Excerpt from The Mikirs: From the Papers of the Late Edward Stack, Indian Civil Service Sometime Director of Land Records and Agriculture, and Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Assam In the Bibliography I have entered only those works (so far as known to me) which contribute some thing to our knowledge of the Mikirs. I have not thought it necessary to specify mere casual allusions to the tribe, or to quote imperfect lists of words which have been superseded by more accurate material.