Narrative By Major General John Campbell of His Operations in the Hill Tracts of
Narrative By Major General John Campbell of His Operations in the Hill Tracts of
Campbell John
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On my questioning them, they said they had twice attempted to escape, but were brought back where the Khonds compelled them to eat of the Meriah food, after which they became reconciled to their fate, and lost all inclina- tion to escape. The districts of Ryabiji and Chunder- pore have been the strongholds of the Me- riah sacrifice in Jeypore. Out of the one hundred and fifty-eight Meriahs of the season, one hundred and four were from these two districts. They have now been traversed throughout.... We know all the principal villages, and their chiefs, and they know something of us, and of our object in coming to them. The first operations among a wild and strange people, always KYUTS. 145 the most difficult and most hazardous, having been successful, those of succeeding seasons, if the same principles are adhered to, are mere gleanings, but the perils of the climate must always remain the same. The Meriah females were more eagerly sought after in marriage by the Khonds of Sooradah and Chinna Kimedy than for- merly, and several have been married to Meriah youths, settled as "Ryuts, " in Goomsur and elsewhere.
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