History of the island of Celebes, tr. by J. von Stubenvoll

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ISLAND oi^CEIjEMEB

CONTINUEO FROM THE

Mr, iU:BLOK,

-Governor ofMaccassar,
itSm FUQ>t. XnOSiEl OF. lUS SUi^CESSOftS.

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•"tSJLANJD 'OF CEJLEBE3,

M^E. fl. S L OK,

Governor of M^Kcassar ;
«r IT H AN A P P £ N l>.I X,

CONTA'tlflK*

^ MEMO IR,

DRAWN UP BY THE SAME AUTHOR,
4lf^JU^S ^S OCCURRED IJ^C THE

ISLAND,

f ROItvTflB'MGINNINGOF HIS GOVERifMENl
tr 1808:

A REPORT,

COlfCSaMNGTHE SLAVE TRADB

DRAWN UP BY A DUTCH COMMITTEE,
^XD T ME Tc^l^L ^ gV^Z> . S'-Ef-A'-T JT JT* E

'- OF

Colonel FILZ,

JjOt^ Dutch Commanding^ Officer

jlMBOlJsrj,

W«iO,OKTH£i9Tii FEBRUARY i8i«,

.8 U R REND E R E D FOR T V 10 T OAI

. aro

Captain EDWARD TUCKER,

commanding His Majestys Ship of War Dofkr.

,T4II WUOL« TftANSLATBD FROM THB DUTCH '^LAHGUACI AVB
FVJIf.lSll4ID IN FOVA ^QLOUBk

- BY

Captain J. VON STUBEN VOL L.

VOLUME 2.

^? CALCUTTA GJZETTE'PRMSS,

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__ HE treaty called Lamoon-Patooa-Re-Timoo-
rongr, made and concluded between the Ci)urif^
bfBone, Wadjb, and Sopping in the lime, or
under ilie reign of the King of Bone, Tanrirawa,-
Sfurraamed Bonkang-E, and called afief hisdc-
Aiisc Mantinrooar-rc-Gborchina.*

In case these th/ec kingdoms sliouM become in-
volved in a war wiib each other^ the Victor shall
h^ bound infimediately to pardon the conquered^*
aind Co restore him his dominion witbotk bearings
hini any funber hatred or grudge.

Art. 2.
Should one of these three kingdonis stray fromr*
the good roafd, the other two shall be bound' to"
bring the strayed one to right again.
Art, 3,
The three Kings are i^ live with each othei'
iltrithout hatred^ or en^y*

Aat. 4.
And each is to follow his own K^ay7

Art. 5.
Each of the three shall rule his own subjeds^,
without coniradiciion, or interference of the two'
Others^

Aft. 6.
All men arc rtiortal, but ibis our engagement ir
tmnnortaK

• Titles are given to Kings after their death, accard-'
ing t6 the events which happened to them during their
hte time.-^TjiAt^SLATOft.

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Art. 7.
Should the seven Heavens, which lay one above
fhe othcf^ fall upon ihe sevenfold earth* oCir
friendship however l^hall not break for all that.

Art/ 8.

Tt has been tijought fit, that Bone the first,
Wadjo the second, and Sopping the! thfrd* should
mutually Ii<r6 ftnd die together like Brothers*
To swear to, and to confi m this, the thr^e en*
gaging parties have resorttsd' to the town of Tu
tnoorong, where' they hav^^e dug a holi?/and irt it
laid three Eg'gs; after which, ea^h of the paniei
has taken up a stone of a size proportionate to
hfs respective rank, and sworn that he who should
violate his faith, should be crushed to pieces, like!
the eggs by these stones; and^that, as it was impos*
lible that these stones should fly upwards^ so S9^$
ic Hl^ewisi; impossible that their (rien4shipshoul(i^
cease." ' ^" "•;' '■■■ -^ ■■'■■■■ • - . ^ ■ "

At the same time it was under the most heavy
impYfecatiofns a'greed/thatnone' of the three con-
tracting parties should ra'se fortifications at Chin*
fan'a,* or reside there, hue that the place should
icmain as a cofpiTion resart to them. . • • '■

Sopping having said, previous to ihe conclusion
ofjhis treat^y, thaf^he was too sn[iall i^n lanc^ and
toqVe^k jn peopfe, for the purp-Ji^e of entering
intb an alliance with the other two, Bone ceded!,
to Sopping the town -of Goa-Goa with its de-
pendencies, and ^y«jdj/> g«ve him the town -of
Baringah iilsd with its dependencies.

♦ A town belonging to Bone who fortificH it. It
takes its name from a river on fhe bank of which it is si«
Hi*tccl,-*-T'RANiLATORt • ^

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^adjo had formerly complained of being
held in slavery by the Maccassars; upon which
6one said : *' I herewith do liberate you from
^* that subjection and slavery, and make you i
*^free nation ; the Maccassars are our commoa
'* enemies."

This treatv the Wadjoos broke first, at the
lime when they assisted the Maccassars, to bring
^one and Sopping into subjection and slavery a«
pin-
Afterwards, when the Maccassars weresubdiU"
cd by the Netherlanders, Wadjo remained ob«
stinate, and was conquered by Rajah PaJacca*
who fortified the town of Chinrana, and having
taken possession of some villages belonging to
IVadjO. he suffered the King of that nation, to
treat with the Company; at the same time be
renewed the Lamoon— Patooa with Wadjo, an4
Sopping ; yet he disapproved the conditions there*
of, for which reason he called that treaty Tcllonff
~Pootehc.* ' . ' -^ ^ •

It was long after the demise of Rajah Palacca,
or at the time of the reign of the lately deceasl
cd Queen, that the 3oughees were conquered by
the Wadjoos, who repossessed themselves of all
the lerritoiy which Rajah Palacca had taken from
them ; by which they impoverished Bone very
much, and forced the Q^een to renew the old
treaty.

From this, and because Wadjo had declared
against the eompany, the war of 1740 took its
rtie. But the issue not bejng; advantageous,
Wadjo continued to insist on the obseivatiou of
the old treaty, against which Bone has to this vc^
ry^day protest<^d in vain>
^' ♦ AbolJsftcU.-^Ta a ns|.a To«r ' ::: ':z.

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HISTORY OF CELEBES.

Memoir eoneermng the state of ofairs^ and
, interest of the Company in Celebes and its
dependencies^ drawn up by the resigning
Governor of Mactassar^ Mr. Rolph Bhk^
and left to his successor, Mr. Cornelis
Sinkelarj iAe Governor elect.
S1R9

lT having been the pleasure of the Honorables,
the illustrious Governinenc of Indian Nerher lands
to relieve me»in a manner truly honorable, frovn.
this indeed very important and laborious Go«
vernment, and to appoint you^ much (o my satis-
faction, successor to this Governmenr^ It be-
comes incumbent upon me, according to the an«
cienxahd good usage of this place, to leave witii
you, previously to my departure, a brief but com^
prehensive memoirof affairs rej;ardifrg the pre-
sent state of the Company's interest in general
-,iivith the natives of this island. Of this doty I
shall acquit myself, without much prolixity, to
the extent of my small abilities and to the ut-
most of my knowledge^ beginniirg with the balanc*
^hich ought to be maintained between the courts
of Bone and Goa^for the safety ol the Compaq*
iiy*s territory.

Ichag been from the first considered necess»«
17 that the balance should incline to the side of
Bone, because that Empire^ in the time of its
|;reatest power^ is never to befeare4 by ihe Com-

J>any so much as the Maccassars, even in their
awctf siiuaiioat Ta this day the (aac cexpaioj

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i MEMOIR OF dorBaMoR BLOli:.

• . . ....

the simc ; lind>in my opinion/u may be lookea
upon as a ceriain maicim«' that/ as the Qoimpany
With the assistance of Bone, obtained their con-
^ueits here, so they can preserve their territories
aind maintain their acrtWority only by iheir u*
nioh with Bbnt^ *hich rfone writ enable them to
jeep ihe Balance of po^ef oyer all Celebes, t
freely confess, that should JBone, w6*ich God pre-
vent, become unffaithfvtl to (he Company , or should
It be subdued by its enemies, I know of no ally/
vho woald exert bimsrtf in faVo'r of the Cou)pa-

«^- ' ^ ^ .[, ' .^; '...

It becomes ihe to^ rlocfce this' subject in thcf
light, in which after a strict enqui ry it has appear-
ed to me» namely, that after the last war the ba«
lance begati and stifl continued to' waver.

Principally, because the Wadjoos.ai that time,
could n^t be brought to their previous alliance
V^ith the Company and wiih Bone; by which
Bone not only remained deprived of her terrico*
ries and treasures, bi^t lo^t, with the Company^'
inuchof its former lustre. Wadjo on the con-
trary haa encreased so much in power and consi-'
deration, that by the natives; tliat natron i's actuaU
ly respected afnd {"ear^d.

As long as thesis Wadfoof, as? heretofore^ re-*
Ihain independent, wrthotit uniting themselves
closer with any other people^ the balance willr^
^ithottt inclining either to the one or to the olfher
iide/rem'^iir Wa^erin^ at it did during^ the laH
19 yeai^sw^^

But wheii ih^se' p^opfe' idmi to disturl) Bbni
In her own territory, as the confederate Princci,
i;ket^l PaiftaYia, hi\c Uicr/ begun to do, by cfA

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HISTORY OF CELEBES. J

iiianding the country of Timoorong.in^wtien iff'
ofrder to assist their pfcteiisiofis i\tty renew ih^ir
iiliance with their old friends, the M^ccanars^
then (he balance will incline ^rtiij mukci) to the
ifrone sid?.

Yet in this case the only inconvenience would
1>e \n 'the necessfty of commencing a war« whjch^
although expensive^ has long since become neces«
sary ; and b> which, under the blessing of God^ ibe
Company's declining authority would very so0n
be re-eJ((ablished over these sdf-cailed indeper|«
dent Wadjoo5^ as well as over ajl Celebes,

But should thes^ Wadjoos, strengthened by t|ia
discontented Bone Prince^, happen to 4^throhe
the present King of Bone^ and^ as report say5.
elect in his room Aroo Mampo Bone ; and shoula
they then unite themselves with Borie, and insf^st
on the strict observance of the old treaty, called
JLamoon Paiooa-re-Timoorong, excluding tho
tompariy^ which treaty i\\c late* Queen from ne-
cessity renewed at the time when Wadjo had
subdued' Boiie^' then it will be more difficult to
preserve peace. Otherwise, as long as Bone ad«
fieres to the treaties, the only necessary precau«
cion is to bfing the Wadjoos to their duty, that
is to say to the observation of the ^onay's treaty,
and of their own, made in 167P, refaiive iq their
navigation 9nd trade*

I am well aware ot what Admiral Smout says
in his niemoir, that Wadjo has promised Iq
^dhere to the old trea^ty, without bearing tho
fNime of submissive ally. But I know also th«c
|)|e Wadjoos do not care at all about that tr^ty,
pd t^|ni[ tt)at (heir Und and people have no cpn«

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cerrt with the Compmr, andl thart they may ex-
tend lt»eir navl^tton atid trade under their oMtn
'pt^sportt, "as moth ai It is in their power to do.

Their sentiments in this respect arc dear and
eviderwfrrym their ^astamswcr «cnt to Governor
Smout, which for an amusement to vou^ together
^ith the trebly trf Laoroon-Patooa,* J have add^d
hereafter, not having found the re'cords oftheai»
either in the Sccnetary'^ ofiBce, or among the sc*
cretpapers. The6retwas not along 3go disco^
vered among the cM and decayed papers of the
chief interpreter.+ From those two docunients
I have formed my opinion of the real state of
affairs between the Company, Bone and Wadj6 ;
which I fiimly believe was never properly laid
before the Supreme Government.

For who could ever have thought thatinthi«
island of Celebes such a powerfull nation could i>e
fou»d, cntirelv free,aod almost equal in trade to
<he Company? yet, it is indisputable that Wa^jo
.^Dtetbe^ast war, according ta%hc law of nations^
Ougiitio be regarded as £ucb^

This is all which I think k my duty to .ac>«
^^caimyouwith concerning the balance. Wh^t
15 further ntocjSmfy you should know respecting
its present st«cr» I ^hall mention hereafter, arid
shew you how the reports from the ijuerior make
it appear to be mo lxu)ger as equal as it was
before.

This will suffice for the present to estahliih my
©pinion fidflject, however^ to be corrected by,*

. • Sec Appendix,
t, These paper? weie so much fiecayec?, Out thty wef*
ixat'at all legible fQrtian.siatoa<— -Translatok/

sounder

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HISTORY OF CELEBES. ^

jonnder judgment, of the <;afety of the doni-
pany being placed in ^n iini'^n and good under*
standing with Bone, and in a vigorous inain«
tenance of the Connpany*s high authority
both by the respectability of their arms, and by
a kind intercourse with and an upright deport*
nicnt towards all the native powers.

