As Huang Chih-hui points out, the Japanese were early to recognize the fighting qualities of the Taiwan aborigines, with Lieutenant Nagano remarking on this fact during his inspection of mountain districts in 1895.
黃智慧指出，台灣原住民的戰力早為日本人注意，一八九五年長野中尉進入台灣山地做調查時，就已看出台灣原住民的山林作戰能力。