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This custom is still adhered to among the Nou-su of the independent Lolo territory or more correctly Papu country of Western Szech'wan. The tribesmen who dwell in the neighborhood of Weining and Chao-t'ong have adopted burial as the means of disposing of their dead, adding some customs peculiar to themselves.
The officials, hard-worked and themselves feeling the strain of the whole business, and incidentally fearful for the safety of their own heads, were perturbed all this time by rumors coming from Weining, the mutineers of which were alleged to be the fiercest of the three bands. Up to now the officials had been playing a conciliating game.
The rioters were stationed as follows: Weining, in Kwei-chow, to the southeast 1,000 men Kiang-ti Hill, in Yün-nan, to the south 1,000 men Several places around the city, to the west as far as the River of Golden Sand 1,000 men On March 13th a night attack was expected. Breathless, the foreigners waited in their suspense, but it passed off without serious damage being done.
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