Whilst I am upon this point, I find myself oI)«
iiged^ because you will find it elsewhere represent-
cd otherwise, to give you a true idea of the ligbc
in which, according to the treaties, the Company
is to be considered in this island. It is really so-
vereign, an-d the perplc are subjects, but to b^e
rolled only by their ancient laws and privileges,
accordirg to the treaty made with them on their
becoi-Ding allies, or on their being subdued. Rt-s-
peciing the allies, the Company, being the first ijn
rank, is not to rule over them, biJt to take care,
that by observing justice and equity, each ally be
supported in his rights and privileges. This is
explained in the letter* of the Supreme Govein*
irent of Baiavia, dated 6tb January 1699; and
the power to that effect b acknowledged by the
25th article of the Bonray's trcatv, ^here the ar-
bitration of differences, arising brtwccn ally drfd
ally, is put into the bandsof ibc European Chicf^

I shall now proceed to a description of the
fMresent state of ih^ affairs of the respective allien
Ikjginning with the realm of 3ane, and its King!

:Concernir>g t4)e Wt important occui;ren<:es
vithin that kingdom^ a^nd over aH Macca^^^V^ with
its dependencies, I refer myself {o my brief His-
tory of Celebes.

• TWs letter war not found.— T*4ifsiATo«. *'

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IS MBlVfOIR op (^OTERKO^ BI^O^.

And since the Prime Minister, the privy coun«
y\\ sir)d ihc greatest part of the other court no-^
.blcs| TYhose n^mes and r^nks appear several limei
Ih the separate journals, arp |^i»own by you, af
^ell as by nie, to possess bqt little understanding^
J s)|all qn|y add lyith regs^rcl tq them, that most of
them are the King'S o^ii sops ; and thai thev are
not ^i all looked upon, neither by the King him-^
fcjf, norhy the Company, as loyal Boneers, or
Vclj jnplined to the Company. They are sucl^
pT\ ihe contrary as will suffer themselves without
ppposition to be qarried aw^y by every wind td-
iV3|rd§ a(:hange in the GqVcrnment/ I therefore
^eem i| needless to enlarge this work by a morq
ft^inqte detail of their qualities and abiiicy, and
(]|btaerve only that there are some to be mention-
^^ hereafter,' who bv their conduct do not deserve
|Q be ranked in the number o^ ihqse 1 have jus;
flow meniione<|« '

I thsill therefore, in ac^ditiqn to wh^x I have
la^d a|teady, confine myself to ^ brief, and real
display* qf what, after the present circumstance^
^( the times and affairs, has fa^een done, of what
^ifficMlties way ocQur, ^l\(J^ qf ^M^ hereafter
Q^ght (o he observed*

The realm and Goqrt qf Bonr, deprived by
the lastintern^ll war with Wadjo of their treasu-
re^ and valqahles. an(| aUo^ ic may be said, of a
^rca| part qf their fqrmer reipectability, became
Und i'enfiain to this da^ very poor. This; and thib
fontinuai troqbleai, which ave oac^sioned to the
i^one^rs, who border on Wadjo, by the band of
jobbers of the old Matoua or King of WadJQ,
j^roQ Paneke,| cause the grandees, who keep then|-
i<e|v€8 ^ \\^^ interior of the couatry« to be ra^^r

discontented

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discontented tvith their KiniJ, tiibre *o, bediiiie
fie docs not even, alihough coniinualiy impor-"
iuncd, &iffficicntly support his subjects against
their oppressors; io which fttay be addedi that
rliany nobles, and according td ffcpohj Afod
^lartipo Bone in particular, ar6 rhuCh dissarisfitaj
because the I^ing, as ihev say, pardohed Lata^
see, or Aroo Cria,'* without previotfs Imlrtiatiflrfl
toeing given to the grandees, and th*eiir asseht b(!'^
ing waited for, and also because he Bestowed tirif
bim the principal and ihbsi lucrative siiuatidd iff
/lis Coiirii

To redress aifl ihis^they rioW Wi£h the t(ii¥g id
feiurn to the interior of the country; but he i J
ippreherlsive, should he put hirnselt into thCif
hands of losing his life or his throne, unlesi^ iH'd
t}omp'any supfTorc iiidi wiili such a tofcci a^ id
enable hinri not only to bring back td tb'eif ddif i
alt the ill intentfoned Bdneeis, but atlsd to free th6
whole land from f he o^cr-tuhng po\^er atid
usurpation of the Wadjoos*.

, Thisni^as the reason ^or which the ?ririie Mf-
l^ister and Nobfes in so great earnest lately eni

giired from hinrr at fiontualaC, on what tctmi
one was Vittf the Company, and if they mrgbl
as furtnerly bbpe fdf oiir assistance.

The kingii novi^ Vcrjl^ oM, and for the titJosi
part deprived; of that noble spirit^ which is re^
quired in lo'^ceaft a personage/ and on the leasf
,rll fortune or biad repoit, he immediately bccome^s
ciejected and dismayed, because he knows his
want of power to attack \Vadjo without ihi aid
of theCoropany. .^^>

f ■ A son' tf Che Kingi--i-TKANSLATOR<

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So situated^ when ihe grandees, on the i8th
September 1759', came to me in staie to acquaint
me that they wished to carry their King into the
country, he requested me most seriously to hin«
dcr his departure, and to save him from danger.
This I have done, at least I have delayed his re-
moval till the Ambassadors of Bone and Soping
feturn from Batavia. After this, should the Nobles
renew their application,, and the King not join
ihenci in pressing the nieafure, it ought to be a-
gain delayed, because the King cannot possibly
in the present conjuncture give any satisfaction
to the grandees in the «oiintry, without prejudice
to the Company's interest, as the party favorafbly
inclined to Wadjo seems to have the upperhand
there.

It would likewise be a very troublesome thing
for you, should this Prince loose his life or Go-
vernment iri the interior; a^ least there would be
some danger of the Boneers, to the prejudice of
the Company's interest, chosing for their Queen
the Princess Aroo Palacca, the grandmother of the
present Maccassar King of Goa; by which Bone
and Goa would soon get under one chief.

Against this a careful watch ought to be kept.
If has been my care from the beginning of my
administration; and I have at the same time, as
much as possible, prepared the most .canvehient
mode of succession, in which I have' succeeded
so far, that the King has often promised me, thit
he would nominate for his successor Arob Mampo
Bone, a son Of his half Brother Topawawoi,-caH*
cd lit<!ewi5C Aroo Mampo, and afterward Cdrecrig
£essei. . w - >

Ti^is ihe Supreme Government of^auvta were

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plleasedl ta approve b]{ a. separate letter of gist
pecemher 1657, desirihs ine» at ihe sarqe lime.
|;o proclaim hiin, Afpa Mampo, to that dignity on
|tie demise of the present K^ing, And recomnnend'o
ing me moft strictly to observe previpus to that
f^aytion ;md secrecy, which |itdee4 if (if the ut«
ptost'nece^sity^

In the mean time, V have not yet bc^n able tp
persuade the. ^ing. CO 4ecl9re this Aroo M'amp6
yojung Rin^or heir apparent, because he says thif
Voiiiifcavise mijch jealbxisy in hisfaiinily, andp^-
tVcularly^ as t chink inyself^ to ^roo f^alacca.

It appears .howey^pc from, the (ranslatioi)
of the King's Vettdr to the Supreme Govern-
ment of the East-Irtjlia Company at Batavt^,
that he has {|atierc4 bis fOi>| L^casee|. or 4j^.oo«
tCha with the Hppe ofthe succession, in all probaf
bility to excite, hinn thereby to a fetter behaviour.
Notwithstanding thiS| ftpqsthere add for yoi^r
informaiVon, that chf pqpy of that letter, brought
\o me for'peru^K preyfo|)s to its being |enr/ was
}n some (peafi|re quite of an pt^er pt^rport. FoIf^
Vitb regard tp t|ie success|Qfi^ meqtion was made
jn it not of fl^joq ^p^casee. in particularly but ol all
the King*^ children in genera); wl^ich has therein
fore caufed me s^me speculation, i^ore so^ be*
f ause about tj^^i tinie i^roo Lacasee bad^eeh cre«
ated Ppn^awa (General) ; ai^d that proipotion, a^
1il|e Boneer$ ^ay, qiade Arop Mampo Bone $mal(
iiej^rted^ or^ dropping tbe fijj^ic of fpccch^ di\-
CQfitehted with the King.

Tbai the King bas hoi in this dealt faithfclly

Vub m«t or raiher^. that .fihcc the pardon granud

to his fon AroO'Lacasee, be had altered his dc«

'^tign^ doeanbt at all ffmrprneuie; fer^,, although I

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do believe him t<fhf ^hebest inclined Prince of
all Celebes, a^ be is under the greatest obligation^
to the Cofnp'any, Ke nevertheless is yell known to
be yery reserved. He dares not, either without
qt within his Court, cQme {Forward Faifly for thl^
interest of the Compariy, otft alwayii endeavours
to preserye a 9har9icter pf gpoflpe^s evep toward!
the ill inclined.

Last year,* he made hif I;ist Will, which it
has cost me considerable paint to arrange, so that
jEtfcer his df ath the Coippan^ nriay $u{F^r no dtsad<f
^anta'ge, . ' . ' . , * ^ ' '

Amongst the Bone !l^rir)ccs and Nobles, who in

Iome respect are F<;copQipendab|e, J recjcon, in the
irst place.

The princess Arpo Palapca. Put as she wa|
jborn by a Maccassar mother, and irt consequence
*|s nearly relate^ to the pourts of Gp^i and Teilo,
our attention to her ought t6 go no further thati
What is required fpr'thf cu|(iv<^ti(^n of an unpre^
Judicial friendship.

Aroo Mampo Bpne lu apcqrding to rcporf,
and as it seems to' me, a well inclined Prince,
find the br^y^st of all Bope, thus highly fit for the
Succession to the Ihrdne^ thoti^h with jcss'rigl^t
to it than th^ Princess -A^op Pajacca; because
born as he is from a 'fnarriage perfectly lawful
according to the ^ustonnsof thp country, his mo«
eher was a woman of inferior rah^. * '

The two sons of Aroo Mampo'Bpne, Lasap^
pOp at present Aroo Mario Efqne, 'and Aroo Ta-
fibtte Mat6oa,t6ne of the Aroo Peeto, are like«

t Mm

759* : ^ ; . r: .■ , .. -. / ....
Iipoot a title given to everjr onQ.qf the leveticle^*
lorS| called Matooa Petoos*«*-TaANsXiAToa«

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%i;e etteemcd loyal Boneeri, ^and thus well i^i« ,
ilined CO the Cpmpany; : as also ^^. , ^

Aroo Apala, a son of the old ana loyal*
paeeng M^^P^^la* The. same may be said of Aroo
podjoong, a son qf the t .Tpnji^rilaiano^ who, in ,
^753» 9^to yojy ; This Prince %st\\} yoongj.
but of a very^ g^P^t. expectatiqn. ^Of ihe.sons of
the King^ }r^^^^ "?^ ^PP ^^ whom any depeud*
ince is ^to^cplapedj' except^ ♦: . , ^ . ♦ .

Lacaseej or Aroo Ci^a, who^ n>iscon4iict^wat»
1/itclyj Rardionedf', an(j[ wbq is, |i6w F^pnga^.a',
(General). He is, not, however, Tecoinmervd^*.
bic to tl^e 9uqces$ipn, nor tq be trusted a^i^y ^u^r«
ther than feguii^ed Iff tii^ interest ojf his royal fa<^
ther. But )iis bVot^ber in law

DatooaBeengb j;.appears;o bp a wfsll incline^,
Boneer. . Though i have represented to you tl^t
two Toniarilalangs, or, privy counselors, as pc^rsor\a,
of mean und^?rsian^iAg>yct I .trust t)iat they may,
be, the youngest in particular, considered as wcll^
inclined Renters, or at least as men who have
very often been laijglit .bQw.necfssary it is for.
Bone to remain separated frofn.uoa.
,. Lastly, the GlarrangJ of Bbntualac may also/
be reckonedi amongst the true fioneers.

Concerning the usurped power of the King o|^
l^one oyer ^the lesse^ order of allies/ against
which, to !LW\i day, all vigilance has been exerted;
With but.yery liule or no advaritage at ^11, 1 can .
point out npthing better to you, than the obser-

♦, Daecng iigtiifies junior sons of Nobfem^n.
t Tomarilalang,a privy counselk>r.<-^l>ANSLATOi;
. X Datooa B^^engo i$ a petty King, holding afief uaWi

^r Bg|ia«-^1 KANSLATOB.

I;' A ehial vtlQoc or more viUasei^-«TftA]isi.ATOK7

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vation of the Very ^mcli^nt witti lidht Su^cl^

1704, yrhich areas fdltoW't : .

