field diary 1832 deciphering problems

[JanSeifert]

at page 26 it even looks more like »Jaut Rajah«. There is something fishy going on. Jauts are North-West India. Someone in the employ of the ruler of Manipur? That one died two years after and his only son was too young. Earlier in the diary there is mention of the »young Rajah«. More and more mysterious. I probably have to dig deeper in this Manipur mess to get context.

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[JanSeifert]

20.1

»
From the late-
ness of the hour
at which we
arrived our huts
this evening [??]
[??] slight & the
cold was severe
for us Indians,
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[JanSeifert]

20.2

»
or slave Munipooree from the
village to say that the men of it had
in vain solicited assistance from
the chief village of the tribe [Ta-koop-
ta-gnal] – which had replied that
«

the name starts with a capital T?

[JanSeifert]

21.1

»
About 10 o’clock we commenced
            - later
our march up to the down^ on [??]
       land
table^ connected with the ridge on
which was the village of Papoolongmui
and we had got to the top & been
met with 10 baskets rice* when the
young Rajah was looking out for
«

[JanSeifert]

22.1

»
find water – we were winding  along
a narrow pathway with a sleek
[??] on our left and stiff
rise on our right round which
by a path that intercepted ours
at half way were were approaching
some straggling Nagas – running
backwards & forwards as if in alarm.
We were following the Jaut Rajah
[??] at the point of intersection
of the two paths some of the
«

[JanSeifert]

23.1

»
dangerous pathway and the Jaut
      been
Rajah who had ^ apparently watching
the movement of the Nagas behind
with some anxiety had stopped
with our party on a ridge & low
[??]  commanding access
to the village. After some dilay [sic]
the Nagas apparently suspicious
of the rear guard & it of them
«

[JanSeifert]

25.1

»
companions moved after the Jaut
Rajah up one of the hills proceeding
towards the rear. I took up a
position with the Light Infy of
our personal guard & seing all pursuit
perfectly useless with such hill [goats]
«

[JanSeifert]

27.1

»
instantly slaughtered by our Naga
coolies who were delighted with
the days amusement & put us in no
                        [??]
little alarm for xxxxxx was very
abundant & they immediately
«

[JanSeifert]

last for today:

27.2

»
In the evening we heard the yells
of the Nagas in all directions but
except some occasional firing about
half the night passed away smoothly
enough, but early in the morning
some stray Nagas lighted up the
village by burning one hut above
us & another immediately below
us which threatened to burn us
out and at the same time their
yells at the top of the village &
their shouting & abuse from other
parts & quite close to us became
«

solved