MENANGKABOS  , the most civilized of all the true See also:

• MALAYS

Malays of See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, inhabiting the mountains above Padang . Their See also:

• DISTRICT

district is regarded as the See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• RACE

race, and thence began, about x r6o, those migrations which ended in the true Malays becoming the dominant race throughout the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula and the Malay See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago . The Menangkabos are said to be the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original conquerors of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and the real See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word is Menang-Karbau (" victory of the See also:

• BUFFALO

buffalo "), in reference to a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of a fight between a Sumatran and Javanesebuffalo, ending in victory for the former . Though converts to See also:

• ISLAM

Islam, the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient confederate See also:

• VILLAGE

village communes and the matriarchal See also:

• SYSTEM

system still exist . The See also:

• PEOPLE

people are divided into clans, the chiefs together forming the district See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in the Igth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a religious See also:

• SECT

sect was founded among the Manangkabos, known as " Padris " from its zealous proselytism, or Orang puti (See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white men) from the converts being dressed in white . The tendency was towards See also:

• ASCETICISM

asceticism, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tenet being the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, the use of which was made a See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital offence . The sect brought a large portion of the interior of Sumatra under its See also:

• RULE

rule, but the neighbouring tribes asked the Dutch to protect them, and this led to the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government acquiring the Menangkabo territory .