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 * colspan="2" |
 * Taiyai
 * Saisett
 * Bunun
 * Tsuou
 * Paiwan
 * Ami
 * Yami
 * Total
 * colspan="2" |Number of Villages
 * 276
 * 15
 * 126
 * 23
 * 191
 * 81
 * 7
 * 719
 * colspan="2" |Number of Families
 * 6,656
 * 214
 * 1,834
 * 250
 * 8,432
 * 4,862
 * 320
 * 22,568
 * rowspan="3" width=75 |Population
 * width=30 |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
 * }
 * 2,007
 * 41,813
 * 38,889
 * 1,515
 * 134,420
 * }

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. 2