•• We codVd however nxJt rrttolvt^TO suftf Aat
•• point entircily to ei^cape oar infotiee^ anii we
" haVe jarfgcd it ncifewafry TO tfcsirc you "tor
" maintain the same adcordih^ ttf tWe tt^^tici*
*• Yet it rhxiii be rfohe with CaUtVoh ahd discrt-
•* lion, a/id in. the least clfehsive iiWnnrf/bctause
'* a dififercnt condiSfct would c^tne ah errcrca« o^
•' confiBience/ anH'produce a idfcse rfnion b'etween
* the Courts of Bone iartd of Gm,

I must furtheri at Aft request trf ihc King 6t
done, Iriform y6u, that 6n. the W7th of August
175^, the patooa'-ref'Wbdfiiwang-i-Atidhc* has.
By hiVlast Will, giveii the Datpoaship of 'Woola-
wang-ia Lama'Pa^srbee/ the Ring's iKOn; sftrd to
the Princes* Halima, his daifghfer, the shiall pro-
ving of Gootiai to he posifessed^b^ ffieih after bis
demise.^

Having, I think, s^llfteitrtixly freated ihts ijrinci-
pSVpoims which cpnrtrii iHjii totirt of 'Bone, f
shall now, as the King' of that' couti try is ^betbme
a'lisb I>atooa' of Sopping^ khd' v^ithourt* preiudrcc
to the rank" oT the allies/speak of that ntwly dis*
tor'bed provrince.

Of^the tauife arid riktufe cflF th% troubles whiiA'
IraveirlrWn, and of '<he preseT)t stare of a^dirs
there,' 1 ptor^ced thtn topresiemt yott* with a-farrcf
discusiion, arrd tb poiht out to you what in tiiy^
Uumble Q|>ini:on oUght 10 lie dbservetT. Xfae or i«
gin»*the vpfogirefts, ^and uhe i^nSot the ^oraier tnou*
blcs, cegiaititng^tfae 'et^etiM, ate fully 4thowb to"

* Pett^ JCii^g of a^f (ovitoovcaUed ky ib$tMta<ne.^

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^ou; ahfl you will also finrd them dietaile^ in ibt
memoirs of nfiy predecessors^ and in the s<fparate
letters of the years t'/^^ and 17 $9% » #«)lasm
the secret '^^oliicions/ and rbe se^iVate journal of
the same yeafs.

in ihelait part of the a6oye letters; youwill
be able to observe, that at that time I already ap%
jj^rehended^' that some new troubles wouM arise \H
that country, on account of the clandestine de*
^anurex>f Aroo Pandjelee for Mario F^ewaWa.

To pteVjBnti!ii4, J sent the feoyernmeni's first
f|\e&sengcr* wiih my Uiendly pequeit to Aroo
Pandjelecj acCotriptnife^ by a letter froi^ liis Fa*
therin-rlaw, Car&ngBarnmbon(r; exhorting him
to rfitqrn, but it W«s in. vain. / He Idft the imswer
Ip my, cequest to be delivered by fli^ peoplie cff
Mario, .%vh.o pretend<id to bie muck afraid of i>eing
ditiacked by i^oppfng as .so6h as.i^roo Pandjelete
•hould have left tfiem'* ArW ?andjelce in hh
leteor stated tbafh^ was extrefiiieiy surprfzed at
the King his broth^rUroobling'the 'Governor so
much on his'' account^ since/ to that day, be hail
donenotHmg without his knir>wledgje and assientV
.p As to 4h£ apprehension' whidh Jhe people of
]iAaTte.proei^ndto*.enter.taihV yoti ought to khour
that sinccithe last election of the King of Sopping
OVidr them, they^.bayejroiD^ disfatisfactibn at the
^eihr^nirijgof ArbbPandjfellcep who is married' to
she Queen of, that small ^irovince, a nil' has bad
children by her^ se^ar^itei! themsdves Trpm So(^«

* Messengers are natives kept by Governments to
itirty messages to the Kmgs andj Nobles; They are
sworn and snppfosibd Co be laitfafttl totlia £ttinpanjr.«-«

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10 MKMOlRoi^«oV«RNo» BliOt*

ping. Mayio by right ought to be a subinissiva,
ally'of Sopping, and ibc revolt of the people ha*'
becn.the worlj; of Aroo Pandjelee. ^ ,

About the time^f, or immediately after the dc-,
parture of Aroo Pandjelee from hence, the King;
6f Bone ordered the people of Lamoroo to march
armed into Sopping, in orcfer to acfcnd thaj
coantry agaiasi a.u hos.ile attack; whilst for the
,ame purpose, the Vice Roy had" sent for hi» bro-

ther.it. law the D*^"0*^r^'"^5"*- ... ^.
Ti>e Soppings are, as it appears to tne, dispose*
to bring the people d Marifo tof the.r former duty
t forc^c of arttS; at least alt the sol.c.tationsj
;:nd pretended' difficulties of fhe Vice Roy. we,,*
penned n^that wav. Btrt' alV this I have careful,
[y oppo ed »nd' have, with th^. approbatidn o!
ILK of Bone, preventtid » war, till lately,
Itn eftersTrom the Vic. R6y a^d Grandees o^

? VirnforincdaWthat Aroo Pandjelee, and
Soppn.g inforin^a us^ . ^^^^^^^^

''''!.'"'lSS^pf Wad^rL which thej.'
*"\^r^;ired"oT£**nf tfie Kidg of BOne anil

Wher-in law, i^d Ring as they

*^"'lT;w"ebUeQve?chelcssinfaL
S' d^rSnconditioiis; u^^^^^^^
Jented to the King's proposal, namely, to attaclt

'^itave further to observe t o, vou respecting
"T A petty K>ni«i the province called P«maaa-L

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riiat kingdom, that in my opinion it oughtnot to be
•eparaced From Bone, and that, above all, care
ought to be taken, that it does not come under
^adjo.

With regard to the Grandees of Sopping, I can
iay nothing particular. From their general beha-
viour it appears to mc that they arc very unstea-
dy. If, before the conclusion of this Memoir,
any thing remarkable should happen in that
kingdom, I will not fail to mentioa it in a post-
script.

' The Court of Goa is divided within itself; be*
tause the prime Minister Careeng Tello and ih«
iCareengs Beroangee, and Pankajeene, the latter
i>fwhom is trusted with the education of the
young King, are ill designing enemies of the
Company and their servants. The intrigues of
those courtiers, together with a proper plan to op-
pose their bad courses, or sepret ill designs, the
Governor De Boo has left Us in his Memoir ;
Which I fully confirm, and, to avoid prolixity, re*
feryou to his manuscript. But Hvitb regard to
the treaties, one thing in my opinion ought tp ht
'bbserved, which on (hat account I havi^' already
mentioned in my Hitory of Celebes, under thi^
Jieadof Macpassar, sand in the article of Kfng
Mappa Doolang; namely, *' that whilst treating
*' with these people, we ought always to join the
f tight of conquest with the treaties." This in
regard to the other allies is not necessary to be
'^o strictly obsetved. See what is further stated
in the same manuscript in the article of Fort
Rotterdait), and its dependencies. I must, hoW«
ever, not negleei to notice here, that if onee
more an opporiunity should occur to fix the lU

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outs oC this Fort,. they ougjit l^y ;^1 mf ans to l^^
distinctly estahlisKed ^ccording^ to th|e treaties,
if,, far insraxicCt. on the next coroi|at|on o^ th^
King of Goa, and the renewal pp that pccasipi|
of th? treaties, it could 1^ donie ramifpablvj) the
Company might then conyenicnflV cede for it
the other half of Sodjan,* to the Maccassars.

ThitI think^ will S4|cceed, if- done with judg^
ment; beeauseth^ ^^^^% o£ Goa would then, have
thtt bcu)0r <^i seeing \^s mn^ state^t complete
again ; which alone would almost facilitate th^
arriangeiBCiiifs^ respecting the subjects on. both
fideSiand.the right of planting paddy ^feelds.: moc^
fo, if the Company's Ministers, would bux maioi-
Cain the principal pointy, vi^. the free po&ses3ic|j)|
of that CQumry for the prevention ojnJy of. the
l^e^ smugglii)g in and about th?s rivers of Goa
SHid Tellp. In thf meai^time you will.be please^
4o comprAbead me w^eUy naAuely^ th^t a.pegutia*
.tton r^lktiJr« to* ^he macwr ought liot. to be enirre^
.Hito^ Ufider the na:me of exchange,, b^t un4er that
.of cementing a gpad and fuimf.riencUhip*w.ith the
Court of Goa; and that it ougl^L.to be made
Jtnown to the subjeccs^ of bOth.par^^ies^^ho.w Ur xixp
Company's territqry, beloogiifg to Oodjpng Paa-

f Sodian in tj^e Miaccassar Ising^iagc signifies the nof-
thcra provinccs-of M aros, which> before the comply siiB*
diiing'of the Maacassars^belongad.to chem^. bur after tihit
hah of it became, hy the tresity>o£ peacr, a^propertydf
tbe Company,*— T*^NS4iATQB.

t When the whole of the nojtheni: prorinces undor
the. nsmeof Sodian were Hndex the obedience of ti)e
j&4aiecafisari^ they completed the nine states.of electors..
But since the Compawy took one parr of them, those
nine States have become incomplete. — ^Translatoh* ,

dang*

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III8T0RT OF tELEBfiS If

|a!ig,* iexten4t; that aUo, if fqr the aak^ of re;

joying ev^rjT: difference We ahould add to the

Session of Sodliah for ever» (not without reqtiirin|(

ai writteii^engiiigefnent from ihe Cour( ■, of G04

pot €0 admit ^ibere i^ny vessel wuhouc a;Coftip^^,'

ny'S: passport (Or jclqaVance) the ces^iop ^to that

pourt ^f the island^ of grc^at Balangi: vitki

Iwoior three ifiore ;ieighbourin|; islands, I thipk^

l);«der cprrcction ,of a better, judgment, that \JL

yould be of no great conseqaeiice to the Compa*

pany- : ^ .•*,-.:.: ^. ^ ; .. ,■

. At such an opportunity^ we could aJsp trjr

Whether it were possible to satisfy the. wish.ofthe,

Supreme Government of Bataviai contained in

^he separate Itt^.terpf 3 tst December i75%conf

Cerning the Klangary* . .. *

^ Respiting il)e pbservation of the treaties, I

ijnust be^e* in justice to the Maccassars, mention

ihar/in nftV ppjnion, they adhere more strictly to

that of Bona'ya'tba'n the otVer allies do^ too strict*

ly indeed when it scffVes their piirpose^ But of

l^e tr^cy whicM ^sa first entered ii^to separately

ijrith Tello oh th'e,i5\h oip July 1,669, and after*

Ijarids apcepiedi^sign^^d and sworn to by the old

ICing Hassan Qode^n ar^d ^1 the principal Noi

l^les of Maccassaroi) the 3d of A^ugust fallowing,

Ihey profess themselves entirely ignorant; and

this it is which they er»deavQur to evade*

It will tbisrefoce -be o( the ^highest necessity^
that* when the time shall arrive for the present
young JC^f^g taking, posseuion of the Govern-

j^ Opdjong Pa^nr^ang is, the ground where tjiefou
l^orterdam and ths town^are raised;7-^T|tAW;s^AToa.
t A ,^^"1^*1 >lwd. opBosite tlie jixst j^ Mar^k^

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ment, he not 6h\f i^ctept, and, according io fh^
Custom of ihc'codnlry, swear ro the treaty of Bo*
naya> but lai!Uo that he perform thfe sWe with res-
pect to the lasVmentionedf agreement of Tello.

The Kringof'Tello,' who^laicJy lAafried Arod
Midelloi sister of- the late Datoorfire Sedeitrcng*
a very 'Old ariH rich Miirorij' is particuTarW des-.
bribed m the Me.moir^ of my prcdetcssors Smout,'
Loot«n, and Van,!CI'ootWyk, ai a very dat*ng6rous,^
and unfaitbfuH alhy. To thi» t moist Willingly
give my concurrence. But I go farther, and it
appears to rhe that/ although we mil'st look! upon
all the Maccassar Nobles as our professed friends,*
Vfc ought at th_e same time to observe ihem as the
secret aird perpetual enemies of the Dutch,- who?,
lyantonly the power to make it c\^ident; to usi
Yes! r here do" dedare that I never had reason
to exclude from this oire single individual anion^
themj' and above all, not that crafty and in formi
cr memoirs so bigtly elctoUed Care6ng Madjerii^
nang'; but Itbink it necessary that wiih respect
to hinfi a teci^ei and prticlent atctniion shoald bd
observed^ ' . ,^

I have it ti nres met that gentleman ivitb alt
possible kindhesis, and* never refused his many fold
applications: yet, F never s\ifFere4 hinfto pass by
llie Fort with hi* chief colours at th4 topofhil,
mast; and it appears to me^ he Was on account,,
of thisprohrbitibh more/or les^ dissatisfied Witb
fine, for after that tiine he never ca^ne tame againjt
I believe that iiyiill be well; rricrdy to avoid fur-i^
tlierill will fronfirhiin; iHkt yoOf should cultivate
his friendship, as ■ I do not doubt biit that after
my departure he will make agairi.his appear.ance*

• *Kirig or QiiecQ of tbt country callctf Stdenrcngr-Vf

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. His friend Careeng Paramgc^ who with him inrai
taken into the protection of the Company; haa
^iven me no reason for dissatisfaction* Yet^
when I view the life and actions of both these
persons towards the Company and others, then (
am compelled to say, that but very Utile honesty
4s found in their sentiments^ : >

Careeng Barombong is likewise a proper Mac«
Mssar, v^ho sery-^d gnder t^ie s^ands^rd of Bonta-
|aripas, and was the ^ast of those rebel! jous peoplq,
yrho came; intofubmis&ion. He still enjoys thp
protection ^^'ph his grand-mother the Queeti
bowagei* of tfie King of Goa^ Mappa Osseng, or
Cateeng Bessei, obtained for him from the Sq-
preme Government of Batavia; and in virtue of
It he retains some prerogatives in the Compong
•Baro.* He seems to be peaceably inclined, and
has with hfs sons visited nie once, when I was at
Siang t He likie\yisc liyea retired froni Ae Oour|
of J elio, .' ^ . /

Thet>cfl|t inclined of all is, in my ppinion, tht
eldest or first Shabandhar,;^ envoy ordinary to
this Government ; with whoni business may be
transacted tolerably well'.

