ABORIGINES OF NORTHERN FORMOSA

Excerpt from The Aborigines of Northern Formosa: A Paper Read Before the North China Branch of the Royal Society, Shanghai, 18th June, 1874The original inhabitants of the plain, a fine looking race of people calling themselves Kabaran, have been gradually driven by the Chinese farther and farther towards the mountains, or altogether out of the valley. They have become to a great extent civilized, and adopt many Chinese customs. They are called in the local Chinese Pepo hwan (ef ifi g) or savages of the plain, in distinction from those dwelling in the mountains. Driven from their original seats, they have themselves pushed their. Way in some places into territory in possession of the still untamed savages. An attempt in this direction on a considerable scale has been made during the past year by a colony of Pepos, under the leadership, of a foreigner, at a place called Ta-lam-o (j; g a situated on the east coast about fifteen miles below Suao. Friendly arrangements have been made with the savages, and the valley is abundant in resources; but the enterprise has met with strong local opposition, and its success is, from a combination of causes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.