Sidney Endle - The Kacháris

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Mech, sc. Mleccha, barbarian, one who is ignorant of civilised speech.

Some interesting remarks on this subject will be found in the Garo monograph. – [Ed.]

See “Koch Kings of Kamrup,” by E. A. Gait, Esq., I.C.S., Assam Secretariat Press P.O., 1895.

Extracted from a most interesting and valuable letter from Mr. Dundas, kindly forwarded for perusal to the writer by B. C. Allen, Esq., I.C.S.

The Assamese habitually speak of the Burmese people as Mán .

This prejudice is shared by the Garos and by many other members of the Mongolian race. – [Ed.]

Cf. the Burmese ngā-pi . Query, is the name a corruption of nā-ghrān , in allusion to the powerful odour of fish thus dried? – [Ed.]

Assamese, jakái . – [Ed.]

This is what Bengali distillers call bākhar . It is usually purchased by them from hill-men. – [Ed.]

Possession, manufacture, and sale of phatiká is prohibited by law. – [Ed.]

Eranda ; Ricinus communis. – [Ed.]

On this point Col. Gurdon, Hon. Director of Ethnography, Assam, writes as follows: – “I entertain grave doubts as to the correctness of the author’s remark that the Kachári totemistic clans were originally endogamous. If it had not been for the most unfortunate death of the author before this work went to press, we might have hoped to have had some light on this obscure point. Amongst the Mech, who are the first cousins of the Kacháris, and who live alongside of them, marriage is exogamous, vide page 124 of the Monograph, so also amongst the Garos, who may be described as second cousins of the Kacháris. Mr. Friel, Sub-Divisional Officer of Mangaldai, which division of the Darrang district contains a large number of Kacháris, met an old Kachári who stated quite positively that ‘before the Dewangari war, Kacháris were not allowed to marry within their own sub-tribe.’ It is true that Mr. Friel’s informant afterwards contradicted himself, but I think it is quite possible his first statement was the correct one. On the other hand, it should be stated in favour of Mr. Endle’s theory that three men were found in Sekhar mauza of Mangaldai who stated that in former days ‘a penance had to be performed if one married outside one’s own kur .’ My own view, however, is that stated above, and I do not think the statement that the Kachári totemistic clans were endogamous should be accepted without further investigation.”