英文摘要 |
The Karewan Incident occurred in the 4th year of the Guangxu Emperor (1878) was an important battle for both Qing Empire and aboriginal residents on the Chilai Plain. Though this incident was an important event in the Taiwanese aboriginal history, many races in the Eastern Taiwan have varied interpretations and memories about it since late Qing Dynasty to the post-war period. For example, some documents show that Lin Yi-Feng, a resident of Karewan 20 years later, had totally misunderstood the time line and military officers involved in this event. In the early Japanese colonial period, leaders of the Nan-shih Ami already had varied interpretations regrading the migration of the Sakizaya, as well as the formation and cause of Chipaukan and Chivarvaran. In their description, the Karewan became an offender instead of an ally. The confusion about this event got worse in the post-war period. There was an argument suggesting that the Sakizaya was destroyed due to the internal spies. The Hans living the Shiliugu said that the Karewan Incident was initialized due to a plunder of their land and it was confused with the Chikasowan Incident. In a Kavalan story, one of their leader was executed by “Lingchi” was misprinted by a leader of the Karewan tribe. The official document submitted to He Jing, the Viceroy of Min-Zhe Provinces, by Wu Guangliang charily stated that both Sakizaya and Karewan tribes had been burned by the Qing Army and only five tribes in Karewan remained. With limited remembrance, the interaction and contact among races could transplant or shift historical memories from one to another, which results in varied descriptions of the Karewan Incident. This study will compare and discuss several historical documents relevant to the Karewan Incident and potentially disclose its true-face. |