Families and Branches of the Lushei Clan. |
  | Family Name. | Branch Name. | Remarks. | | Thangur | Rokum | } All the Lushei chiefs belong to one of these branches. | | Rivung | | Pallian | | Zadeng | | Thangluah | | Sailo | | Chenkhual | Descended from Chenkhuala, said to be a brother of Sailova, probably a son of a concubine. The Chenkhual had once independent villages, but are no longer looked on as chiefs. | | Pachuao | Cherlal | This family is said to be descended from illegitimate sons of Zadenga. Darchaova, Cherlalla, Lianthunga, and Liannghora are heroes of whose prowess many tales are told, and their names appear among the branch names. | | Chhawthliak | | Chhoalak | | Chonglal | | Darchao | | Lalbawm | | Lianthung | | Liannghor | | Vanpuia-hrin | I.e., sprung from Vanpuia. | | Varchuao | | | Changte | Darchun, Pamte | | | Vokngak, Kawlchi | “Chi” means family, “Kawl” means Burma, and “ngak” is to wait; so perhaps the Kawlchi may be descendants of Changte, who settled temporarily in Burma, and the Ngakchi of some who delayed at some general move of the family. | | Padaratu, Tumpha | | Lungte, Ngakchi | | Chonglun | | Chongte | Tuichhung, Lungte | | | Muchhip-chhuak | I.e., from Muchhip, the name of a hill. | | Pamte | | Chuachang | Chonchir, Chonchhon | “Hang” means black and “ngo” white. | | Lathang | This family and the next are said to be descended from two brothers. | | Chuaongo | Vanpuia-thla | Descendants of Vanpuia. The Chuaongo are said to have been very powerful, and to have held a position similar to that now held by the Sailo. Their most powerful chief was Vanpuia. | | Hlengel, Hmunpel | | Zongpam, Laller | | Chumthluk, Aohmun | | Haonar | Haothul, Haobul | | | Tuithang, Shenlai | | | Hrasel | Shelpuia, Sontlunk | | | Sumkhum, Sazah | | | Chalbuk, Sialchung | This family and the next are said to have sprung from two brothers, children of a Lushei woman by a Poi or Chin, and to have originated from a hole in the ground near the Shepui rocks, to the east of the Manipur river. The Hualngo and Hualbang formerly lived together in villages under Hualngo chiefs. On the rise of the Thangur chiefs, a quarrel broke out, and the Hualngo were defeated by a combination of the Sailo, Zadeng, and Pallian, and driven across the Tiao, and took refuge under the protection of the Falam chiefs, where their descendants still are, and are miscalled Whenoh by the officers in charge of the Chin Hills. The Hualbang deserted to the Thangur, and are found scattered in the villages of their conquerors. There are six Hualngo villages in the Lushai Hills containing some 200 houses. | | Bailchi, Chumkal | | Khupao, Fangtet | | Taihlum, Chertluang | | Hualngo | Chalthleng, Khupno | | Tuazol, Cherput, Bochung | | Lungkhua | Sialchung, Ngalchi | | | Ngalchung, Phungchi | | Ngaphawl | | Tochong | Topui, Chhakom | | | Muchhip-chhuak | Vide Changte. | | Chemhler, Tobul | | | Vanchong | Vanlung, Sumkhum | The claim of this family to be true Lusheis is sometimes disputed. | | Chemhler, Chengrel | | Kaithum | Besides the above families, there is one called Chhak-chhuak, i.e., “Come out of the east.” In spite of all enquiries I was unable to find out any reason for the name, which was sometimes said to be the name of a branch of one of the other families and sometimes that of a separate family. |
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