This tribe has a great length of
the border with
tribe
Ćeklići, in the south and
southwest.
In the north, first with tribe
Cuce,
Bjelice boundary
goes from the triangle Ćeklići, Cuce and Bjelice on mountain
Kurjanik and goes all over the high mountains and hills (including
Vilinjak, Ljubina Gomila, Strmoglavnice,
Milunova Borina
and
Siskov
Brijeg) and
passes
through the
Planiničko Ždrijelo to
Planinik mountain.
At Planinik starts the northern
borders with the tribe
Ozrinići,
from Planinik further to east it
continues through the hills and heights Miokovo Osoje,
Mrgud
and Grujino Prisoje and goes on
a great hill Dos near Kčevo.
Then turns to the southeast and
south, first to the top Potočine and Lisačke Lake, and over the
mountains Čevski Lisac (its "sheltered side") and
Pješivac and by
the mountain Kosača (which belongs to Bjelice) on the big hill
Kosmatica, where starts the border to Lješanska district.
Kosmatica is therefore on the
border Bjelica,
Ozrinići
and Lješanska district.
South
of Kosmatica the border continues to the eastern race of the
mountain
Stavor
and then over the
heights of Tocilo (Big and Small) with the large "beam"
Crnijelj.
South side of the Crnijelj is on
the border with Lješanska and Riječka district.
From there
arises the southern boundary of the Bjelice to Kosijeri (in Rijeka
district).
It goes through the entire
length of the high mountains and hills (of which are important:
Sumeračka Hill, Gola Glava,
Malo Počivalo, Cer and
Suhoploče)
and out to the
mountain Sinsić, on the border Bjelice, Ćeklići and
Kosijeri.
Bigest
of Bjelice villages are:
DUB
Dub is divided into three
"villages" and several smaller settlements than by one and two
houses, which Dubljani do not indicate a special term, but they simply
call their names.
"Villages" are built on the
edges of several small valleys and depression, which are directly
one next to another, while other settlements are related to individual
and small valleys of recent origin: populated by immigrants from the
main village.
In the north,
the first "village" Dub (with 8 "households"), and in its vicinity
small villages Gvozd (1 "household"), Jasen (1 "household") and the
Ornice
(1 "household"), which is also in the "village" Dub.
Further south is the "village"
Brijest, Upper and Lower (6 "households").
Even further to the south of the
village Resna with 12 "households", and the south and southeast of it are the
small villages that also belong to the "village" Resna (in the
broad sense): The Donji Do (1 "household"), under
Miloševa Strana (1
"House"), Popanjska Laka (1 "household"),
Klonsora (2 "households"), Milatkov Do (1 "household") and
Duga Dolina (2 "households").
In the entire village Dub lives only
one clan, Milić, which is divided into two main branches.
In the "villages" Dub and
Brijest live branches "Milici" in the narrower sense (with branches:
Popovići, Todorovići and Ivanovići), and in Resna Vukcević branches with
narrow surname Perovići or Kostović, Vujadinović or Martinović and
Bogdanović.
PREDIŠ
Prediš
is second major settlement
in the northeast of Dub.
Divided into three "villages"
which are the same way as the "village" in Dub aligned around the
valleys and plateau, which consists of groups of adjacent valeys.
The farthest northern "village"
is Pejovići with 26 "households"; southwest from him
Abramovići
(16 "households"), and in the south of "the village" Andrići, with
20 "households".
The Andrići includes a small
village Ovsišta (4 "households"), which is south of it.
n all of these villages live
the clans, which are of common origin (two brothers) and "village"
called each by their names.
In Pejovići lives clan of the
same name, which includes clanes: Jovanović,
Bošković
and Nikolić.
In the Abbramovići appart from
clan
Abramović (15 "households") there is a 1 "household,"
of a small clan Milinić.
In the Andric and Ovsišta only
lives clan Andric, which is divided into
Vukovic, Crvenica (Crveničani) and Mrvaljević.
LJEŠEV STUP
Lješev Stup
is the "village" in the north of Prediš, northernmost village
of Bjelice.
Like other so far mentioned
"villages" of Bjelice, it is deployed about larger number of
valleys, which are all side by side in close relation to one
another. In the village live two related clans: Popivoda (20 "households") and Kuzman (3 "households").
MALOŠIN DO
Malošin Do is the
"village" in the northeast of Prediš.
All the guest houses are in one
place, at the end of the valley which called Malošin Do".
In the
village there are three clans of different origin: Mrvaljević (1
"household"), Vujošević (6 "households") and Bekovići (5 "households").
UBLICE
Ublice
is on the west from Dub and are
located between two large hills, Gaj and Debeli
Brijeg.
Houses are at the edges and
sides of two adjacent valleys: Ublički Do and Dolovi.
That divides
it into two "villages": the first Ublice with
4 "households" Ćetković
and 10
"households" Pravilović
and the
Dolovi with 1 "household" Pravilović.
Both clans of Ublice, Ćetkovići
and Pravilovići, are of same origin, of
Milešević.
Some of Pravilović devided and
taked the surname: Bajović
and Vukcević.
DIDE
Dide
is like
Ublice, west of Dub.
It is
divided into two "villages".
The main "village" is
Dide regularly called "the village" "in the village the
ground..."etc. In this" village are 2 "households" Draskovic and 8 "households" Vujic.
Second is the "village" (which
is rarely called the "Village") to the southwest of the first,
Stankova Kamenica, with 2 "households" Draskovic.
Both clans, Draskovic and
Vujic, are of the same origin, and also as Ubličani have an old common name
Milešević.
TOMIĆI
Tomici
is village southern part of
Bjelice and affect the entire north-eastern slopes of the mountains:
Čelinac, Oporca and Sinsić.
They are divided into eight
"villages", all of which are at or near the valleys or by group of
small valleys.
Almost in the middle is the
"village" Tomić (3 "households" Ivanovic and 5 "households" Vušurovića)
near the
church. As well as
the place Ljiga upper with 1 "household" Ivanovic.
In the north of the "village"
Tomic is
Pustaš with a 2 "households" Ivanovic and 2
"households" Vušurović.
Furter up in the north
is
Lisački Dolovi with 4 "households" Vušurović and 1 "household," Ivanovic.
By Čelinac
are the first and
the northern Podlunjić (9, "households" Ivanovic), a southern
Čelinački Dolovi
(2 "households" Vušurović). Further in the south, below the
mountain Oporac, Oporački
Dolovi (3 "households" Vušurović) to
them in the southeast Kamenice (3 "households" Vušurović),
and furthest to the south, near Radojev Brijeg,
Vlaške
Rupe (2 "households" Ivanovic).
As was mentioned above, in
Tomići
live two clans, Ivanovic and Vušurović.
They are closely related to one
another, as they have a common origin, from same ancestor.
MIKULIĆI
Mikulći is in the
northeast of Tomići, between the mountains Stavor and Crnijelj.
They are
divided in two
"villages": Mikulići near Stavor and Predojević
near
Crnijelji.
Both the edges and
the sides of several valleys and plateau.
In the "village" Mikulići
lives: 17 "households" Vujovic, 4 "households" Vukcevic, 6 "households" Bracanović and 2 "households" Šaranović; in
the Predojevići: 9, "households" Vujovic
and 1 "household," Vukcevic.
Each of the four
named clans, Vujović, Vukcević, Bracanović and Šaranović, are of
different origin.
Source
"Old Montenegro"
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