Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

I THE NAMES OF THE TRIBES 23
as the " Sabimba," " S'letar," " Muka Kuning," and
many similar titles.
In the following work the name " Semang " will be
used principally for all Negrito tribes, whether those
dwelling on the West Coast or those on the East, the
latter of whom are generally called (as has already
been explained) " Pangan."
It will also be used (culturally) of the mixed
Semang-Sakai tribes amongst whom, either on account
of their use of the bow or for other reasons, the
Semang element has been assumed on the whole to
preponderate.
The name " Sakai " will be similarly ear-marked
for the second ethnical group (Dravido- Australian ^\
whether pure or only preponderatingly Sakai,
The name " Jakun " will, in the same way, be applied
to the southern tribes, composing the third ethnical
group, for which the name " Benua" (Orang Benua =
Men of the Country or " Aborigines," as opposed to
the immigrant Malays) was used by European writers
at least as far back as 161 3, although it does not now
appear to be used by the natives themselves.^
Finally, I may say that the names of the fabulous
tribes, e.g. Orang Ekor or "Tailed" People, Orang
Gergasi or Giants, Orang Mawas or "Orangoutang"
People, referred to by Vaughan - Stevens,^ Orang
Peri or Fairies, etc., etc., will be treated of in the
chapter on Religion, to which they more properly
belong.
Vaughan -Stevens asserts that the term " Udei "
* At the same time it should be Goudinho de Eredia {A/alaca,
observed that certain modern writers Brussels, 1882) mentions the Benua
(among whom is Logan) apply the in a work written in 161 3.
name "Benua" to a particular Jakun ^ yj^fg Griinwedel in V. B. G. A.
tribe in Johor, who will be here called xxxiii. 830, and elsewhere.
" Benua-Jakun."