Generations later was destroyed by the Siyins when attacked by General Faunce in 1889. 1 Four generations ago Koset emigrants founded Tannwe village.
Three generations ago some Koset people migrated to the eastern slopes of the Letha range and settled, with the Kale Sawbwa’s permission, west of Nansoungpu in a village called Mwelnwum ; the Siyins, however, took to cattle-lifting, the Bwemans destroyed the village and the emigrants returned to Koset. In 1884, in 
Kuppow’s time, Hangswum of Koset migrated to the east of the Letha range and founded Maunglyin village, and at the same time Vumtang built Pimpi and Laihan. When Toklaing’s grandson Sumsel was Chief of Vumyang, he moved the village bodily and founded the village of Mwiton: this is the name of the present village commonly called Toklaing by the Chins as well as by us, the family name being used in preference to that of the village. In 1882 a small Toklaing settlement was built at Biale.
The Bweman clan sprang into existence when Kimlai, son of Toklaing, moved from Vumyang with a following and founded the village of Bun-man, 2 which has been corrupted into Bweman by the natives. On account of smallpox Do Lyin in 1885 moved from Bweman to Tartan 3 and founded a village of that name.
The Limkais remained in Vamlok’s original village until the present Chief’s grandfather Lanmang’s time, when an acute quarrel occurred over the right to work certain lands between the Limkais and Bwemans, which resulted in the Limkais abandoning their village and rebuilding a new one on the present site, south of the Nattan stream.
The village is known as Limkai or Sagyilain 4 a corruption of “Satkyi” and “lain.” Satkyilain was the name of the particular piece of jungle in which the Limkais built their new village. When General Faunce and Major Raikes conquered the Northern Hills they found the following villages in the Siyin country: –
Koset, 5 inhabited by the Twantak family.
Toklaing, 6 inhabited by the Toklaing family.
Sagyilain, inhabited by the Limkai family.
Bweman, 7 inhabited by the Kimlai family.
Besides these villages there was one called Twiyan near the site of our No. 3 Stockade, inhabited by the last remnant of the Vaipe tribe. After their village was destroyed the inhabitants no longer lingered, but migrated north and over our borders, where they rejoined their tribesmen, who had long before moved north out of the Siyin and Sokte country.
General Faunce and Major Raikes destroyed every village in the Siyin tract. During the next two years the tribe surrendered and settled down as follows.
1 The village which General Faunce attacked was not the actual village founded by Lamtang; this village was destroyed by the Tashons; the village-site, however, was the same and the people who inhabited the village in 1889 were the descendants of Lamtang.
2 “Bun” means earth or clay, “man” means adhesive; hence clay.
3 Also called “Taitan.”
4 “Satkyi” is the Siyin for “barking deer” and “lain” means “thorn” and the
whole implies a patch of thorny bushes in which barking deer were formerly abundant.
5 With settlements at Pimpi, Laihan, Tannwe, and Maunglyia.
6 With settlement at Biale.
7 With settlement at Tartan.
The Siyin ancesters are sharp and clever to against the intruder, that was why the British commented the Siyins as thief or unreliable people. Intruder Bristish hung some sort of metal in their base, for alarm bell or to alert when trouble occur. The Siyins later understand British made noisy lousy sound with the hanging staff to alert the troop, whenever they approach the base. So, they stole the staff again and again no matter how many time the British replaced it.
The Siyin represent true chareacteristic of the suantak family. Unlike vaiphei gangte and other suantak decendents who ran away from trouble the siyin-suantak faced any challenge. they choose to be dead or killed or even extinction rather than being subdued