1 WARS BETWEEN OOL0088E& ^41
2 vodd be Uamad even anioiig the NwlrpnokhBil, but Mtjs MoBinflb^
3 Sodkuthelife.cftliegneterpeit of llie EiiMi%«B. WheKs die
4 chief is powefful, lewer disotden oociir, md the NaikpeeldMO it
5 wnong the wont^ if not the veiy ivwtt, of the democntic chulkf ;
6 but similar eooomitt are given qf nunj olher daaa, and in moit paita
7 of the ooontrjrf the inhaMtantaUre iapeipetiial ftar, Uhe asvi^gea» and
8 plough and aour with thair matddoeka and dwir tiiaida abowttheir
9 fienons.
10 It migbt be expected that the dangeii of this state of mnAy,
11 • would fofce the weak to throw themsdyeson the protectioii of othen
12 who were stronger than themselves, and that by these means, these
13 would be little real independence left among the people. It is pro-
14 bable that Kaussim Khaun, and such other chiefs (if such there be)»
15 as have estsblinlied their authority over their tribes, may have de-
16 rived some si:qpport from this principle, buU among the Naikpeekhail
17 and other, dgnociatic Ook»o8ses» I cm discover no tnee of such a
18 system.
19 The horrors of these domestic feuds are sometimes aggravated by
20 a war with another Oolooss, Many causes occnsion these wars, but
21 the commonest are the seduction of a woman of one Oolooss by a
22 man ot another, or a man's eloping with n crirl of his own Oolooss,
23 and seeking protection from another. This [uotection is never re-
24 fused, and i( sornctimes produces long and bluotly wars. I shall show
25 their nature, as usual, by the example of the Naikpet khaiL
26 The w ife of a Fakeer of the Naikpeekhail eloped into the lands of
27 the l^auboozves. The Fakeer followed with some of his relations to
28 kill his wife ; and as he was lurking about tor this purpose in the
29 night, he was set upnn aad killed with one of his relations, by the
30 person who liad cai i ied off the girl, and some of hia new proiectwSi
31 When the news reached the NayiLpeekhail* their Khaun sent » dnhup
32 mer to summon theMuUiks of tlM.iht dins* sad easnidted' with them
33 <m the propriety of awar. ' Thi JMidliks iatuniedtP their ohRia» and