 171
on Flight 12420 route, 15–16
geography of Burma, 16
head-hunting and raiding in, 220
Law Nawkum attacked, 219
Mills’s eagerness to explore, 110, 118
Mt. Saramati in, 118
as remote to white men, 107
renamed Patkai Ranges, 232
route to China over, 9
search planes over, 168–170
USAAF watch stations in, 219
villages on Burmese side attacked, 108
Pawsey, Charles
in Battle of Kohima, 225–226
as colonial administrator and anthropologist, 98
concern for Control Area, 219–222
on illegal behavior in remote villages, 156–157
against independence for Naga Hills, 231
perceptions of Nagas, 209–210
push to outlaw head-hunting in Control Area, 224
request for punitive expedition on Ukha denied, 223–224
unable to enforce authority in Patkoi Hills during war, 219
Pesu village, 157
Phire-ahire village, 114
Phony War, 60–61
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 125, 145, 151
poisoned arrows, 115. See also crossbows with poisoned arrows
Ponyo village, 76–80, 137–138, 185, 219
Porter, John “Blackie,” 215–216, 218
Price, Mary, 64–65
Probert, Henry, 30
Pukovi, 116
punitive expedition (1936)
ended at Mokokchung, 154–155
first battle day, 131–132
journey home from Tuensang, 151–153
launch from Mokokchung, 111–113
march over difficult terrain, 113–114
military strength of Pangsha vs. British, 119–120
need for follow-up, 156
planned procedure, 128–129, 131
second battle day, 133
withdrawal to Noklat, 135
punitive expedition (1937), 156
punitive expedition (1939), 157
punitive expedition (1943), 158
RAF (Royal Air Force) aircraft at Chabua, 1
Raj
Chingmak’s loyalty to, 138, 152
conflict with India government over Nagas, 87
cultural dissonance problems, 104–106
enforcement problems with distance, 109, 120
expansion of control over Naga tribes, 93
involvement with Naga tribes, 83, 86, 94
Panso’s loyalty to, 199
range of authority to Patkoi Hills, 129
security benefits from allegiance to, 122–123
show of authority to non–Administered Area villages, 122–123
See also East India Company
Randle, John, 28–29
Rangoon, Burma, attacks and invasion by Japan, 19–22
Ravenholt, Albert, 205–206
Reader’s Digest article by Sevareid, 211, 213
rebellion by Burmese tribes against Japanese, 33
red as social status color, 122
“Regulations for Punishment of Enemy Air Crews” (Japan), 32
Reid, Robert Neil, 82, 84, 93, 155–157
religion. See Christian missionaries
The Rengma Nagas (Mills), 102
rescue packs
boots for return hike, 194, 197–198
caused cattle stampede in Helipong, 204–205
instructions about natives, 163–164, 168–169, 176, 180
M1 carbines in, 177–178
salt for Pangshas, 194
survivors’ trash of value to Nagas, 182, 195–196
unusual contents, 182–183
rescue party arrival, 190–191
return to civilization, 212–213
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 230
Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft at Chabua, 1
rule of law, 210
sahib of Mokokchung. See Adams, Philip
salt as most eminent gift, 142, 184, 193–194
Salween River, Burma, 9
Samagudting (now Chumukedima) village, 90
Sampure, Nagaland, 222
Sangbah, 107, 180–181, 186, 193, 201, 211
Sanglao village, 156–157
Sangpurr village, 121–123, 144, 148–149
Sangsomo village, 115
Sangtam Naga tribe, 221
search-and-rescue mechanisms developed, 215–217
Sema (Sumi) Naga tribe, 99
Sevareid, Eric
on Adams as sahib of Mokokchung, 190–191
on ambush possibility between Chingmei and Kuthurr, 199–200, 202
on British Empire and Nagas, 208
as camp diarist and chaplain, 179
as celebrity in survivor group, 206
on Chingmak, 181
with cold, 212
coverage of Blitz, 61–62
on Davies, 6
doubts about C-46, 12–13
on Dumbastapur, 7
early days as journalist, 58–60
on feast from Nagas, 184–185
on ferry pilots, 7–8
first contact with Nagas, 164–166
first report to outside world, 205–206
on fitness of crash survivors, 202–203
on Flickinger’s parachute arrival, 172–173
as Flight 12420 passenger, 5, 15, 58
on graft and corruption in Yunnan, 226–227
group reunited with Stanton group, 167
ill-fitting boots, 198–199
life after rescue, 226–227
on London’s courage, 62
loss of spear, 206–207
messenger from Davies group, 166
misperception of Adams, 209–210