On the other hand I §nd Careen^ Tamassongo,

the emigrated' second Tomarilalang | of Goa, ^%

•present Ander'ihe particular protection of Bone»

not very rcconiroendable, which may be caused

• A v^lage cliose to fort Rotterdam en the South
l|dc. — Translator.,.

t The name of a small province in. the North, und|f
the obedience of the Company* — Translator.'

'* J Collector of duties. 1 kANSLATORi

I !.CounsfUor«f $tate.-pi^TRAN«LAT«» ^

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hy^his b^incr stilt an enemy to hts brother the Ca«
ireeng of Tetilo ; and this n^tll, zs is geneially titisr
^ase with the dissatisfied Princes^ continue of
Jong as it will serve his turn. But C^reeng Can<K
Jelee, or BeUdjee has a natural propensity to
Inischief, he is a thief and a murderer^^and tvever^
iheless is under the protect|pii of the King 0f
Bone. ' ^ :" ! '- •. 'i:

It is he who married Boome ^artige» the Ut$
•Oueen of fieema, by whom tie trad a child now
Uwrullv entitled to the siiccessioil of the kingdoiti
of Beema* Ti^at child is educated at the Court
hi Goa ; anti this is tuificient toi deprive him 6f
his Hg;ht, if possible/ [:[' \

Concerning the province of Mandhar I know
nothing to. add to what I have said already m
my History of Celebes, To this I do likewiae
refer you concerninj; the provinces of Lahbo^
Warfjo* Torettea, Touradjo^ Cajelee^ Touraiv*
gang and Boole — Boole. Prcvioi^stomy d<epar«
ture^ however, should any thing material happeil
*SA those provinces^ I Will not fail to mention it ai
the end o^ this memoir^

About the petty kingdom of Tanette, as well
':fi8 concerning the Ibvf^lling of the smaU fortresi

of Booren at^Bantchana, llhave likewise nothir^
'to say worth your notice more tbaiii what is men^;

tioned at leingth in my ieparate letters of last year
Uo the^ Supreme Governiment aVBatavia^and^hat

fhey were pleased to direct in thei^ se||>arate lett^f
•of the 31st Detember 1^59^ , '•

I will here for your information only adTd^^ that
witbrcgar4 to 4be;{^riQCcs».aoi»s to the Q^^^nt

Ihey

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flieyare extremety bad, causing to our subjects at^
^ageree many troubles. | have never failed to
ibppose their misdeeds, and have always obtained
proper redress^ and satisfaction on such occasions*
^ut I too^ care to accept the excqses they offered.
4: pardoned^ and excited them by admonitioni
«nd good lessons to a better conduct ; nvhich haa
iipon the whole pretty well succeeded.
>^ yf'n\\ this I shall consider as concluded all that
(s worth particular notice concerning the allies oJF
the F|dnorable Company in Celebes, ^But before

i proceed to the distant allies^ I musi here set
. own on that subject for your information, and as
requiring your utmost attention^ the recommen«>
•daaon of the Supreme Government of Batavia^
in a letter q( the 6ch January i699> viz.
'^^fT^?^ ^e must not tiusc to a lasting peace
-f* with ;|ny of these nations : but that on thecon*
^f traryi we ough|: always to watch their actiona
V witW ampicious camion/^
/ ^Amongst the distant allies of the company* the
Icingdom of Boutong^ laying; East of Celebes,
*|ias nere the first rank. The present King, and
^bis thiriy Mantrieaor pounsellors^ of which the
.Government of that Kingfl^m consists^ have since
«the last two years conducted themselves, as if all
4he still unsettled differences 4wuh them bad aU
ifeady been adjusted.

The King Sacke Oodceni in whose reign the
>9outons were punished by order of the Supreme
>0overnment of Batavia, died at the end of last
^year. and was shortly after his demise, according
;fo the custom of the country, succeeded by Rap«

* Sageree is a conquered Northern province ot iha
Company.'^TaAiisLATOR*

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M MEMOIR Of eovijiMoii BL©E,

'pc Oodeen, son of Sahip Oodeen ; of vrhic^

succession proper information was given by Iciteif

to this Government, with addition ihat^ on acr

, fount of the late King's illness, the sending of

.Ambassadors to Batavia had been delayed.

Concerning the island of Sumba^ya, I have to
inform you that the King of that country died
|atelv, and that his Queen Qowager, daughter cjf
%ht Queen Amas Hadena, who was formerly wed-
ded to the Sebel Boncolancas^ has been electe(|
Queen of Sumbawa. But of all this, n'>thing
l|ias yet been communicated to this Governmen?.

With regard torhc kingdom of Dompo, manjr
fomplaints have: been received against (he King
, fxn account of his bad Government, in consc^*
Guencc of which, numbers of his subjects are rua-
^ring away ko^n\ him. The ordinary remedy has
^een restored to ; and a letter dated the 25th Sep*
lember last was forwarded to him in the hopis
^hat it may have the desired effect. If it has nof,^
H change in the Government must be n^ade there.

From the King of Tambora, wc have lately
feceiyed a letter, in which he complains very much
aigainst the King of Papekatj^. on account of the
rejection of his claim upon sixcyfour subjects.
JBut aftcra due inquiry, his complaint appears to
me void of solid foundation ; and I think it nc«
pessary, by a soothing friendly letter, to induce thtf
JjCing of Tambora to relinquish his pretensions.

Nothing further is to be noticed here of that
tmall kingdom and of the petty kingdams of
Sangar and of Papekat, the^n that the three Kings
a^re the best inclined towards the Company; and
^hai their subjects are the most civilized and n^bst
f^^U^^S^^ui* people in the whole island.

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•• I haVc now to inform you, concerning Beemali
ihat the King of that rt^lm \i a very extravagant
person^ whom by gdOd admonitions mad^ ih you^
Dame, the reside/ii there is. ats mdch as pdssiblei
to bfing back within th^ bounds of ft^soh; thA^
(he nobl^^s of chad kingdoiti^ wh6ar6 alttHdf dii^
aacisfied^ may not tutn their fninds to the ^titt
worse election, for their King, of the 6hild of Ci^
fceng Csfndjclce; of {hat Catidjelee by whi^seatl^
vice the M'accasssfrs Hav^ already dsvitptd tH^
tivhole of *Scer6as Mangar^^ This the King of
Beema and bis nobles arc resoWdd id rfecbvef
Jigatn, for which purposes they have recfUested thd
Gon^pany's assistance in gun-powder anci ihou
But as we received the intelligenee of their de«*
sign togeCbcr wich the rcquTesc for anfi
lt)unitionj rathef tod late in the last seasbn, lifre
could not immediately comoly with t'hcit requisU
tioni Not long ago, however; we ft'aVe taken i
tcsolutioh' to chat effect in our assembly of cOUrl^
cil» as is fully kno#n to youy and of course ail'-
Decessary to ^aV Aiortf* »

Respecting che Confipamy'* terfitory/ and theif-
subjects, described dIrcadyV in my History of Cei>
lebes, to the best of my knowledge and on the best
a^uthorrties I hive beeiir abh^ to consul t^ I have
nothing more to say than that alfis there in Com*^
pictc quietnesi arid good* o'rder. And* since, the
people d^ependimmecnatcly on the Company, ana
aire therefore un^er yptrr absolute^ authority ; it
is of the highest importance^ that they, be poWer^
|uliy supported by you, not only against the un«
lawful exactions of the Residents of the Co^Tipa-*
fiyi but als.o an^'^artiiculariy ag^Kinst tht.in&okaci^
6i the Boughee& and Maccassais* .<..-. ^

V «•" • * Finally^

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FinafUy, I cannot omit rccdrnmending to yott
to perform in person^if the $taiteof affairs perrYiu»'
it, the annual collection of the Tithe** of paddy*^
Experience has taught me that, to be .faithful ta
our tf ust, we ought to be present iit that rmpor4
tantoperatioii^ and according to the custom o|.
former times^ appear with a considerable fOrce^
especially at Cabba.t ■

I have; I thinfei sufficiently treated of alt thd^
affairs which concerathe Honorable Company in.
ihis, as in the opposite islands, fiut as tlic time
fixed for my departure ii apprpaching, I havo
itilt one more obligation |o futfiir^ according to'
my former promise;' and it is a ^reat satis f^ctioil^
to me to be Able to observe, that to this day^ all
bad report^ from the interiour have been of no
toriseduence ; and that on the contrary with re«v
ference to the balance, they seem noW more ad«
vantageous than before/becauise, according to th^
a^/ertion of the King of Bone, the well mindea
Wadjbosare inclined to accommodate the differ*
cnces with Bone, on condition of strictly adhering^
lb tKe Bonay*8 ^reaty ; which in Both our opini*
6ns Would be the siafesC way lo priSserve the com^
liion tranquillity.

Concerning thp kingdom of ^pplng|| the dif«

* It is a standing order 6f the Supreme Goterninent
that the Governor is to collect in person the annual Ti«]^
thes in the Northern provinces» except on occasions of
greater importance, in which Case he sends a deputy.W
TaANSLAToa.

t A large village In the Northern province of Pani^
Itajeena, the inhibitants <>f which are a mixitnre of diffiir^^
.#nt natioas,i)ut the larger part are* Bougheei»«— TaAM
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t'erences with Mario are, it seems, still the same ;
since Arob Pandjeiee contihues to reside there ;
and from the foolish acts of Mappa, together with
the disrespectful style which he usci in writing to
the King his father, I conclude with the Kin^
himself that Mappa undutiful, both as a ion and
as a Vice Roy, is endeavouring to wrest the King-
dom of Sopping from his fsither; Our suspicioa
is but tbo strongly supported by the circumstance
that there is not now one single Nobleihan of that
country prefent ac the Court of Bbne, to perform
the ordinary Court duty.

Concluding with thisj and wishing you happi<i
iiess and prosperity in the diiBcult task of the Gd«
Vernmcnc you are noW to eriter iipon^ I remain
trith sihcere esteem.

Sir,
IfoUr Mdit Obcdierit Servant^

(Signed) R. BLOK.

Resigning Cl9vemH%
FORT RdTTERDAWr,
k&ccasiary iOlh Jpttt XHO.

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JOURNAL CONTINUING, &c.

Containing the niost remarkable occurren^
ces since the departure of Mr. Blokfrom
Maccassar^ to the year 1808, kept by his
respective successors^ and extracted J^rom
the Dutch secret records bj/ the Trans^
lalor.

