▁small ▁dark ▁people ▁inhab iting ▁it . ▁With ▁these , ▁they ▁inter mar ried . ▁E ight ▁houses ▁near ▁Ab ate , ▁lower ▁Sh ala , ▁trace ▁origin ▁to ▁these ▁earlier ▁folk , ▁the ▁rest ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁De č ani . ▁Sh oshi : ▁origin ▁as ▁above . ▁It ▁lies ▁south ▁of ▁Sh ala ▁on ▁the ▁right ▁bank ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ala ▁river . ▁Top l ana : ▁small ▁Catholic ▁tribe , ▁one ▁bar iak , ▁lying ▁east ▁of ▁Sh ala ▁on ▁the ▁right ▁bank ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ala ▁river . ▁It ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁wild ▁district , ▁and ▁has ▁the ▁highest ▁death - rate ▁from ▁gun shot ▁w ounds ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁Christian ▁tribes . ▁It ▁tells ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁very ▁old . ▁The ▁whole ▁district ▁inhab ited ▁by ▁the ▁above ▁tribes ▁is ▁called ▁Mal ts ia ▁e ▁v og el ▁(" L ittle ▁Mountain ▁Land "). ▁Also ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁dioc ese ▁of ▁Pul ati ▁is : ▁Nik aj : ▁This ▁is ▁an ▁off sh oot ▁from ▁the ▁Mos lem ▁tribe ▁of ▁K ras n ich ▁( bro ther ▁to ▁Hot i ). ▁Its ▁ancest or ▁Nikol ▁left ▁K ras n ich ▁while ▁K ras n ich ▁was ▁yet ▁Christian ▁( C atholic ▁or ▁Orth odox ▁? ). ▁One ▁hundred ▁houses ▁of ▁Nik aj , ▁the ▁T sur aj , ▁trace ▁descent ▁from ▁a ▁daughter ▁of ▁Nikol ▁who ▁bore ▁an ▁il leg it imate ▁son ▁by ▁a ▁gy ps y ▁which ▁Nikol ▁adopted . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁only