REMBAU HISTORY, ETC. 25 
Chapter II. 
Section 1, ‘‘The Tribes,’’ (Suku). 
The Federation known as the state of Rembau comprises 
twelve tribes. Each of these tribes forms theoretically a 
separate entity, the members of which owe no allegiance to 
any extra-tribal chief other than the Undang. 
The government of a tribe is vested in 
(i) The officers in the tribe (Orang bésar) ;— 5 
(ii) The “ Elder” (bw bapa), whose authority is normally co- 
extensive with one of the original families of the tribe. 
(iii) The tribal Chief (lémbaga)—to whom the elders are res- 
ponsible. — 
The division of Rembau into the low country (baroh), and 
inland (darat) districts, (vide chapter I, p. 4) implied a cor- 
responding divorce between the different settlements of in- 
dividual tribes on either side of the boundary. <A darat 
tribal Chief has no authority in the baroh settlement of his 
own tribe, nor a baroh chief in the darat district. But the 
partition of the darat district (vide Chapter I, p. 9) into the 
upstream (hulu) and downstream (hilir) divisions implies no 
such divorce between tribal settlements of one tribe in either 
division of the darat district. 
The twelve tribes resident in Rembau bear the following 
names :— 
1. Béduanda or Waris, 7. Sére Lémak. 
2. Batu Hampar, 8. Batu Bélang. © 
3. Paya Kumboh, 9. Tanah Datar. 
4. Mungkal (Mungkar), 10. Anak Acheh. 
5. Tiga Nenek, 11. Anak Malaka. 
6. Séri Mélenggang, — ae ehga@ Baal. 
Identical in constitution and government the twelve 
tribes are not only differentiated by various degrees of pre- 
cedence, as shewn in the relative importance of the tribal chiefs 
(vide appendix IV), but are interrelated by ties of blood, or 
R. A. Soc., No. 56, 1910. 
