 Oral history accounts reveal that the first Poumai settler in Makhel was Khyapou Dukhuo and Supou Paoyuo, was the first at Saranamai.The Lepaona group settled down at Koide under the chieftainship of Napou-Rakhuo.The Proupuozei group (Proumai) migrated from Makhel and settled at Proufii (West of the Khyouchi-Liila range) for a short period, then resettled at Phaofii (Kodom).