BOR-.ABOR, a race dwelling on the north of the Abor, occupying the mountains on the north of the Brahmaputra river, in lat. 28° N. and long. 95° E., to the west of the Dihong river. Bor and Abor are Assamese names for the people who call themselves Padam. Bor means tribute ; hence Abor, free from tribute ; and the Padam race are so arranged into the payers and non-payers of tribute. Bor is also said to mean great, and we find the term of Bor Khamti employed. They carry bows and arrows, some of which are poisoned. Their dress is made of the bark of the Udhal tree. The Bor-Abor is the more distant, the more independent, and stronger portion. The Bor-Abor lie on the higher hills. Considerable numbers of these people are also found on the shores of the two great northern branches of the Brahmaputra river. The British Government make money payments to the Bor-Abor, Dola, Miri, and Aka, to abstain from levying black-mail in Assam.
In the end of 1861, the Meyong Abor attacked and plundered a village in British territory, but the tribe expressed a desire to renew friendly relations, and begged that their offences might be over looked. On the 5th November 1862, an agree ment was made with them, binding them to respect British territory ; and the same engagement was subscribed on 16th January 1863 by the Kelong Abor. On 8th November 1862, a similar engage ment was concluded with the Abor of the Dihong Dibang Doars.
The Abor Miri language belongs to the old Assam alliance, but it has been greatly modified by Tibetan. It has a strong,ideologic resemblance to the Dhimal,•Bodo, Garo, and Naga.--Jour. Ind. Arch. 1853 ; Treaties, vii. p. 343; Indian Annals; Latham's Ethnology.