Complex sentence: The chronicles also mention that the chiefs amongst them received gifts such as clothes from settlers and state that the Vedda in turn provided meat and honey to the settler population, indicating a system of barter trade between the groups.
Split into simpler sentences: The chronicles also mention that at least the chiefs amongst them received gifts such as clothes from settlers. Further they mention that the Vedda themselves provided meat and honey to the settler population, indicating a system of barter trade between the groups.