JL H£ war solbngtKi-eatened between Bone and by" m*!
'\Vadjo, and of which Mr. Blok in his Memoir g^vfc ^^^'
a proper idea*, at last broke out in the year 1762,
and lasted till the end of 1763. Bone gained by *^^
that war but little reptUation, sind no possessions
bat Chiaranai which the BougheeiS, retook from;
the Wadjoos, and iwO| dr three villages belonging.
tp that people. After ibis .the King went into
the countryi^ forlified CHlnr^na, and abolished tho
famous alliance «- LimoQn-Pktoea-re-TiaioOrong,
calling it Tellong-pootcheci ,, ,

• When the King of Bofte had returned frdfti the *7«*
cpaptry to Fort Rotterdam, I considered/ on ac-
count of his gr6at sige, that/ if an arrar^emenc
respecting the sucdcssion was not soon maide^ and
he happened to die without $iich i, provision, ic-
v^ould not only c^use a very great disturbance-
Within Bone^ and at the Court of Goa/ but also'
giv<; a great deal of trouble to the Coippany and
would even become dangerous to them, as by that
Bone and Goa might become connected together,
an accoiint of the Queen dowager Aroo Palacca^^
gfand^inothcr of (be Kipg of Goa> who woj^il^
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1763 ^^^^ advantage oFnich a neglect and insist fippi|
^^^^^ her right, as lawful heiress to the thjrone of ^bne^^
^yhi-ch to prevent was of^rcat consequence^ to ch^
Company/ But if nqnicasurc was taken before
fhe death of the old King, t^he prevention would
then become more difficult, and inigHi even re^.
quire,; what \$ always better avoided, a recourse iq
jarnfis. \ On this account, I made it immediately
Tny bufihess to rq>resent to. the King, thcd^^nger
which Bone would run, in case ise should come
to die, without having-provided foi; the siiqcession •
i^nd I pressed him so much, that at last I obtained
tny object, a^d a 'public att was signed by th^
King, myself, and all the Nobles, in<which Arop
i^ampoBone js noipinatccl the I(in|;'s successor.
and heir appajrent. . 'a

1766 Respecting the King(|om of Maccassar, or the
Court of Goa, that co^ntiry for a length of time
had been in some state of confusion, caused by
the bad fidrninistratioa of the Prime Minister,
which went so fiir, that the King'of Goja abandon*
ed his kif^Aom^ nnd fled to ' 3eema. ]^is reason^
for so doing w^$,jhal\he didjnot receive the ho-
porf; and pr^nE>g%tiye$ due tp him ; and the whqle^
it was afterwards cliparly^pfoyed, originated in the
instigation of the King of TclJIo. ( At the time of.
hjs flight it was satj^ chat the King of Goa had the.
intention of repairing to ^n English Settlemen^.
He v^^s even reported to have actt^ally joined'^
certain Challa Bigokoola, living un;der the .English
protection at Qenqbolen^ with whom he. commit^
ted many depredations on the land of Salempa?
rang, and plundered'. and killed the. Cotinpaiiy'i.
subjects.

/..^ui ^ messenger caipe to me froip the I^ing of Bofi«

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ffith a request^ that I would icnd to him a trusty \YQ^
i)erson, by whom |ic (Could let mc know some ^^^y^
i^hing of consequence*

Upon this I commissioned the Malay Gaptatn
to proceed tp, and bear what the King of fione
Jiad to fay. On his retyrn the Captain reported
to mc, that the King of Bone had received a lettea
from the Queen mother Aroo ipalacca^^ in which
she informed him^ that her grand-son the King ol
Coahad the intention to Abdicate the throne, antji;
jto betake himself to flight ; that the King of Bond
had ordered him to cbmmiinicate this ro me/an^
to request at the same time that I would favor hi^pr
with my advice^ and point out to him what was td
^be done to prevent so rash a step. In reply E
sent back the Malay Captain to the King of' Bone
with my advice, tbat^ a» the affair was as yet onlf
a private report, I thought it best that the Com*
pany,as well as.the Court of Bone, should keep
ihemselves qtiiet, and wait till the Court of Goa^
abould^by aformal deputation, acquaint either nietr
br the King of Bone with the circumstance, wheia^
}i would be timd for us to devise the necessary;
ineans to prevent ibq intended flight of the King.

The King of Bone sent a tetter to me, witii, Aviwi
Information that Ke had received that Jetter in th^^^
night, being written by the Queeif mother Arocii
Faiacca, the King.of Tello, and, thp Prim^Mi«r
fijster of Goa. But before I had time toas^^fiiT^
b|<; the .Council, I r^eceived anott^r mesiajfc/rqni,
the King of Tello, sta^jng that on. the p^^eding;
evening the King of Goa bad, a.bandppf d hia
kingdom, and betaken himself to Qig^i anc} tbatr
fiobedy knew where he had gor\e.
* i rctjjrncd royjhanks to ih^c ^it%^ of^Tj^ilQ^
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!r66but. 9sked the messenjger to inForip me^ifbc^^
could, of the reason which t^ad moved the King
of Goa to .abandon bis ^throne and p le^ye his
country. Wfls ,it the ill tjreatrpent he, received,
firoo) the prime Minister, who did oQt pay. him the
same, respect \yhich had bef;n p^id |o h'x^ prede--,
cessor F or ha4 the.othtr Courtiers aod li^Iobles
been, wanting ii| their du^y tqhim ? The messen*
ger said he had beard of the iCing of Goa hav^,
ipg several times coi|aplained:thaC^« he w^s treated
^ith an indi^nity^ which ba4 never before .been.
^^ffered to a King of Maccassaji as., he had not C;-
yen a decent house tp dyell in» xior a park, tein<»^
pie or Pctsjaara- house;* and many other things,
were withheld .from him, all of which, ^added to,
t^e slightipg qI; hi^ person, had struck him to the.
bottom of bis heart.

Adeputs[tion composed of. the first Noblemen.
Jhr" came from the court of Goa to acquaint mie, that,
the King had abandoped his tjirpne^, and fl^d the*,
kingdom, and that they knew not where he had

I desired the deputation to tell those who had'
sent them, that since they had neglected to give,
to me, as to the representative of the Honorable
Company their first ally, information of the af-^
fair in proper time, I, on the part, and in the name
of the Company, protested agafnst any bad conse« ,
(|(iences, which might arife, leaving them to be
answered for by the atfthbrs of the mischief.
* I ha^ in the mean time dispatched a swift sai-
ling boat with a Conipany's interpreter and the
Malay Captain in search of the fugitive King oC

• A Council Housci or Chamber.— Translator.

i^Bguit

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Coai charging cheni i6 endeaivour, iF thcv met i^gg
him, to bring him back to Maccassar. They
returned in the evening of the same day a^t 8 ^'^'^'^
o'clock, and reported, that thev had nnret the
King at no great diftaricb ftorb Oca ; that having
laid open their co'mnNisii#n td him he had in an*
swer said that since he had left his kingdom he
i^uld not return ; as to his motives he could
accufe no body, because it appeared to him that
God had put the thing into his mind ; that novr
he would go and visit his mother at Beema.

The King of Tello sent an express messenger ^^
td me^ with intelligence, that the nine electors, ^^J^
or voters of the kingdom of Goa^ together with
the first cotknsellor»had the day before been persu*
adedbyCareengPaganak-kang.tocometohishouse,
thereto advise with him what wasto bedoae with the
Regalia, which, on the flight of the King, had been
given to his charge by the primfe minister; that
on their being assembled there, Careeng Paganak^
kang had proposed to them lo deliberate whether^
since the King had abandoned his kingdom,' and
. fltd nobody knew where, not for what purpofe^i
the beft measure to take was not to enter im-^
mediately upon the election of a new King?
Thatagainft this proposal the firft cOonseHor and
the nine electors, or voters had viotently protest^
ed, saying : that not only sttch a proceeding was
contrary to the most ancient customs of the Mac«
cassar peoplcibut aUo that the election of a King
could be made at naother house than that of the
, Prime Minister, where the Regalia mufk be seni
back I that to this Careeng Paganak%kang had an-
swered : ** there is iMMiecessity for it; let us but elect
the prime ministtr for our King^ and we sbailoQ

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iT'gg informing bioiofhis election present him whh
^^^^^^^ the Regalia* Thai about this, the nine electors,
or voters had deliberated, and having on both
sides violently disputed and opposed each other^
they at last had brought the matter to this con-
clusion, that the Regalia should be given in charge
to tHe ptime minister, but that for the present
he should not be elected as their King. I sent
my thanks to the King of TcUo for the commu-
nication he had given me.

In the evening of the same day, the King of
Bone sent information to me, that two days after
the Bight of the King of Goa, the queen Aroo
Palacca had likewife left her rtsidence, and was
now at Cbamboppo. That she intended to take
refuge at the court of Bone, but that from shame
and fear concerning what had happened between
the King of Goa» and the daughter of the late
Pongawa, she did not dare (o come» That there-
foie he the King intended to send for her, being
of opinion^ that she would be better under the
•protection of Bone, than any where else.

A Ihtle whiU afterwards, on the same evening,
the King of Bone sent another message to inform
me, that the Prime Minister of Goa had been with
him and had acquainted him that the Maccassars
intended to elect a new King, and that probabl/
the choice would fall upon the brother of the
fugitive King. That he, the King of Bone, had
expressed his surprize at the Maccassars being
inclined to enter upon the election of a ne^
Kine, without Brst endeavouring to bring back,
the fugitive one, in<}rder to learn from him the
jeason that induced him to. such a despcraie
•tcp* . ^

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The King of Bone^ having first requested of 1766
me to have the Malay Captain^ sends him back y,^,,^^^^
|o mewith intelligence^ that the Maccassars had Augua
by an embassy informed him, that ihe first Coun* "''»•
fellor, together with some of the principal No-
bles, had set out in search of the King of Go^^
and that they had received orders from the as-
sembled nine electors or voters, that in the event
of falling in with him, they should exert them,
selves in persuading him to return with them.;
that in case of his non-cornpliance, they should
request him to say, whom he wished to succeed
him to the thione of Goa.

A messenger from the King of Telle came with Aufu«i
intelligence, that the Embassy who had been sent * ^
in quest of the King of Goa, had returned and re-
ported that, ihey had proceeded by land as far as
the town of Mallassor^ that there they learned
from the inhabitants, that the day before their ar-
rival, the King of Goa had Icfc the place and put
to sea, where lo go they did not know.

The King of Bone communicated to mean in* sepiem^
leliigence, which he had received by a messenger b« V*
from Sumbawa, who mentioned that five days pre- ^
vious to his departure from that place the King
of Goa htd arrived there, 5

Mr. David Boolen, appointed, by the Supreme '^*'*^**
Government at Batavia, Governor elect of Mac- ^^ '
cassar, arrived this day.

This morning I received report from Tello, ^PjJ*^
that the King of that realm had died«

A messenger, sent by the first Minister of Tello April
came to me and reported ^ihat it had been dciei^- '*
mined to.elect for their Queen the Pnoce^s IC.^-
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1767 A messenger from Goa brings intelligence. ii|

^^^^^^ the name of the Prime Minister, that the Maccasr

Apni sars intended to choose for their King the younger

>4^^- brother of the fugitive one.

p4i/isih. Intelligence is received by me, that the fugi-

cive King of Goa has been made prisoner by the

Resident of 3eema» and sentco Batavia.

On the a6th of June 1767, the resigning Go-
vernor Mr. Sinkclaar took his ^^parture from
Maccassar for Batavia.
1768 The elected young King of Goa. accompanied
ki "m" ty * depuiy on the part of Bone» and the Prime
{looien. Minister of Goa, with all the Maccassar Nobles,
^Jlft!" came into Fort Rotterdam, vhcre according to
custom;^ he $wore, by renovation into my hand;^
and in the presence of the full Council, to the
jftncient tre^ty^ concluded by \^\$ predecessors
with the Company.

Thi( day, the Princess Careeng Caravese was
iub. crovncd and proclaimed Queen of Tello, qn
which occasion (hat Queen fcc^iyed t))e name of
Settee Salie.f
* I was informed by the King pf Bone of his

^, 3S* having received intelligence from Goa, that the
young King had left his Residence, and retired to
the town otBarpmbong^ and that the Queen Dp-
wager and grand-mother Arpo Palacca h^d ac-
companied him there.

Upon this I, and the King of Bone, had taken
great pains to ascertain the true reason of the
' young Maccassar King's departure from Goa^^

when

[ • It is th« custom in Celebes, that the new King, or

Qiieen always receives a name, alluding in some manner
to the ceremony of the coionation* — TgANSLAT0««

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I received a letter from the King of Bone, sent ]769
to him by the King of Goa, containing what foU .^ _^

lows : ,ebf •-

•^Your Highness* grand- son comes solely for '^^^*
*-* the purpose of declaring to you, that he by no
^ means intends to follow the example of his bro-
V iher, and to leave his country ; your Highness'
'* grand-son has left his Goa Residence merely to
** divert himself elsewhere, in an innocent man-
<.' ner, in order to disperse the grief he feels on
•* account of his brother'^ absence ; your High*
•* ness' grand-son therefore thinks^ that he can no
** longer be q{ any use to the kingdom of Maccas-

This was confirmed not only by the communi* p,|,,„^
Ration which on this day I received from the ry i6Uu
Queen of Tcilo, namely, of her having learned
tnat, in the after noop of the day before, ihe Soo-
fdang, or Regalia of Goa, had by the Council of
Slate, the joint* Bate Salapang of the realm, becii
delivered to the Prime Minister of Goa^ as a proof
that they had chosen him for their King ; but also
by the appearance before me of all the Courtiers
and Nobles of Goa, informing me, that since they
had been again abandoned by their King, they had
in his room chosen the Prime Minister, Careeng
Tamasongo, and entreating me, as the represent
lative of the Company^ to approve and confirm
pha; election.

The Queen Dowager of Goa Aroo Palacca^ in^ p ^
formed ibe King of Bone, that the Maccassars ly t^u

* Bate Salapang, art the nine Electors or Voters, as*
Kmbled in a body to determine upon stale affairs, and to

fleet a Ivi^g I'ftANSLATOK.

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1769 'living dethroned his and her grand-son, she had
^ as a compensation for the loss of his Crown, con-
ferred on hiin the title of* Madanrang Patacca.

