4 THE LUSHEI CLANS CHAP.

that time, bequeathed the feud to his relatives, one of whom,
Yutaia, prosecuted it with such vigour that the Zadeng, in spite
of an alliance with the Manipur Eajah—who, however, proved
but a broken reed—had to flee southwards, and their last inde-
pendent village, numbering only 100 houses, broke up on
the death of the chief, which occured at Chengpui, near
Lungleh, about 1857. The Zadeng chiefs are reputed to have
been cruel and arbitrary rulers, whose defeat was not regretted
even by their own followers. Their descendants have retained
these qualities, and, in spite of much assistance, have failed to
regain their position in the world.

• The Thangluah and Eivung took a more southerly course.
The latter penetrated into what is now the Chittagong Hill
tracts, and a chief named Vanhnuai-Thanga had a very large
village on the Longteroi hill, between the Chengri and
Kassalong rivers. He died about 1850, and shortly after his
death the village was destroyed by Vutaia. The remnant of
the Eivungs fled to Hill Tipperah, where Liantlura, a great-
grandson of Vanhnuai-Thanga, had a village up till a few years
ago, and there is one small hamlet under a Eivung chief in the
Aijal sub-division of the Lushai Hills.

The Thangluah penetrated as far as Demagri and Barkhul,
where Eothangpuia (Euttonpoia) became known to us, first as
a foe, and then as a faithful ally. Eothangpuia's son Lalchheva,
fretting at our control, moved his village across our boundary, in
spite of a warning that Government could on no account protect
him. if he did so. Very shortly after this move he was attacked
by Hausata, a Chin chief, and his village totally destroyed, many
persons being killed and more taken captive. All the mithan
(tame bison) were driven off and the chief escaped with little
more than the one cloth he was wearing, and now the once
prosperous Thangluah clan is represented by only a few
poverty-stricken hamlets round Demagri.

The Pallian followed the same route as the Zadeng. The
best known chiefs of this clan are Sibuta (Sheeboot) and
Lalsuktla (Lalchokla). Sibuta is said in Mackenzie's " Eastern
Frontier" to have thrown off the Tipperah yoke with 25,000
houses. He died close to Aijal, and his memorial stone is at
the first stage on the Aijal-Lungleh road. It is extremely