An edition of Five years in unknown jungles for god and empire
(1912)
Five years in unknown jungles for God and empire
being an account of the founding of the Lakher Pioneer Mission, its work amongst ... a wild head-hunting race of savage hillsmen in further India...
2nd ed.
by Reginald Arthur Lorrain
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Tells the story of the beginnings of a privately-managed mission to the Lakher (properly, Maraland) region of north east India/Burma which eventually resulted in the whole area becoming Christian. The book is also the primary source of information on the history and geography of the area and its people.
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British Missions, Description and travel, Lakher (Asian people), Missions, Travel, Lakher Pioneer MissionPeople
Reginald Arthur LorrainPlaces
India, Mizoram, Mizoram (India)Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Five years in unknown jungles for god and empire
1988, Spectrum Publications, Sole distributors, United Publishers
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Five years in unknown jungles for God and empire: being an account of the founding of the Lakher Pioneer Mission, its work amongst (with manners, customs, religious rites and ceremonies of) a wild head- hunting race of savage hillsmen in further India, previously unknown to the civilized world
1912, Lakher Pioneer Mission
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Silently but surely the years of time are slipping by."
Table of Contents
Preface
Page vii
Contents
Page ix
Illustrations
Page xi
I.
The Bugle Call
Page 1
II.
The Unknown Land
Page 11
III.
Off to the East
Page 20
IV.
Lost to Civilization
Page 32
V.
Across the Hills
Page 48
VI.
Piercing the Unknown
Page 59
VII.
Alone, Yet not Alone
Page 70
VIII.
Religious Beliefs
Page 88
IX.
Food and the Devil
Page 110
X.
Home and Hearth
Page 129
XI.
From Cradle to Grave
Page 148
XII.
War Tactics and Folklore
Page 162
XIII.
Rain and the Trapper
Page 177
XIV.
A Consort True
Page 199
XV.
Training a Savage
Page 222
XVI.
The Lakher Princess
Page 239
XVII.
Back to Civilization
Page 249
Facts About the Lakher Pioneer Mission
Page 265
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| December 16, 2011 | Edited by ImportBot | import new book |
| December 4, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
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