Between Chinese and Burmese Border Tribes: Traveller's Escape traveling representative of the Go. vende Gol ence the. folio viold narrative of fight, in whicl the Chinese were badly routed, Chin of Teng: tween border tribes on the Burma:
Tengyueh, Yunnan, April 29, Werleft Tengyueh for Lungchang-Kai on Friday, April 24, the Magistrate having made' no. difficulty about granting an escort. Mr, Harding, the British Consul, Tengyueh, gave me all the informa. tion he had regarding recent raids Kachins (border tribes) and fighting between them and the Chinese at Kanai, but assured me of his conviction, based on the exerienc of other British subjects during this war, that the Kachins were in no way hostile to foreigners or even to traders, and that there was no danger to be expected if T undertook the journey. Mr. Harding even proposed to travel with me, but had to abandon the idea at the last moment.
We spent the first night at Nai tien where conditions were quite Peaceful. The next day we reached Kanai without mishap and found the village deserted by all inhabitants and with only 150 Chinese troops in possession.
We called on the Commanding Officer, a Major Yen, who told us that the tribes were in rebellion, and that Kanai had been attacked several times during the last few days. 'They also expected an attack that' evening as the enemy had collected in large numbers and were camped in the hills a few li away, Taking this to be one of the usual rumours that brighten Chinese warfare, we returned to our inn and turned in at an early hour,
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