tainly different from the Hindoos, being neither divided into
cafts nor tribes, and eating of every fpecies of provifion which
the followers of Bramah cannot* as they ate limited in this
article according to their caff . As fit vis extremely difficult to
decide on the claims of "different tribes to antiquity, I could
not help fufpeéfcing that thefe may have- beeft formerly no other
than the outcafts from the Hindoo tribes, who after having
been driven out', formed themfelves into fociety; and taking
poft in the moré mountainous parts, to prevent being fur-'
prized, have occafionally iffued to commit depredations on
the defencelefs people in the plaihs. On this account, indeed,
they became fo formidable,' that the Hindoo, Mooriih, and
afterwards the Englilh governments, have at all times been un-
del the necefltty of ftationing troops, ,to pheck their inroads|
Like thofe ofall other favages" their incurfions have been merely
predatory,, and what they feize is by furprize. They generally
entered the -villages at night, and, murdering, thé Buf-
bandmen, drove Off the cattle, and then fecured themfelves iri
their faftneffes! in the hills. As they were only armed with
bows and arrows and a fabre, they were Unable either to at*
tack or to withftand regular troops with fire arms. By lying
in wait like a tyger in the woods, they frequently cut off the
folitary traveller, or ftragglers, from parties which had been
lent tochaftife them— nor could they, at any time, be induced to
reform from their horrid pra&ices,- by the moft vigorous exertions
of the military againft them, until the time Mr. .Cleveland
was placed at the. head of the diftrid, whofe judgement
fuggèfted a plan," which a fhort/time afterwards was carried
into effed with the happieft iupdlfs;
It was the humanity ofotbatC.gentleman, added', to the de-
fire of improving the revenue >ofT this “part ofiinis' diftfid for
the Company’s- benefit,- that- induced ;himl to- venture into' the
hills, alone and unarmed, wher^htMohy;ehedL-fome of the
principal Chiefs; and<kftèr-thèTfulleft 'affurancë of-hil moft
peaceable, intentions and; goOd-will-towards'them, he .invited
them to vifit him. at has refidence at Bauglepoôr. The confidence
which he manifefted in theiri honpur, 'by trufting to
it for his perfonal fafefy, effedually gâiàfeff their pfteem, and
fome time after a deputation'©fitheir. Chiefs waited.on him.
By-a variety of'ufferitibns; by. little prefents, and a^fs.'of.
-perfonal kindnefs, he fo'fubdued;their ferbGiouà'fpirits, /that
they promifed to defift entirely from their ufual*dpprèdâjtions ;
and returning to their families and their people, the whole
body became earned: tevbe perfonally Introduced to this ."humane
and benevolent ftranger. - Mr. Cleveland had by}this
time digefted his plan, which he.bfought forwards by-.degrees,
and whatever he propofed - they inftantly agreed tof He fent
prefents to their wives, and whereyer he faw he careffed theif
children, decorating them with beads ; and to their Chiefs he
preferred medals, as a mark of his friendlhip, .and-as a reward
for their improving civilization. At length, wheji he
found them prepared for the accbffiplifhment. of his plan, he
ordered cloaths to be made, like :thofev,of the Seapoÿs in the