ABSTRACT
The adoption of the name Kochh by the vanquished is not singular, for Colonel Dalton is of opinion that Garos, or a kindred tribe, took the name of Pání Kochh to conciliate the ruling power, and Captain Williamson is the authority for a still more recent change of name on their part. The Daloo clan of Hill Garos about a century ago emigrated to the plains, and married Hajong women. In a few years, having laid aside the national dress, and disowned all relationship with the Hill men, they now claim to be genuine Hajongs. Unless for one or other of these reason it is difficult to understand how a tribe, speaking a language composed of many Garo and no Kochh words, relinquished their national name, and adopted that of Kochh-Mándaí.
