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The Orang Kayas told me that, had I not arrived, the rice in payment of the goods forced on them would have been taken down, as Pakar was here hurrying them to carry it to Sanar; but that when he heard of my coming he could not be persuaded to wait and meet me. Pangara Achong of the En Singi tribe told me that he has one family of his tribe at Gregan, and he wanted them to return with him.
Orang Kaya Pa Muany, the chief, told me they were very much bullied, as a Sarawak man, named Pakar, and Marrat, the father-in-law of Bandar Mulana of Sarawak, forced upon them a quantity of goods in the name of the Tuan Besar and the Bandar Mulana. In the other village, about three reaches above, is the Orang Kaya Pa Magong, with ten families.
They told me they had run away from Sadong because they heard the Tuan Besar was a just and good rajah, and that all his Dyaks were comfortable, but now they are oppressed. Pakar told them that if they did not take his tatawaks they must not remain here, but run away! "There are forty families of the Si Nangkan Soyar tribe, and thirteen families of the Tibader tribe.
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