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W. H. P. Driver —The Koroas. 
[No. 2, 
Notes on some Bolarian Tribes. No. II.*—By W. H. P. Driver. 
The Koroas. 
Habitat .—Koroas are to be found scattered over various parts of 
Chutiya Nagpur, from Palamu in the north down to the most south¬ 
western of the Native States. They are in various stages of civilisation, 
from the Birhor-Koroa of the jungles to the cultivator on the plains 
who prefers to call himself a ‘ Kisan.’ 
In Palamu they call themselves Korea-Mundas rather than Koroas, 
and in Sirguja and Jaspur they like to be called Paharias, the name 
Koroa being looked upon as a term of reproach. 
Language .—As usual when branches of any tribe become isolated, 
the Koroas in different districts have various dialects, and the following 
are a few samples of differences between the Baroai and Manipat 
Koroas. 
English. 
Baroai Koroa. 
Manipat-1 
White ant 
... Bunumku 
... Santi. 
Bear 
... Nunikmai 
... Bana. 
Blood 
... Chala 
... Balgi. 
Bone 
... Kod 
Jang. 
Body 
... Harom 
... Sindir. 
Cloth 
... Pagi 
... Sonhe 
Hair 
... Silik 
... Ub, 
Thigh 
... Bui 
... Tob. 
Lie 
... Lobra 
... Buri. 
Mouth 
... Totna 
... Ah. 
Bice (cooked) 
... Kode 
... J ow. 
Word 
... Baida 
... Barra. 
There 
... Inandera 
... Hona. 
Par 
... Sanging 
... Langka. 
That 
... Man 
... Mader. 
Traditional and Conjectural History .—The Koroas like other wild 
tribes know little of their own history, but they have traditions about 
the Mahadeo Hills, and the same fiction as the Asurs about their 
origin, viz., that they are sprung from scarecrows. Their traditions also 
connect them in a distant way with the Korkus, Kurs, Saonts, Asurs 
and Beonarias. 
When these aborigenes were driven south by the Aryans they appear 
to have been generally known amongst themselves as Kors, their word 
for man. The more eastern branch of the Kolarian race was in those 
# [Continued from Yol. LYII, p. 7, of 1888. Ed.] 
