Part 1 — Families and Branches of the Lushei Clan.
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Family Name. Branch Name. Remarks.
Thangur Rokum } All the Lushei chiefs belong to one of these branches.
Rivung
Pallian
Zadeng
Thangluah
Sailo
Chenkhual Descended from Chenkhuala, said to be a brother of Sailova, probably a son of a concubine. The Chenkhual had once independent villages, but are no longer looked on as chiefs.
Pachuao Cherlal This family is said to be descended from illegitimate sons of Zadenga. Darchaova, Cherlalla, Lianthunga, and Liannghora are heroes of whose prowess many tales are told, and their names appear among the branch names.
Chhawthliak
Chhoalak
Chonglal
Darchao
Lalbawm
Lianthung
Liannghor
Vanpuia-hrin I.e., sprung from Vanpuia.
Varchuao
Changte Darchun, Pamte
Vokngak, Kawlchi “Chi” means family, “Kawl” means Burma, and “ngak” is to wait; so perhaps the Kawlchi may be descendants of Changte, who settled temporarily in Burma, and the Ngakchi of some who delayed at some general move of the family.
Padaratu, Tumpha
Lungte, Ngakchi
Chonglun
Chongte Tuichhung, Lungte
Muchhip-chhuak I.e., from Muchhip, the name of a hill.
Pamte
Chuachang Chonchir, Chonchhon “Hang” means black and “ngo” white.
Lathang This family and the next are said to be descended from two brothers.
Chuaongo Vanpuia-thla Descendants of Vanpuia. The Chuaongo are said to have been very powerful, and to have held a position similar to that now held by the Sailo. Their most powerful chief was Vanpuia.
Hlengel, Hmunpel
Zongpam, Laller
Chumthluk, Aohmun
Haonar Haothul, Haobul
Tuithang, Shenlai
Hrasel Shelpuia, Sontlunk
Sumkhum, Sazah
Chalbuk, Sialchung This family and the next are said to have sprung from two brothers, children of a Lushei woman by a Poi or Chin, and to have originated from a hole in the ground near the Shepui rocks, to the east of the Manipur river. The Hualngo and Hualbang formerly lived together in villages under Hualngo chiefs. On the rise of the Thangur chiefs, a quarrel broke out, and the Hualngo were defeated by a combination of the Sailo, Zadeng, and Pallian, and driven across the Tiao, and took refuge under the protection of the Falam chiefs, where their descendants still are, and are miscalled Whenoh by the officers in charge of the Chin Hills. The Hualbang deserted to the Thangur, and are found scattered in the villages of their conquerors. There are six Hualngo villages in the Lushai Hills containing some 200 houses.
Bailchi, Chumkal
Khupao, Fangtet
Taihlum, Chertluang
Hualngo Chalthleng, Khupno
Tuazol, Cherput, Bochung
Lungkhua Sialchung, Ngalchi
Ngalchung, Phungchi
Ngaphawl
Tochong Topui, Chhakom
Muchhip-chhuak Vide Changte.
Chemhler, Tobul
Vanchong Vanlung, Sumkhum The claim of this family to be true Lusheis is sometimes disputed.
Chemhler, Chengrel
Kaithum
Besides the above families, there is one called Chhak-chhuak, i.e., “Come out of the east.” In spite of all enquiries I was unable to find out any reason for the name, which was sometimes said to be the name of a branch of one of the other families and sometimes that of a separate family.