On the same day, the King of Bone bestowed
upon him the title of Aroo Maitipoo Wawa t or-
dering him in future to be distinguished by either
the one, or the other of these titles, instead of
that of King of Goa.

Whilst all this happened at Goa, I received in-
telligence that, notwithstanding all ihe pains I bad
taken to dissuade the King of Bone fiom going
into the country, he had however resolved to go.
His reason for doing so was principally to deter-
mine upon the succession to the throne of Bone,
before he should come to die, which by my ex-
ertions was fixed upon Aroo Mampo Bone^ sur-
named Lapaga. This Prince however, a little
vhile after his elevation, and the appearance of
the King in the country, became suddenly ill, so
much so that his recovery was despaired of.

In the mean-time a report was spread, that the
runaway King of Goa, who by the Resident of
Beema had been sent prisoner to Batavia, whence
the Supreme Government had exiled him to
Ceylon, had arrived at Maccassar in a ship called
Freebourgh, and that he was lodged at the Goin

vernor's hoqse,

'

• Field Marshal of the proviacc of Palacca. — TftANs«-

lATOR.

t That very Prince is still alive, under the name of
Aroo Mampo Oca. Under tht English Governmrnt in
1814, he was, on the clectian of a new King, appointed
Prime Minister of Goa. But he is no friend to Euro-
peans,— •TranslatoRi

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This caused the new clecfcd King of Goa to ijrS
•send for information to me, when I answered that
there was no truth in the report. ^ ^.^

This day I received a letter from the Supreme 3d.
Government of Batavia, which informed ine ihatp^*^^^^^*^
I was relieved from the Government of Maccas^ry ^tb,
sar» and ordered me to deliver the same to Mr.
Paul Godofrccd van der Voort, whose arrival here
might be daily expected.

This day, the Governor elect, Mr. Van der Mareii
Voort arrived at this Fort. *9*^*

The King of Bone, by an express, sent inrelli- jnnm^
gcncc from the country to me, that the heir appa- ^^^»
rent Aroo Mampo Bone had died.

Mr. Boolen, the resigning Governor, on the
9 2d, installed Mr. Van der Voort as Governor, at
which ceremony^ contrary to custom on such oc-
casions, no deputies of Goa and Tello were pre*
sent. On the 30th of the same month, Mr. Boo«
len took his departure for Batavia.

From the time of the departure of my prede* Written
cessor Mi. Boolen, all was very quiet at the Courts yln d^c
of Bone and Goa, until this day, Vooru

When the King of Goa sent a deputation to 1775
me, requesting me to allow the deputies to cxa- /\^"'J^
mine an article of the Bonay's treaty* '

This day I received intelligence that the King March
of Bone was very ill. , •**•

The Court of Goa, desirous to ascertain the M«reh
true meaning of some articles of the Bonay's 7^^»
treaty, sent to me their request for a Dutch and
Malay copy of the same, which

I sent them accordingly. March

This day I received the mournful intelligence, jj'^^*
thai in the night at 2 o'Clock the King of Bone i^i'b.

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1 775 had departed this life, and that the GrandcAof
the kingdom had immediately entered upon the
election of Aroo Timmoorong, to be their King
in the room of the deceased.

ilth. '^^^ ^^^ elected young King of Bon*, acconfi^
panied by the Prime Minister and all the princi-
pal Nobles of that kingdom came and acquainted
me, that the election had taken place agreeably
to the desire of.their lately deceased King, antl
requested that the Company would approve of it.
No»eni- The Prime Minister of Bone, with other No^
' * bles of that nation, came and acquainted me, that
in their Council, they had resolved to carry ihefr
new King into the country, because, according to
their ancient customs, they were bound to exhi-
bit him there to his subjects^ and for that purpose
they requested my permission, which I most wil-
lingly granted.

Sr^'td! ^^^ "^^ ^'"8 of Bone departed this^ day for
bis country:

177S This day a most curious report was brought M
knVixL roc by a messenger from Palembankeeng,* accom-*
panied by a Glarang of Monchongkomba,t which
was, that in the yeeir before the Bougheese Prince.
Aroo Pateempeng, had brought with him froni
Passier;];a certain slave- boy« whom he called San«

*A village South of Maccassar» on the sea-sidc.-^
Translator.

t A village a short distance beyond Palembaokeeng*
—Translator.

J A pitcc Nonh of Maccassar, under the obedience
of the King of Sedeenrcng, inhabited mostly by Wad*

J0aS.-<-TRANSLAt0R.

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Keelang^^ on account of his having during the Ijf^
voyage performed the duty of a steerman. A
short time after his arrival ac Palembankeeng, that
boy had run away from hi^ master^ and taken and
tarried n^ith him his master's criss. He then had
taken refuge at the house of a subject of Mon-
chongkombak of iht liame of Ranga. Aroo Pa*
teempeng^ on receiving that information^ had sent
41 messenger to iFlanga, to demand of hini the above
$ankeelang4 When the messenger arrived ac the
house of Ranga, where Sankeelang was, before he
could niakl^ known his errand^ Sankeelang had
taken up his criss^ and rushing upon the messenger^
had witn many threats asked what he Wanted with
him, and if he did not know^that he, Sankeelang^
was the King o^ Goa,f returned fronr\ Ceylon^
Irhe miissenger at these words^ being apprehensivd
of consequences, had instantly left the house^
and returning to his master had reported cbd
occurrence.

Shortly after Sankeelang^ accompanied by
jRanga, had endeavoured to raise a party by per-*
Suading the people bf the village Bonto Lebangg
Bonto-Cadeen^and Bonto^Marranoj; to side with
him, making them believe that he was in reality

* Sankeelang signiifies in the Maccassar language the

tfossbeam, upon which the rudder of their prows is rest-*

. trig. This Sankeelang caused a war with the Company

in which the Maccassars were entirely defeated and sab«

dtt^d.-^TRANSLATOa.

f That King of Goa, sent fcy the Resident of Bcema
prisoner to Batavia, had been by the Supreme Got ern«
ment exiled to Ceylon. — Trakslatoh,

; Villages in the south under the obedience of the King

lOiUUsHng.^-i-TaAMSJLATOR

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JYYQ^^c fugitive King, or Batara Goa* He had
i^ _ ^ don* the same with the people of Mopchong
Komba threatening and warniii.g thepi by rpesscn-
gers that, in case of opposition on their part, he
would compel them lo obedience by force of
arms. He had also sent word to the Soole^v^-
tangt of Palemban-Keen;, thiit he would come
and attack him.

On receipt of this intelligence^ to lose no time^
I ordered the chief interpreter to collect with all
speed a sufficient number of people from out the
villages Palembankeeng and Glissong, and with
them to fall on the impostor and seize and deli-
ver him, either dead, or alive into the hands of the
Company.
teilX. ' received by a messenger from the chief inter*
preter a verbal account^ that he, the chief inter*
preter, had received my orders dated the nth
instant, that accordingly he had ordered the sub-
jects of Palembankeeng and Glissong;^ to join
him at Patcalassang. On the next day early in
tlie morning, before any people, except those of
Pattalassang, consisting of 50 men, bad joined
him, he had been attacked by Sankeelang at the
head of about 200 men; Success had been on
the interpreter's side, who bad lost 2 men only^
^hiUt Sankeelang had been put to flight, leaving
behind him 17 men killed. But it had been im«
possible to pursue him, because the interpreter had

pot people enough for that purpose.

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* A tittle, signifying in the Maccassar lapguage a

Sovereign. — translator

i Chief of the Village.-— Tra^NSL A tor

X A track of land making a point Southwest of Mac«

Ca»sar.--»TRAiiStATOit

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I received information from the King of Goa^iyyg
that he having heard, through Careeng Sandra- s^v^^
bone, of the attack made upon the chief interpret ^,
ter at Pattalassang^ by a certain person calied|>erifttb.
Sanke'elang, he had made enquiries about that
person to iearn whether he was in reality the Ba«
lara, or fugitive King of Goa. It had been as-
certained he was not; the people nevertheless
held him for a Saint.

I recci/ed a report that Prince Aroo Mampo, j^ove^
late King of Goa, together with two of the prin-b«ct6ih,
cipal Nobles of Goa, had four days before left
Maros, and that, according to the general rumour
they had joined themselves with Sankeelang; that
S^mkeeiang then had marched to the town of
fiarombong ;* that the Queen Dowager ofCoa^
Aroo Palacca^ and the Princess Careeng Balasa-
rce were with him ; and that the Queen Oowagef
bad owned him for her grandson, the fugitive
King of Goa» Hho had escaped from Ceylon^the
place of his exile. Upon this I immediately sent
a messenger to Barombong in order to ascertain
whether (he Queen Aroo Palacca, and the Prir>«
cess Careeng Balasaree were actually with San-
keelang. The messenger returned the same af-
ternoon, and reported to me that be had himself
•een both Princesses there.

I ordered then an Ensign with 31 European jj^^^^,
•oldiers, the Chief Interpreter^ the Malay Cap-bert^d^
tain, and as many ^natives as he should think ne*
cessary, towards the South.

Two prisoners, followers of Sankeelang, were oeccm-
seni to me with a letter from the Ensign. On**"*^'***

* A Maccassar fief under the Company, in theSoutli
ptthe Mac<:assar territory. — ^TfcANS|.AToa.

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1 77^ being questioned they informed me, that several
w^v-w Maccassar Princes and other Nobles bad jpine4

Sankeelang, of which I immediately sent commu*

nication to the King of Goa,

A report reached me that Sankeetang^ witli
jiauary about loomcn^ bad marched to the town of Bo*
^^^* riiallo,* and that thence be intendjsd to penetrate
North wards into the Company's territory under
the Regent of Tanralelee^t and to prevail upoii
that Chief to unite with him agninst the Compa-
ny and Coa.

Upon this I issued an order, and sent it to the

^'ithl? Resident in the Northern province, of Maros, for

him to warn all the Regents of the Company's

towns and villages in his district, to be upon their

fuard, that they might not be surprised unawarea
. y Sankeelang,'or his followers, but attack btn|
i|ind them in case they should shew themselves,
ai)d get, if possibly, S^t^HcieUng dead»or alive into»
thejr power^

At tbe same time I seta price of 250 Spanish
Dollars upon the head of Sankeelang, of which (
informed the King of Goa, and requested him to
make i( known to the Maccassar people, and to
use all his power to prevent the marching of the
Impostor into the Company's Northf!rn provinces.
f rvtrf I received intelligence, that all the Hill Regent*
^'^f iOf Maccassar, together with alnios^ all the Gran*
dees of Goa, had joined Sankeelang; and th^t he^
Sankeelang, had said, tjiat within %o days he
would iparch into Goa, and take possession of thac

^ Npt very far from Goa, but more towards the
JJills. — Tkanslator.

f A proyiocc iinder M9ros.~T|tAMSLATOtf

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town, after which he would advance to Maccas- lYJT
car, there to fetch his grand^mother^ meaning the«.inrsA^
Queen Dowager of Goa^ Aroo Palacca.

Information was sent to me by the King of Mmh
Qoa, that he had learned from the Madanrang of ^^*
Bone* that the Queen of Tcllo kept up a secret
correspondence with Sankeelang, and that she
had already sent him some rmiskets, money and
cjothcs, &c.

Such reports and communications^ from all Mi^
sides around this Fort, went on all day and night, **'**•
till in the night of this day, at i o'clock, I receiv-
ed intelligence, that the postof Maros was in great
danger of being taken by Sankcclang, he having
already po5sessed himself of the villages of Chido,
Simbang, and fiooakan.Mata, and placed his
Hetd Quarters at Macbinng^ in the house of Ca«
reeeng Tanralelee.

I did immediately send back to Maros the
messenger who had brought the above intelligence^
with an order Co the Serjeant stationed there to
exert all his power in guarding the Company's
fortress of FaIkembourgb> promising to send him
trery soon a reinforcement in case be should be
attacked by Sankeelang»

This day } received a report from the Serjeant ^'JJ
commanding at Maros^ that the enemy had ad-
vanced very close to the post ; that they had aU
ready taken possession of the villages of Pakkere^
Booloa, and Labooang in the neighbourhood ;
and that, if no speedy assistance was sent, the
post was in great danger of being forced by the
pnemy«
p* ■ ■ ' ■ II

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J77T * immediately sent to Maros a native force'
V5Hn»-».froin Glissong. commanded by the Chief of that
province; and at the same time, I dispatched ar
messenger to Careeng Labakkang,* with an or-
der to march instantly with aU his armed subjcctr
to the assistance of Maros.

But whilst I was busy to arrange all these mat-
ters for the defence of Maros^ I received a report
that the expedition could not proceed on account'
of the many Prows required to transport the
Troops, and of the! impossibility to get Prow a
from the prevailing opinion, that the enemy had
blockaded the river. This obliged me to delay
the expedition.
^^ In the forenoon of this day the late Bou-

Attb. gheesc Pongawa t Lakasce arrived here and
came immediately to me and said that, having
heard at Pankadjenne J of the- enemy being afj-
Maros, be had hastened hither; and that on the
Bring of guns having reached his ears (his mor-
ning as he passed the river of Maros, he had sent'
one of his chiefs up the river with his people to '
assist the post, in case it should be attacked*
He requested ac the same time that in this dan-
gerous conjuncture, I would employ him in tbo-
«erviceof the Company, for which purpose he had
now come down with 500 armed men.

