XX. ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF PAHANG. 
A LEGEND COMMUNICATED By Haji Sam (OF MENANGKA- 
BAU DESCENT) AT TEMAI. 
By H. S. Srrcom, 
The first settlement in Pahang by Malays was made at 
Kuala Béra. To’ Béntara Kanan of Johor met a Sakai at 
bamboo (buloh béiong). To’ Béntara Kanan fearing to take 
the princess to Johor, lest the Sultan should snatch her from 
him, wandered for three years in the jungle, and a child 
was born to him in the jungle. He then went to Béra and 
settled down and made a kampong and got three male 
children. Of these the eldest settled at Bukit Sa-Gumpal, the 
second at Témérloh, and the youngest at Jélai: from the To’ 
Béntara and his sons sprang all the Malay settlements in 
Pahang. 
To’ Béntara went from Kuala Béra to Pédah: at that 
place was a large mahang tree which was felled by his orders 
and in falling blocked the whole width of the Pahang river. 
This tree formed a dividing line; some of To’ Béntara’s 
descendants went upstream; they were the ancestors of To’ 
Raja Jélai: others went downstream; they were the ancestors 
of To’ Raja Jélai: others went downstream and founded 
other settlements. The stump of the felled mahang tree was 
so large that a meab for forty people could be served on it at 
one time (40 hidang). 
The settlement of the lower reaches of the Pahang river 
was begun in this wise :— 
Two sisters came from Johor to seek their relatives at 
Kuala Béra: one was detained by the Rayat (Sakai) at 
Pahang Tua (Pahang was then thickly populated with Sakai) ; 
the ether sister was caught by the Sakai at Témiang above 
Galong, and from this event date the settlements on the 
Kémap river (Luit). 
From Luit later came To’ Basir the great-grandfather of 
the present Pénghulu and founded the settlement of Témai, 
the name of which is Sakai. 
Al-marhum ’Che Koris, grandfather of the present Sul- 
tan (Ahmad) was the founder of Pekan : he came from Johor. 
The settlement of Pulau Manis is so named because once 
- there was an island there covered with rumput manis. 
The authority for this history was To’ Kasim, the grand- 
father of "Che Lah the present Pénghulu of Témai. 
It is perhaps needless to add that the evidence of the 
