A History of Assam c20.29

c20.29

∗ Afterwards Raja Brooke of Sarawak. † Most of these eventually settled down at Singimāri in the Goālpāra district, where lands were assigned them for cultivation. Those who had no wives of their own race married women of the country. They are said by McCosh to have been most useful in dealing with disturbances amongst the Gāros during the early days of British rule.