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chief are slightly less ; money, for instance, is not scattered on the 

 way, nor are cloths spread on the path. The story of the origin of Origin of 

 Dato' Gempa, Dato' Perba, and Dato' Putih is as follows : There ^p^f 1 *" 

 was a chief named Dato^ 1 ) Bendahara Sakudei( 2 ) (his wife was a and Putin. 

 Jakun, daughter of Batin Saribu Jaya, she was called Princess Long- 

 hair), who came from Johor with his followers to open Eembau. 

 After him came a man from Menangkabau named Dato' Leteh, and 

 he and his party became trusted to the Dato' Bendahara, and sup- 

 ported the people from Johor : they all settled at a place called 

 Kebun Lada (Pepper Garden). After a time Bendahara Sakudei 

 had three children (female) the eldest named Dato' Bungkal, the 

 next Dato' Mudek, and the youngest Dato' Mengkudu. Later on he 

 removed to Sungei Ujong, but he left his eldest child Dato' Bujsg- 

 kal in Kembau with Dato' Leteh. Dato' Leteh belonged to the 

 Mandiling branch of the Batu Hampar Suku, and at the time all 

 those of the Batu Hampar Suku who came over from Menangka- 

 bau to Kembau put themselves under him. 



There were five branches of the Batu Hampar Suku from 

 Menangkbau who adhered to Dato' Leteh, viz., the Mandiling, 

 the Cheniaga, the Paya Bidara, the Pagar Chinchang, and the 

 A gam. 



In course of time Dato' Leteh looked round for a suitable hus- 

 band for the daughter of the Bendahara, and while he was consi- 

 dering the matter, there came a Menangkabau man of the Cheniaga 

 branch of the Batu Hampar Suku named Dato' Lela Balang, 

 to ask for Dato' Bungkal as a wife ; all the family were agreed to 

 it, and they were married. 



In due course Dato' Lela Balang became father of a son, whom 

 he named Lela Maharaja. 



When he was about six years old, and the country had become 

 populous, Dato' Leteh consulted with Dato' Lela Balang, and 

 suggested that it would be advisable for the latter to go to Johor 

 and make over the country, for it belonged to the Dato' Bendahara 



(1) The account quoted supra calls him a Batin, which would imply that he 

 was himself a Jakun. The title of Bendahara is now in use amongst the Jakuns. 



(2) Probably because he came from the river of that name in Johor. 



