Miautsé

Miautsé, an aboriginal hill-tribe of southern China, who have contrived to maintain a practical independence and many curious local usages. They consist of numerous clans, still occupying large portions of Kwang-se, Kwei-chow, Kwang-tung, and Yun-nan. Some of them own Chinese sway; other tribes are absolutely independent. They are smaller than the Chinese, and unlike in features as in character. Physique and language indicate their affinity with the Annamese, Siamese, and various other inhabitants of the Indo-Chinese peninsula.