During the ninetieth century and early decades of the twentieth century several European missionaries tried to settle among the tribes of North-East Assam in order to propagate Christianity among them and to convert them to their faith. This Dictionary was compiled by the author, in collaboration with his colleague named Savidge, during their residence in Sadiya, Assam (from June 19800 to February 1903) with the hope of eventually settling among the Bor-Abors as ...