REMBAU HISTORY, ETC. S) 
II, The league of the Five upstream. (Lima Suku ka- 
hulu). Later immigration added two tribes to the colonists 
of the upstream division of the Darat district. In the time of 
Dato’ Uban—cirea 1645 A.D.—Béduanda Jakun and Batu 
Hampar Bidara colonists from Johor settled in the upper 
valley of the Sépri. The upstream division thus became the 
home of five Darat tribes. Their five chiefs formed the league 
of the Five. The paramount position of the three pioneer 
chiefs was thereby confirmed, but independence was also 
secured to the two lembaga of the later immigration, who by 
settling at Sépri had avoided encroaching on the spheres of 
the three chiefs at Sungai Laiang, Lubok Rusa, and Bintongan. 
Ill. The league of the Nine downstream (Bérsémbilan 
ka-hilir). 
The downstream division of the Darat district where To’ 
Budi was established, attracted Mungkal settlers from Naning, 
Tanah Datar emigrants from Sumatra, and a branch of the 
Séri Mélenggang Empat Ibu from Sungai Ujong. The formal 
alliance between these tribes and the Séri Mélenggang under 
To’ Budi—known as the league of the Nine—declared the 
darat downstream division to be constituted of three tribes, 
four heads (twa), To’ Mendelika of the Séri Mélenggang Empat 
Ibu, To’ Maharaja Inda of the Tanah Datar, To’ Ngiang of the 
Mungkal, and To’ Dagang of the Séri Migleneeame Menangkabau ; 
and one lembaga, chief of the Séri Melenggang tribe: end 
thus secured the precedence of the pioneer chief. The origin 
of the title by which the league 1 is known—TI he Nine CBU suite 
bilan)—is stated by Hervey" to be “that they (ste) descended 
from nine mothers in the three sukus—four in the Séri 
-Mélenggang, three in the Mungkal and two in the Tanah 
Datar.’ This theory does not tally with established facts. 
There are not three but two main families (pérwt) in the tribe 
~ Mungkal Darat.° 
(1) The present lembiza of the Seri Melengeang tribe Darat is not 
descended from To’ Budi but is of the Empat .bu branch of the Tribe. 
(2) vide J.R.A.S. S.B. vol. XILI. June: 1884. 
(3) vide appendix LV. Sub item Darat. 
_ R.A. Soc., No. 56, 1910. 
