Achang

"Bujang!" called Achang, as instructed by the captain.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

"What the matter is?" called Achang from his workshop.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

In some cases, they raised children alone. 157 Sometimes a chaste woman helped to change local ethnic customs, as demonstrated by an Achang widow.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

The native customs of the Achang people declared that a new widow be made wife of her husband's son or brother.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

The team studied the languages of Dai, Hani, Va, Lahu, Jingpo, Achang, Lisu, and Nu minzu and they helped create fourteen scripts for ethnic groups,51 just like some Christian missionaries had done in Guizhou and Yunnan.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

Achang inquired, as he returned his rifle to its resting-place.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

They showed their wounds, and through Achang asked to be "doctored."

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

The captain took the matter in hand, and told Achang what he intended to do, which he communicated to the reptile-hunters.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

"What is the matter, Achang?" asked the captain, as he observed the uneasy movements of the Bornean as the yacht approached the junction with the Sadong.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

"They don't shoot crocodiles, and they have no rifles," added Achang.

Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859