52 SOCIAL SCIENTIST 10. Selection of Records, Government of Bengal, vol. xvii, Haughton to Eden, 3 July, 1863. 11. Ibid. 12. A. Mackenzie, History of the Relations of the Government with the Hill Tribes of the North East Frontier of Bengal, Calcutta, 1884, p. 240 13. R.B. Pamberton, Report on the Eastern Frontier of British India, Guwahati (reprint), 1966, p. 224. 14. Selection of Records, Government of Bengal, vol. xvii. Showers to Secretary, Government of Beng4, 15 March, 186^. 15. Ooden, the dolloi of Jowai, complained to Alien during the latter's visit to the hills in 1858 that in order to retain his office he had to pav Rs 350 to the mukhtear (agent) ofHarrv Inglis, the limestone trader and son-in-law of Captain Lister, the Political Officer, a gold coin to Solomon, the interpreter, and rupees fifteen to Rammohan, the treasurer. See H.K. Barpu-jari. Problem of the Hill Tribes: North-East Frontier, 1843-72, Guwahati (reprint), 1978, p. 79, foot note. •J-6. Selection of Records, Government of Bengal, vol.xvii, Haughton to Eden, 3 Julv, 1863. •7. Ibid. [ik. Quoted in H.K. Barpujari (ed). Political History of Assam, 1862-1919, vol.i, Guwahati, 1977, p. 85. '19. H.K. Barpujari, Problem of the Ml Tribes: North-East Frontier, 1843-72, Guwahati, 1978 (reprint), pp. 81-2. 20. U. Kiang Nongbah, the supreme leader of the rebels, deposed before the commission that "although the income tax was distasteful to them all.... yet the immediate cause of the rebellion was the interference with their religious rites." BJP, January, 1863, No. 424, Dunsford to Assistant Adjutant-General, 31 December, 1862, see Nongbah's statement. 21. BJP, 8 September, 18-63, No. Ill, Gordon to Haughton, 8 September, 1862. 22. Quoted in A. Mackenzie, History of the Relations of the Government with the Hill Tribes of the North East Frontier of Bengal, Calcutta, 1884, p. 242. 23. For his 'injudicious proceedings' and 'ignorance of the feelings of the people'. Major Rowlatt, the Deputy Commissioner, was subsequently suspended and transferred.