HISTORY OP SIKHIM AND ITS KULERS. 33 



Kazi of Ham, who was also at one time Soobah of Darjeeling. The 

 monument so conspicuous on the ridge in the Bhutea Busti (Do-chuk) 

 was erected to the memory of his wife, Yang-chen, half-sister to Raja 

 Tendook. 



(5) Of Athing-poi nothing seems to be known. 



(6) Tateng Athiug, better known as Changzod Bho-lod or Ba-lu, 

 became Minister to his sister's son, Raja Choj^hoe Nanigye, and was 

 murdered owing to the intrigues of Tung-yik Menchoo, father of the 

 Dewan Dunya Namgue, better known as the Pagla Dewan. Tateng 

 A thing was the father of Gelong, the present Tateng Kazi, whose 

 grandson, Dorje Tchiring, has married Raja Tendook's daughter. 



Nothing is known of the daughters (7) and (9), but (8) Auyo 

 Gyalyum was married to Raja Tenzing Namgye, and became the 

 mother of Raja Chophoe Namgy^. 



It will be seen from the above that though the Barphongpuso 

 were made Kazis or Jongpeus of the chief Lepcha districts, their 

 descent is not a purely Lepcha one. 



The Adinpuso have still less claim to the title of Lepcha. Their 

 legendary history is to the effect that some generations before the 

 accession of Raja Penchoo to the throne of iSikhim, three brothers 

 from Khams-A-lDan-Chhos-hKhor-gLing in Tibet came via Lhassa 

 and Tsang down the Lachen-Lachung route into Sikhim. At Ringon 

 the eldest brother was so terrified at the awful hills and rocks and 

 the difficulties of the road that he turned back. The two other 

 brothers persevered until they were stopped near sBas (Be) by a red 

 demon, called bTsan-rNams-rGyal-mThon-po, who only let them pass 

 on condition that their descendants should regularly do him worship. 

 The younger brother subsequently settled at Mangbru and the elder 

 at Barmyak. 



The more probable account is as follows: — Li the middle of 

 the thirteenth centmy the hierarch at Sakya was the great liGro- 

 mGon-hPhags-pa, who was the spiritual guide to Prince Khublai, 

 afterwards the Emperor Sa-chhen of China and the founder of Peking. 

 In 1251 this monarch presented the learned lama with the thirteen 

 provinces of Tibet, called Khri-sKor-bChu-gSum, in recognition of his 

 sanctity and ability. A few years later the lama made a journey 

 to Mongolia (and perhaps China). On his return journey about 126i 

 he brought with him from Kham one Na-tWang-Ton-Grub, a native 

 of Kham-Aden. After some residence at Sakya the latter was 

 advised by the lama to travel south and seek his fortunes in Sikhim, 

 and so came as far as Talung, which he made his home. Plis son, 

 Ts^-tWang-rNam-rGyal, removed to Tung-sBong (Ting-bong), wliere 

 he married a Lepchani wife. Their son, bKra-gShi-Ton-Grub, and 

 grandson, bSam-hPhel, settled lower down the Talung valley at 