To that Nobleman i expressed my particular
satisfaction, and desired him to keep hiTnseif in ^

' • Chief of a province of that n^me North of Maros»
and under the administration of the Resident of Maros«

**-TRANStATORi '

t General.— Translator.

t^ A Northern prPvincQ uadec Maros**--! rahsiiA'*

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readiness to join the Company's Troops, under J 777
command of a Lieutenant, and proceed to the w^y-*^
assistance of the Company's post at Maros.

On ihe same day in the afternoon, the Lieutc*
pant, with a Detachment of 65 European soldiers
and a large number of Mallays under command of
their Captain, set out for Maros. Abooc 5 o'clock
the Pongawa Laka&ee, accompanied by the chief
he had sent up the River, and the Malby Lieute-
nant, Intcbe Sadulla, came, and brought the fatal
lateiiigcince^ that in the morning at half past 6
o'clock, the post of Maros had been taken by the
eiiemy : and that on the banks of the river, close
to the village Da£a, three European soldiers had
been found, who had saved themselves by flight.
Lakasee intended to bring tbem with hin>, but on
meeting the expedition in the road he bad de^
livered them to. the commanding officer of the
deuchmer^t; I immediately dispatched an order
to thecQmmandant of the expedition for those
thr«e men: being sent to me«

I received infor macion that a large number of ""T
the enemy hadassembled at the village Carawesee '*^*'*
in. the territory of Teilo.

The King of Goa, distrusting his own courtiers j^*^
and subjects requested by a message, thac I would
send some prows to fetch him and his family
from Goa, and allow him a house at Compong
Barx)0 for hit residence. I refused him for the
present and sent him wordj that I wished him,
before he took such a step, to consider well
vdieiher it would be proper for him to leave his
habitation in such a conjuncture, without having
first tried every meatus to drive the impostor
Sankeelang and bis followers, from bisaerritory*

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l^TT When he should have done all in his power wltfei
^JJU out success, it would be time enough to think of
his safety. At the present moment if he left
Goa, it would be looked upon; by his cour-
tiers and subjects, as if he abandoned: hisi
kingdom. Wherefore I recommended him most
earnestly to remain firm and to make head a*
gainst the enemies of his country.

I ordered at the same time the chief Intcirpre-i
ter. to prepare with the utmost secrecy two Pro^s^
to be immediately sent with dispatchea to Bata«
via.

In the evening of the same day, a messettgeif
brought me a report that in the attack of tH^
post of Marosg besides many wounded,' thirty
eight men of the enemy had been killed and
were laying outside of the post, amongst whom
were several princes of Goa» and of Sandrabone,
and that thirty more had since died of their
wounds ) that Sankeekng had carried with him
to the village of Teckerc* two European soldiers,
ene of whom» being a very old man^ was at li-
berty to walk about^ but the other had a Bamboo
lied to his neck ; and that the people of Sankee-
lang used against the two unfortunate men
cVery sort of scoffing and scorn, and at aU
most every hour of the day put them to the mosi
violent pains.

The messenger bad heard ft said lbar^oRTburs<4
day nextj Sankeelang would march to Goa, tak«
thence the Regalia of the kingdom, and either
on the same day> or Monday nexr^ go to Macca^*
far.

• On the Hills above ihe pass, about 3 hours distanca
from MaKOi.-«>TaAMsi.ATOR.

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Upon thii I immed lately dispatched by land 1 ff y
^ packetcontainingorders to thcresidcnl of Bo«> '^^v>/
lecotnba.*

On this day I sem a do|dicate of the packet to ' ^'J
Bolecomba.

In the evjsning r received infeHigence,t{»at (he ^^^^
Queen Dowager of Goa^ Aroo Pialacca^ having
heard that Sankeelang wished tot spare the lifepF
the two unfortunate European ptrisoners^ had sent
to ask, why he did not kill theiDi linc« he had suf-
fered SQ onich from Europeans. .$he positively
enjoined him to put them to death, whiph was
done accordingly. Their bellies iwrere ci|t Ppcn
^nd their entrails gtpren to the dpgs* The pftopl^
of Sankeelang, after having dipped their aoJours
into the blood of the uftfojtuoate.aiid cruelly
inurdered men, threw their bodies into the river.

This day in the evening I received intQlligence ^*r
from the chief interpreter^ that having &antf/a * •
spy to Tbaingt he bad learned, from hinq, thpt
the Queen of Tello had united herself in.s^con-
lederacy with th^ King of Sandraberfe;}^ and
Careeng Barombong, and^rhat t'hey hard agre^dso'
I'emain quiet for the present, but should Sa-nke^*-
lajig be attacked by the Company alof^e, or in
f:onjunction with Bone and Goa^tQ stand by. him
yi'Uh all their power.

^m H I . will . 1 . I I *■,!.,. I n n w ^ii .p. p,.;, ■ ,■ .^ .

* A proviHce on the Soqih sjdc of thp Island, and dis-
tant by land about 15 DutcH miles from Maccassar. It
IS under tlie obedipnce of the Company, and a Rdsident
IS stationed therein — TiAHStATOit. '

t The Residence of th^ (JJourt of TcHo-^T«AMS*

UlTOt,

X. A petty kingdom South of Maccasssry on.|h»$4a<
side,<<-TR-^^^LA''^i^* - ■ ' ' •

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^777 i^i^^ ^Sreoifng I received from DiMOo %r1ngt;

•yv^5:fOg¥tbc saiistacrnry itttciligonce, that that chief

* J^'J* had retaken the Post of Maros; that the enrtny

*** kfter iiivitig firc4l fcm shots from their guns,

had taken flight; and that eight pieces oforil-l

^. li^fiKre had been foiind^diin the Post*

^d 'th'y^ day I had a \m% froin the Mandanrarig

f>f Bone, ^ho t<»ld me^hat oi) the retakiag ofttio

P»st erf M^nnsri, every one of the cnetny had idk-

en tht alarm/except Sankeetang, who teriiain^d

qtii^t, i^ayipg : thirt he itii>uiti 6rst consuriiTYia!is

his ftiarri^ge urith the iido{)ted daughter pf the

Queen Donniget of Cm Aroo Palacct.

^^th '^^^^ inorifing I sent a depuution ifith aiftit-

ing) Iratfslfited into tfape Maccassar ianrguag^/ for

the co^Tt of Ooai, and that of Tello^ to the

Makidanrang ofBone, vi|h niy request that, at-

Mrdi^g tbctistom^hciifOuMset (be seal of Bone

u^Kki it^and forward it to the above Court^join-*

i^g a BoQgheeie depiitatipn to thaf oftl^eCoint

|jany,

^•r In the afterciooii, the King of Ooa pommiim*

tr . cated to itte^ that the enenay had approathcd as

near as theTiliagePaoPaoi in xhp vicinity of Ooa^

and tlirat the Tomarilai^ang with ctilodrs hid

Mia relied <)Qt against them*

But whilst I was waiting in the most sanguine
c <pectaiioa for some favoiirable intelHgenee from
' Goa^ Vord was brought to nae in the cvc/ung, at
half past six oeloc^c* that the enemy havitig sur-
rounded the ^omariiaiang, the Kijigof GoKassrw
iiQ chanee 6f tcsisting iheat», and therefore re«
quested assistance from the Company and from
'B<^'e.

* A petty King of the province bearing that name.
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WiC. BoughcWft E^ang^wa Latsiftc^ spnt m^ word^ ^^-^
th;^( frooian lobabiurit.of G.Q4 h^ had heard^that,
all tbe pcppl^, of the place hb44 gori^ over to chip
j>arty of Sankeelang*

I mi roti^cd tliis nig^htlfy t^a ooifes^chger^CQQTn iiaf
the King of Gm^ bi^i^gJQg report ihat tfee <nc-: •7***
fpy had left Goa, l)4tat the same ttcrxe had &ur*
i^djunded the. towi^ \n mkh a m^uxikv, thai n0 biody
could get in^ or oufi

Qd this day I re^QeiVed iiixMigiwifi f^orti iht Ua^
ihje Ripgof Goa, that thi^Qaew qI T^Hq had[ «**
iritimated to him hejr \|'i^h.tQ abdij^attJl^ cioWn*
. 'this.morMiig I received) intoYiiiatioa Irom the^ j^^
iting 6f Ooa, that the QiJeen of TeUo had ailrea^ ii
dy. ahdicai«d hec crown> tUac shd biidsent to Goa
the Rega^liaof the tealm, tin which accoiuu the
Council of Goa would assemWe tomoritow^ toi
order to. eteci a succeisorto tho kitigdbixM»f rcUo«

I received in the ev^enirig conununication from J^^
the Q(ueen o^ TeIlo>' ihat she bad abdicated her '^
l^rownjiand delivered the Regalia to the Court of
tjoA, because, she bad beea accused of siding
with Sankeelang) ivho bad visited her at Thairf
the place of her residency, a circumstance which
lit had not been ki her power to prevents She had
sn>con8C({uence» io. aVoid further suspicion, abdvl
cated her crown, and she npw requested that, ai
4daughtef of the Compiny^ she might be takett
kito their protection, as it bad been! done befor^
^iih Care^^g M^adjeMiMigti;

Ik the ndormngol this dsiy, as 4 o*cto€k,tiiro
jttes^^l^rs fiom tbt King ol Goa tame tome ;««•
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1577bring{n^ infWlHg^fitefe, that, at 5 o'clock A. UJ
rSankeclang, wich more thain one thdfusaird roeny
had unexpectedly entered Gda. 'the King ihere-^'
fdre reqfue^ted m^ atssisifafncev as by himself he
was unable to resist the impo^tof.

Hereupon I irtimediat^ely sents'oitieCompany's^
ilraiive trooprf to G6a, and a little whfle alftcr; I
received a report, that they had^ approached the
place, and that f he r^mai^in^g weH disposed Mac-
cassars had joined them.

Halving receifved thai satrsflictory TnteUigencCs
] detertnined not to lose saC favorable stn oppor-'
tunity. Without d^lay therefore I serifl another de-
. tachmentof two hundred. Europfeansoidtersy and
some more native troops* to the number of beu^
WeeiH. three and four hundred men, headed by
the Commandamt of ^e Fort> together With four
field pieces, and the necessatt'y. ammunition,'
with order to the Commandant^ to consult witlr
the native Chiefs on what ought to be done to ex*
pel the enemy from Goa, and if possible to re«
tale t'he town. The expedition, together with ond
thousand men of the Bdugheese troops^ com«
nianded by the Nfandanrang of Bone^ marched'
oflFat so'cl'odcP.lvf.

In/the same evening I received the disagrccar
ble intelligence* that the King, of Goa had al-
ready b^^en. dethrphedy and that th^ insurgem
ilobles of Goa bad elected the Impostor SankeeW
iang for bis successor-

Not long after this I received a Letter^ froiii
the dethroned King of Goa, stating that he
had: no more than Bfieen men with himi, and
therefaje requesting pcjrmissioo to leave Goa.

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Having in the night received intelligence, that 1777*
^n che preceding day the Commandant had with l^v^
the European Troops attacked the loynn of Coa, ^^^
dud had actually scaled One of hs ramparts;* but
that, oh account of (he native auitiliary Troops
not assisiitig him, he had been obliged to abandon
the aticrmpt,dnd to retreat With a few men killed
and wounded, 1 was very early in the morning in-* ^
formed by a messenger from the King of Goa, that
during thd night he had; with his farnily and a
ffew faithfuUubjccts,' lefcGoSi and that he request-
ed to know f^om nne where he might take up his
fcsidehte. I referred him to the Chief Interptc*
(ef^ who had my irrstrucriohs to satisfy him^

A Company'^s ship hsCvihg arrrvccf here* during' July
the night;' early in the motning I used'a strata- ^^^
gem, and' toiiok all the menof the Garrison out of*
the Fort ar^d matched them to Goay as if they had
been just landed from the ship, wishing to impress
the enemy wiiban-idea^ that I had received » re<»
ifnforceraent. On their arrival in the camp beforo
Goa, I caused: a feu d& joy« to.beiired, where a
ifnost unfonunaiief accident happened^ which was
near prodticiogaquarrel between th« Company's
Troops and. the aiuciliary Boiigheesr. Wfa en the

♦ Goa laying South abouf one Englfsh mile and a
half distance ftom Fori Rotterdafhi on tho opposite side
6f the river of ies name, was at that time a large town
Very near three £nghah miles m eircumfereiicei contain*
ing many snriaH villages and hamlersl It was very strong
\y fonified by a high wall and ramparts of free s^ono,
'i he walls and ramparts, after the taking of the town,
were levelled with the ground, but there are stilt' som%
roins to be stcUf among which is a wel} said. to be more
fhaa ijo-fathi^OK deep^-i^^ftANSXAToiU^

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J.y77EuiiOpc»n<TrOQpf feed their., yollqy.^ sonr< rflf f<

^nf^h8i4 ncftlocted to take Dhe shot pi|.t of their rximi

kct*; ^nd tb.i^ cit^nsQquenqc vsuj^ lij^C three IJour

ghcesi, with ibc ^on of Aroo, 8er90^ received i.

iqoi^tai} woUnd-i This q^qsed 9 gre^t confusion xri

the army:; and for son(?e c^y$ Vha(J a great deaf

oJF trouble to 2ippca3q Aroo Bcrp^ at^d tlie Qihcr

OUabei ChieC$ of Bone.

