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chiefs granting sanctuary to those who, having committed
serious crimes, were in danger of being killed by those they had
injured or their relatives.
Chemsen boi do not live in the chiefs house or work for
him. Their position is similar to that of an inhrang boi, but
all their children are considered boi to the same extent as their
parents. The chiefs generally take the marriage price of the
daughters of such Boi.
(m) Tuklut (Enter "by Promising} Boi.—These are persons
who during war have deserted the losing side and joined the
victors by promising that they and their descendants will be
boi. A tuklut boi can purchase his freedom for a mithan,
and if there are three or four persons in one household one
mithan will release them all. As a rule the daughters of
tuklut boi are not considered boi. A tuklut boi does not live
in the chiefs house, and is in most respects in the same position
as an inhrang boi.
Chemshen boi have not been recognised by our officers, and
whenever one has claimed protection he has been released.
The tuklut boi have also not been formally recognised, but
their duties weigh so lightly on them that they seldon claim
their release, and in their case, as in that of the " sal," the class,
receiving no fresh recruits, will soon cease to exist. As regards
the inpuichhung boi, the custom seems well suited to the
.people and provides for the maintenance of the poor, old, and
destitute, and it would be extremely unwise to attempt to
alter it.
When we first visited Kairuma in 1891, we found some 80
houses of Thado, Biate, and other clans living in his village (in
a species of serfdom) very much on the footing of the tuklut
boi, only that Kairuma received a mithan out of the marriage
price of each of the daughters as well as the other dues.
These people were remnants of conquered clans and were not
allowed to leave the village. I was assured that, if any of them
tried to run away, a party of young men would be afc once sent
off to kill or bring back the fugitives. When Kairuma's village
was burnt, owing to its continued contumacious behaviour, all
these people made their escape to the villages of their own
clans.
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