SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO THE TRIBES 



IN DUTCH BORNEO VISITED BY 



THE AUTHOR 



KAYANS 



The Kayans of Dutch Borneo are not numerous. 

 Outside of Long BIu on the Mahakam they are found 

 chiefly on the Kayan River in the large district of 

 the northeast called Bulungan. They occupy the lower 

 course, reaching not quite to Long Pangian, though 

 having settlements there. Three subtribes are known to 

 exist here, Oma-Gaai, Oma-Laran, and Oma-Hiban. The 

 first named, also called Segai, live in Kaburau, Bruen, 

 and Long Pangian. They appear somewhat different 

 from the rest in language, and they abstain from rusa 

 (deer) as food, while the others eat it. They file off ten 

 teeth in the upper front jaw. At the headwaters of the 

 Kayan River in Apo Kayan lives a subtribe, Oma-Lakan, 

 said to number about 400; these do not file the front 

 teeth. On page 87 is described a recent head-hunting 

 raid by the Kenyahs on these Kayans. 



KENYAHS 



The Kenyahs are found only within the Bulungan 

 district on the Kayan River. They are settled principally 

 at the headwaters in Apo Kayan and at the sources of 

 a northern tributary, the Bahau, in Podjungan. In these 



two regions it is estimated that they number altogether 



42s 



