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Population of the Savages, 1921

		Taiyai	Saisett	Bunun	Tsuou	Paiwan	Ami	Yami	Total
Number of Villages		276	15	126	23	191	81	7	719
Number of Families		6,656	214	1,834	250	8,432	4,862	320	22,568
Population	M.	15,419	610	8,922	1,056	20,913	19,293	791	67,004
	F.	16,181	586	8,478	951	20,900	19,596	724	67,416
	Total	31,600	1,196	17,400	2,007	41,813	38,889	1,515	134,420

 

Characteristic Traits and Customs

Many points of distinction are to be observed amongst the different tribes, but practically all of them possess an almost miraculous agility and nimbleness of body, as shown by their feats in climbing mountains and wading rapids.

Of the seven tribes, the Taiyal, Bunun, and Paiwan are the most ferocious, and the first of them is the worst of the three, internecine massacres within the tribes over a very slight conflict of interests being not uncommon.

Though less fierce, the Bunun and Paiwan are more uncontrollable than the Taiyal, as they are generally more inclined to combine than the latter, so that in warfare they are able to present a united front to the enemy.

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