Five years in unknown jungles for God and empire
Subtitle: 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...
By: by Reginald A. Lorrain.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lakher Pioneer Mission
Published: 1912
Place of publication: London
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Lakher Pioneer Mission.; Missions -- India.; Lakher (Asian people)
Genres: Religion; History; Geography
First sentence: Silently but surely the years of time are slipping by.
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Contents
pagenum: ix; title: Illustrations
pagenum: xi; label: I
pagenum: 1
title: The Bugle Call; label: II
pagenum: 11
title: The Unknown Land; label: III
pagenum: 20
title: Off to the East; label: IV
pagenum: 32
title: Lost to Civilization; label: V
pagenum: 48
title: Across the Hills; label: VI
pagenum: 59
title: Piercing the Unknown; label: VII
pagenum: 70
title: Alone, Yet not Alone; label: VIII
pagenum: 88
title: Religious Beliefs; label: IX
pagenum: 110
title: Food and the Devil; label: X
pagenum: 129
title: Home and Hearth; label: XI
pagenum: 148
title: From Cradle to Grave; label: XII
pagenum: 162
title: War Tactics and Folklore; label: XIII
pagenum: 177
title: Rain and the Trapper; label: XIV
pagenum: 199
title: A Consort True; label: XV
pagenum: 222
title: Training a Savage; label: XVI
pagenum: 239
title: The Lakher Princess; label: XVII
pagenum: 249
title: Back to Civilization; title: Facts About the Lakher Pioneer Mission
pagenum: 265