1837.] An Account of the Tribe of Mhadeo Kolies. 



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were received from Poona ; the usual punishment for such men was to 

 blow them from a gun. ' 



Jowjee Baumlay was nominated Naik munsubdar of theHajoor soo- 

 bah, and sixty men placed immediately under him ; a portion of these 

 had the rank of Naiks, the rest were sepoys. They did twelve month's 

 duty for eleven month's pay ; they received one or two rupees advance 

 of pay every month, and their account was settled every six months, or 

 once a year; one month's pay was deducted on account of durbar khu- 

 reh or court expense. Jowjee had the village of Takeed, in Malldesh, 

 worth eight hundred and fifty rupees annually, conferred on him in Jaha- 

 geer, and he received additional pay yearly five hundred rupees ; in all 

 1350 rupees from government, besides which he was presented with a 

 bhett rupee from each village in the soobah, and also received some 

 ghee and a small quantity of grain ; when he moved about the district 

 on duty, each village was obliged to furnish him and his followers 

 with provisions. 



Bhauggrah of Sukkurwary and Khoray of Barray, with their quota, 

 were placed under Jowjee Baumlay's superintendence. The pay of the 

 different grades of this police establishment was fixed and paid at the 

 above period ; it had not been altered for upwards of forty years ; a few 

 years after the British took possession of the country a very considera- 

 ble reduction was made in the pay of each quota; this led to much 

 discontent among the local Koly police, but they were restrained from 

 showing openly their dissatisfaction, from the large number of Sibundees 

 stationed as police guards over the country ; this will be partly alluded 

 to hereafter. It will suffice here to state, that Jowjee was drowned 

 when crossing the Mool river near Kotool. It is said he was not very 

 sober at the time, and it is supposed that Istah, one of the Koly Naiks, 

 led him to a deep part of the river and then shoved him forward, when 

 Jowjee fell off the rock into the pool, and, when he was struggling in 

 the water, Istah, who had a dislike to him, took advantage of the 

 circumstance, and struck him a blow on the head, which made him 

 sink immediately; this was in July 1/89. At the time Jowjee was 

 drowned, he was proceeding to Poona, with one of the Raneehs from 

 Jowair, whose cause he had espoused, and he entertained hopes of get- 

 ting her affairs favourably settled and forwarding his own views at 

 the same time. Jowjee was succeeded by his son Heerojee Naik. 



In the year 1776 several of the Silkunda Kolies, of the village of 

 Oottoor, had a quarrel with the Patell respecting their right to some 

 ground in the village ; and, as the Patell and district authorities refused 

 to do them justice, they assembled a large party of their friends and 

 others and commenced plundering the surrounding villages, and pursuing 

 ; other violent measures, in the hope of obtaining redress. Troops from 

 I Poona were employed in pursuit of them, and by some lucky chance 



