The Lepchas soon became conversant with it and found its knowledge helpful for trade and other purposes, such as the reading of the Buddhist scriptures.??? The wise and farsighted Lepcha leader, Thekung Tek, being concerned for the safety, security and wellbeing of his tribe in the future, had persuaded the Tibetan chief, Khye Bumsa, the patriarch of the Namgyal dynasty, to enter into the Blood Br