A History of Assam c22.14

c22.14

Singphos. The Singphos, who live, intermixed with the Khāmtis, in the country watered by the Burhi Dihing, the Noā Dihing and the Tengapāni, which formerly belonged to the Ahoms, are merely an outlying section of their tribe. Their real home is in the hilly country between the Chindwin river and the Pātkāi, where they are known as Kākhyens. The name by which they are known on the Assam frontier is simply the tribal word for man. They made their appearance on the outskirts of Assam during the Moāmariā rebellions. Their attacks on the Assamese and the subsequent release of their slaves by Captain Neufville have already been described.