3-077-860 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Lushai Expedition: the village of Larkia, 1890. Sketch by '...Captain Beverly Ussher, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, attached to this military expedition in the highlands between the coast of the Bay of Bengal and Upper Burmah. It was made while headquarters were at the fort of Lungleh; and it represents a neighbouring British post on the banks of the Matt River, below the Lushai village of Larkia, the chief of which, a man named Lallthuama, was arrested...and brought in to Lungleh, under guard of a strong force of infantry. [He] has since been released, on payment of the fine imposed upon him for his violent and hostile actions. We also learn that Howsata's brothers have tendered their submission at Fort Lungleh. Brigadier Tregear demanded the immediate surrender of the captives and loot, and the heads of British subjects which they took in the last raid. The chiefs, Dohola and Vantura, who both were concerned in Lieutenant Stewart's death, now profess willingness to give every assistance in clearing the jungle along the line of march. The route of the northern column is being explored by the frontier police, under Mr. Daly. The neighbouring chiefs continue to maintain friendly relations, and send in large supplies of vegetables to the camp'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.