There is even a rather dramatized story of how one tribal chief was so impressed with the courage of a Japanese researcher that he had intended to kill that he became his great friend.
在日據早期的學術探險風潮中，也曾經發生一段「大分社」（舊名打訓社）頭目因為佩服日本人森丑之助的膽識，竟與敵人結為好友的戲劇化故事。