on Mongson’s gift to Flickinger, 195
on Nagas fighting over survivors’ trash, 197
Not So Wild a Dream, 227
note to men at Ponyo, 81
observations during flight, 35
observations on Panso, 199–200
as one of “Murrow’s boys,” 59–60
on Pangsha personalities, 188–189
Reader’s Digest article, 211, 213
on return flight from Jorhat, 213–214
on return to civilization, 212–213
on scenery between Noklak and Chingmei, 200
sent by Roosevelt for objective viewpoint, 44, 56–57
summary of experiences, 212
sunstroke on fourth day’s march, 204
survivor camp description, 187
thoughts after plane crash, 159
USAAF schedule, 13
visit to Sangbah’s home, 201
Shakespear, Leslie, 82–83, 87, 91, 239
Shans (Burmese hill country tribe), 21, 33
shelters built for survivors, 177
Sherrill, Lloyd, 58
Shillong, India
action needed re Control Area, 157, 224
extended Control Area, 155–156
Fürer-Haimendorf permission to accompany expedition, 110
inability to control intertribe warfare, 219
letter re Pangsha raids, 108
Pawsey promotion of punitive expedition, 156, 223–224
Pawsey’s concern for Control Area, 220–221
punitive expedition (1936), 109–111
silent to requests from Pawsey and Adams, 224–225
as site of Assam government, 109
Shingbwiyang village, 24
Shouba, 192
Sibsagar, 91
sieges, 91
Sikorsky R-4, 217
Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) agreement, 65–66, 68, 227–228
slavery among Nagas
Christian missionaries against, 104–105
continued punishment for, 156–158
final Pangsha slave returned, 149
freed slaves, observations of, 149–151
for human sacrifice, 108, 109, 142, 149
Pangsha and Yimpang rampage, 108
peace terms agreed to, 141–142
punitive expedition (1937), 156–157
slaves taken at Pangsha, 144
See also punitive expedition (1936)
Slavery Convention (1926), 109–110
Slim, Bill, 26
Smith, Cyrus, 13
Smith, G. W. J., 111, 114–115, 133
Stanton, William “Bill,” 15, 58, 167, 179, 203
The Statesman
as authentication from Mills to Nagas, 144
on crash survivors, 188
on Edward VIII’s abdication, 153
Stilwell, Joe “Vinegar Joe”
on Allied defeat in Burma, 26
on C-46 problems, 11
CBI theater created, 50
on Chiang’s ingratitude and demands, 56
China position, vindication of, 230
conflicts with Chiang, 46–49
on Dai Li and Miles, 228
Davies as adviser, 43
as Flight 12420 passenger, 5
lack of support for views, 43–44
life after rescue, 229–230
as Marshall’s representative to Chiang, 45
points made at Trident Conference, 54
policy disagreements with Chennault, 49, 52–55
problems and goals for rebuilding Chinese army, 47–50
in Washington to give viewpoint, 73
Stowe, Leland, 18–19
Straightway Mission School, 233
survivors’ trash, conflict over, 195–196
Swinson, Arthur, 225–226
sword grass, 204
Tangbang
helped separate Nagas fighting over survivors’ trash, 197
home visit by crash survivors, 201–202
as protector of survivors, 180–181
and returning expedition, 138, 143
telephones in Naga Hills, 169
Tenth Air Force, Kunming, 5
Thibaw Min, 17
Thirty-Fourth Native Infantry, 91
tigers and elephants, 207
Tobu village, 224
Treaty of Yandabo (1826), 85
Trident Conference, Tehran, 54, 55
Tsawlaw village, 140, 141, 219
Tuensang district, 107
Tuensang village, 150–151
Tyson, Geoffrey, 25
umbrellas on march, 206
unadministered area, 210
USAAF (US Army Air Forces), 13, 162, 203, 210–211, 217, 219
US Joint Chiefs of Staff on China, 230
US Navy Department intelligence in Asia, 66–68
US support of China, 45
Vassiliev, Alexander, 229
Verona Project, 229
Vierya, Dr., 111
“vomit trail,” 35
Wakching village, 103
Wang Pae Chae, 15, 58, 167, 198
Wang-do, 202
war drills for Naga porters, 124
warning note with rescue pack, 169
Waterbury, Stanley, 15, 58, 194
Wavell, Archibald, 51–52
Wenshoyl (Pangsha khel), 131, 133–134, 167–168, 176–177, 181–182
White, Theodore, 4–5, 7–8, 11–12, 217
Wild Bill Donovan (Brown), 70
Williams, W. R. B. “Bill,” 112, 121, 133, 139, 226
women, visibility of in villages, 167–168
Woodbridge, Stanley, 32
Yachummi expedition (1910), 94
Yimsungr Naga tribe, 117, 118–119, 122
Young, Hugh, 234–235
Yukso village, 144–145
Yungkao village, 157
Yungya village, 158
Yunnan offensive, 51
Yunnanese plateau, China, 10