Montagnard wealth

Just a footnote to history, added with all respect to the 
Bru, the Bhnar, Rhade and the other tribes that we lump together
under the French term, "Montagnard."

Rice was life to the Montagnards. Hoarding rice 
was like an American buying insurance.

In addition to the many Vietnamese now living in San Jose, CA., 
there is also a small community of Montagnards. One day the
second floor of a small apartment collapsed. The Montagnard tenant
had filled a second floor room with bags of rice until 
eventually the beams came tumbling down.

If there is a moral to the story, it is "keep your rice on the
floor."