The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.

Rl. 1. Map showing location of Naga Hills (37). The chief and some young men of Kiyesha, a Sema village, setting out to work in the paddy fields. A group of women and children standing outside the huts (148). Kohoto, a stranger, arrives in the village. While he is resting, Nyimsao, a Lota refugee, steals his pack, and succeeds in pinning the blame on another tribesman, Kheseto, who is driven from the village (618). "An outcast he roams the Naga Hills and sees Kabui dances". A number of tribal dances (1141). Manipuri sports meeting, polo (1303), hockey (1400), and wrestling (1600).

Rl. 2. Sports meeting (continued); a long canoe is paddled back and forth (112). Woman washing a pan; children; woman washing her hair (202). Village sports: two men performing jumps; wrestling (302). Firemaking by rubbing a thong against a piece of wood (375). Man patting a boy's head with a wooden implement (434). Men high jumping against a pole; spear throwing; spear dance; leg wrestling; man miming the hunting of game (732). Men bathing (791). Village scenes: women chopping wood, carrying baskets (909), man felling tree (940); groups of villagers (1092). Dancing (1438). Katcha Nagas dancing (1839). Two hogs tied by back legs (1852). Two tattooed men. Two boys (1888). Angami ceremonial stone pulling; a long line of people hauling a large boulder along a track (2022).

Rl. 3. Stone pulling (contd.) (53). LS village (65). Sema women pottery making (274). Men using long staves to pound rice in a long trough during the making of beer (315). Ao women weaving at a primitive loom (371). Scenes in an Ao village (498). Women winding thread (549). "A British Expeditionary Force among the Koniaks. Their fortified camp, bamboo defenses and sentry boxes". Colonial troops cutting staves, erecting a tent. British officers dining under canvas. Scenes inside the stockade. "Interviewing head man to take prisoners". Three British officers seated in front of some tribesmen (778). Soldiers and porters marching single file through camp in the forest (969). "Meanwhile disaster falls on Kiyesha village from neighbouring raiders". Several men stalking through grass. "The slain". Some men lying on the ground (1157). The village egg diviner decides Kheseto was wrongfully accused, and Nyimsao is despatched to find him. The two men are reconciled, and together lead a reprisal raid on the neighbouring village (1845). (5467ft).