the question and the entire imputation with the exception of 14 persons was captured or killed. These captives were taken to Falam and wore distributed amongst the surrounding villages as slaves. Lua Twam himself wait one of the 14 who escaped. He succeeded in ransoming his wife, and she is the only one who is reported to have returned from captivity. The result of this raid was that l.ope was destroyed and the few remaining people settled in Koset, and now for the first time the Siyin tribe paid tribute to Falam.

War with Tashons and Burmans.
The next war was the result of cattle-stealing in the Kale valley, for the Burmans, as a reprisal, enticed some Styins to the plains and killed them.¹  In revenge the Siyins raided a Norn Chin village in the Kale valley and carried off three captives, and as they were Norns and tributary to Falam, the Tashons demanded their release, which the Siyins refused. The Sawbwa and the Tashons then arranged to attack Koset. The Tashon force included Yahows, Kwanlis, and Whenohs, and at night quietly surrounded the village. At the first sign of dawn they swooped down on to the village and, having forced an entrance, they killed and captured 150 Siyins. The Tashons carried off their captives and burnt the houses. Three days later the Burman force arrived at Koset and finding the place already burnt, they contented themselves with destroying planks and odds and ends which had escaped the Tashons, and then returned to the plains.

Further contests with the Tashons.
After the destruction of Koset the Twantaks moved to Mwiton and settled down with the Toklaings. They formed a large village and having well fortified it they considered themselves able to resist any army which might be sent against them. They therefore refused to pay tribute to Falam and furthermore attacked and destroyed the outlying Tashon villages of Kowtan, Paiyal, Lonhaw, and Shimyaul, carrying off many captives; they also attacked Bwelkwa and Shinshi, but were driven off, though these villages afterwards surrendered and paid them tribute. The Tashons were naturally annoyed at the conduct of the Siyins and decided to stop their conquests in the south, and to reduce them to a proper state of subordination, and with this object they raised a large army, recruited largely in the Yahow and Whenoh country, and advanced against Mwitton. The Siyins, however, were prepared for the attack and went out to meet the Tashons, whom they ambushed, killing Lyin Boi, the uncle of Sonpek, one of the leading Chiefs of Falam. The Tashons were unable to gain the village and eventually retreated after destroying some standing crops.

Subjection of the Siyins to the Tashons.
The Tashons returned to their villages and the Falam Chiefs addressed the Sawbwa with a view of reducing the Siyins to subjection. The united armies of the Tashons and Burmans ² then marched against Mwiton and attacking before daylight they broke into the village and killed and carried off 95 persons. The Siyins alter this defeat surrendered to the Tashons and paid tribute triennially to Falam.

¹ The Burmans state that the Sawbwa Maung Chin Di is responsible for this outrage and that ten Siyins were treacherously killed. They give the date as 1215 B.E, (1856)
² The Burmans confirm this story, bat consider that the Siyins have over estimated treir losses;  thev say that Mindewa a Burman “tat boh,” was killed and also one boy. They fix the date at 1220 B. E  (1859). The Burman force was four hundred strong.

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