•«»* Havi;?g from the i^tb tit Junfi U&c, end<:^vQur^

c^ in vain to cxpt\ the. ?o^my from Goa^ QAa,c^

COttnt o? the tardiness ^n.d sqper^titioua delay5»oi;

thejcalousie.^, disin.(;lination| and crafty &ubtec-»

fiiges pf iorae of the Co^oap^ny'^ native auxilia-*

lies, prinCij>ally of the Boughicc^ fwii'm^ k in^pos^^

tibJc to trust them, and having no sufficient'

force of. European Sx)Idier«^ I WfiPic % ktit^C
ictbeKitigoE Booe» r;ei|oe$tiiiK thu h^ WOM^
«iv< positive oMcf I to the Cliidk of hi* Tix)Qpi
before Goa, to dekty no further tKc o&^i pcojesctr
cd ^iieral attack upoa tbc encifty^ and t^ briii^
the affair to a sfeedy^ issue; wMch kilter I did-*
patched co. daj» by a trussty- messcogec..

OHober A ship, with some Euf opean Troops ffndcr t?b«'
»»*»> cortimasKl of Major Engciert, h^vio^ arrived yes-
terday from Javi, this morning I proceeded with
the M^jpr to tihe. Catpp before Goa,* in ordc;r ta
icco«n(^.itre tbe iot(\fi(i9imn^ ?p4 oMUiclie baiierie^
ofthetownt, Oa my ujiwi> to Maceassar, I: qr.-
ifcred all the European Soldaets. arnvitd fcoai J:a-^
va to march out in the cv^win^ and to join |he
besieging army, and Major tfigcFcri to aismni
(he cpmmand.

Having di5c«v4ired tb^t G w*, tfePMgh cproplct?-

ta^iily aurioi^nded Ji^ twir. TioofSi tiaL |«€y<Pitfeq i«-
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j^dliicaz^fi ofiprdvumb«^ ammtmnkm, or nvieMi- 1777
3g'eni€e^ wkis te^triafhr so^f)Hed «vwy flight by ikc
Bfe!)»|fhe«*/1 brtlered Major lingel^rt s^creify,and
•yiitio^ii^he Invest tedgc of thfe tioiigheeii,io. prepare
for Mond^tfy 'rtext,t*re f^ih^ a ^^^tfrtil ttoi^ on
^tlie b'nteTies<rfrt|fe''en'ett)y'W Tiitgtway^ % village
«do«« iotteeli3r«rn,\c>kri^ t*ifc Bou^ghfeeg «liemseWea
. ve« ptjwied, tihe beitfer i6 decefvtiihe bewfeged by
mfttacking ohcYtt in a ^tfirtieir viW'C ifeey abdught
ihdyhrad Fe^st m fean

l^aatliiktwise ihe jileasoVe of receiWng ihi$
wdf ning, by' tbic retiirti'of my messenger, a letter
•trom theiCirt|goTBohet

TbU day 'I gave the nfecessary orders for the ^l,^
h'iarchin^ intothe'Camp before Goa of as many
pfihe remaining soldiers and sailors in the Fort^
ij cbpld be spared without leaving the Fort, wiih
'the whaff and the tWo ships,eftUrely empty*

At 3 o'<tloc|^ in the morning, accompanied by t|(^

%hc bqdy-gUardj arid the drajgooiis, I repaired to

'tbe campj^ wherewith all possible secrecy and

ftiilnes^ We attacked the batteries of Tingimay on

jhe Ea^t $ide, with such good success, that, after

'^ very $n^art and obstinate qombat of two hoar<»

Jill the qattcries of the enemy on that side of

'Goa Vfttc taken and destroyed, withotit niuch loss

'Oft; our side ; but the enemy had great many men

•tilled, and wounded,^ ariid many were taken pri-

' abners.

'Having learried'thar, on acc?)unt oF the des- oaoi>t^

-tru«tit)n of their ba!itttri«s at Tm^intty ^an thtt ^^th, 'S'*

'^r^Aeftrtes-w«Tc»n6t^a UitPe dismay^^^ ! tl*d«^t

^t most expedient'tb ttrakean atte^ttptuptjn the

town. Ft>r this purpose, having I6rst sent agam in

|he evening as many merij soldiers and sailors^

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lfY7 and Company's writers and artificerSi as could frtii|
li^^kP^ possibly be spared at Maccassar, at iio'c;lock in the
night I repaired to the camp, there to give thenct*
cessary instructions for the intended attack upon
Goa» which I ordered to, be made in two places.
oaoHfff At 2 o'clock in the night an officer marched
'^''* out from^ the south-east battery with his troops,
consisting of one hundred and fifty Europeans,
. and one Company of Passangers,* to whom tb^
King of Sedenreeng had promised to join four
hundred of his men, in order to scale the wall at
one of the gates of Goa, called Penioo Bcssecpt
The signal for storming was the firing of seven
guns. Another officer, haying with him an equal
number of Europeans, another company of Pag-
sangers, and all the native subjects under the
chief interpreter, was ordered tostorm the place a(
Pentoo Mangassajl. Both attacks commenced ^
little before 5 o'clock in thjs mornings and jjad an
equal bad success; for both officers, ;^fter half ^n
hour hard fighting, were by the very violent re*
distance of the enemy compelled to fall back*
The enemy in fact, notwithstanding the pre-
cautions taken by me to prevent it, had before^
h^nd been informed o' our design. This ill sue*
cess, however, was attended with no gre^t loss cp
our side. We had only five men )^illcd apd abQii|;
sixty wounded, some of whom dan^eroi|sly. The
■ unanimous report of all the Europeans \ya5 th|it
the enemy in great members, ^rmpd with musk*

^ Freq. natives, mostly emancipated slaves, undei; the
immediate obediepce ofthedurch Law»--^'l»itANSi«A:TQ&

t The Iron gate. — tkansxator.

I F^ntoo NJangassa, a. gate called so frpm.the.naiqe
of a divi'jion of the town-r-TRAN^irAToa*

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ft.*, spears and large stones had been waiting for JYff
bur troops in the place, and that the moment ihey
got sight of, they rushed upon and attacked them
^ith uncommon violence.

That report was confirmed to me by, the in«, oemW
formation I received this day from a Spy sent 3'»*'
into Goa by the chief interpreter, who said that
the Datoo Baringang of Bone^ had previous to the
attack not only ^iven to a great number pfcbd
enemy, who were outside, an opportunity to en-i
ter the town, but that he bad cveri sent in two
thousand men of his own Wadjo troops, who, as
the spy himself had seen, were sciU with enemy.

After having since the attack on the 30th Oc- j.^orf
tober last, been moving forwards and backwards^ i*^£
without being able to effect any thing against the
enemy, on account of ihe unfaithfulness and hy«
procrisy of most of the native auxiliaries, and es«f
peciaily of those of Bone^ 1 received at last the
pleasing intelligence that this morning, at half
past 6 o'clock, the King of Bone had arrived froai
\he country, and was now at his residency in the
Bougheese town of Maccassar.

Since the return of the King of Bone I had ■'■'^l
cfonstantly urged him, on the part of the Company,'
to repair himself to the camp before Goa, there
to assume the command of the native auxiliarjr
troops ; and at 9 o^clock this morning I had at
last the satisfaction to receive him at my house*
He was accompanied by tome Noblemen of hi$
Court, and he expressed to me his intention of
vcpairing immediately to the camp before Goat
and of putting himself at the head of his troops,
lOr which purpose be had brought with him the

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1 7 ^g Royal Standard Samparadja* with divers otfser
^^^^^ colours^ Md a krg^ ftti*iai* of jptbplfe amountihg
to Abomtix ibt>U84t>^ inth*

jone Ai since the King oif Bone, ^n the iSth of
^*^* March last, repaired to the camp before Goa, and
ass^fhietl t^e t6t)linaiidof his own trbOps^ ndtwith*
atandilig the great pains I took to coYivinee him
^f the necfcssiijr of bringirig the prescrtt war to a
jpetdy et»id\jsion, Ihm been unable \o per^aade
liin^ t^ attettipt Ibe storming oT ihe town ; as I
was aware also that, ^fth iTie utmost iecrfccy on my
^Yt, noiliiVi^ coTild be done with the co-<^pera-
If'dnof the King ahd Nobles of Bone and of the
otherthi*fsof the native auxiliaries, wichotit it*
beiii^know¥ittoi4ie^ti^Hi)y, in whos« ranks ifcey
All 4ia^ iomt retatron ^hbm tbey ii^i'8h<^d to save, f
resolved to try my otrn mtktii. Having (ir^t ve»
Ty ^ri'rate'ly, by t!hr«ip> fofiir and ^^ -men at « ti»rfttej
•€Wtitnfoib^'ca^f)i6n%i tMHi^rcd fttbtt Earopea'fi
^dretl^%iibtwdogitera Und eiglity two armed
Artaicers, i iitidert«d»ok, a<cc&rding \6 th«l plan
I iiad 'be«n fotHhiT^g for Mfne time^, aft'd tin«
^ct ikt <btes«ing of GosA^ Utttci tnottiing to at-
tack Goa, without it^ ltM>w4edge V)t arty onn
of (he auxiliary trolapfi elccepc « few w^<)nfi
I still could trust, Ip order t^ k«e{>, tiU ibts.
i^ornent of execution ahould e^ome^ H^ ^e«
sign concealed evc^i ficona the. Con»pany's own
tjroeqps^ i caused a ramoif r to be ^pre^, that mf
Wife and children were io-come aiMd see ibecampg
and .prQ{)aracions t<> ^^ecciV'C ibtm were <ac«iialif
Qfiade*

June Hav*i«ig TfcpaTred in tfce mbrtiing at 3 e'Cloek
^ The name givea 10 that staodard.^T&AMax^AToa.

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to tTie carnp^ and Sading th^t the deceptian bad ly^fff
succeed^d^ ^d iha^ cvcrv thing yf^$ xc^^y fqf ihc *
reception of my wife jind ^biWrC»> i^hq .Mf^rc f|«-
peeked' IQ bi? iherq ^ly 5 9 Clock^ I Q)rdi^r(d a)l ihe
CofbpanyVrpqps ^q fpfin their \i^q^ ^eql yp w,
anc) aqquainted tbetn wl^b my inte||Upn# TfMID^
niending iq tberp (he JJiin|q«^ ipcrc^y and §Uf nffs
and exhortinjg them* ifijhe at^^p^ which wah^I
now conirpepjie ag^iosi ilje (sqeiinfe^ qf ihg Qoiiiy
pahv, for their o^yn^ a$ y^cU gs for fjic bp»>ftr w4
jglory of thp Cpmp^rjy our i^a^ters^ tq ^qndu^t
themselves li)ce i>r|ive f oldierSj, Jh^ Q$(ifr^iftQ4
Krien havinjg prpqii^ed p'r»ppf /t>|>fs4iefM^ SP^ *»r
pressed their w|sh tp J>c l<ed pn, I, at 5 p'C^I^Jfe
gave the signal fpf |i j^f^n^nl Ciinoft^e, 1>K Jhww*
iVig^sbcll from hp^4 qwrfiCf^ f a^ wMifh t^ «Ar
iit>nade coipmenced» and all the Cpn^pjiny'f troops
rushed forward in j^ood order upon )he ji^tRTQi^
They soon approjiched towards the Soj^th tf)f jg^fp
pf Mat^nkeiree^ ; arid vj^ith much di$qi)ty gnd
the loii o^ one European serjeant and cwq pru
VH^h tJif^r had iht good fortune to succeed^ in
fpaliAg the v«ry high aind steep wal)^ on whic|i
fh^y ppsijc^ liieiDsdves/ an4 hoisted 4 Company '9

* A village offi tV/sMde pf J'^jjl Roitfifi^m^ md- tm tbm
banlt'of the river, which divides it ffom CJA9? Afff r^bQ
takicig of ^aC towh» when its walls were kvel|e(^ with thy
grWV^dfGovernmcint raised a smalt battery at Mai^nkere^
for .th^ |)|ro,t^<4oD of:r.he luiw King against thefjifi ft^ac«
c;assarsy >9^^p still r«9i»ined hos«)ie to the Company. ThH
batery conti^^4f{|[a4Qi((Jingt jy^f in ^filZ, the Faglisli
n>ok possession pf F^^^ i^ouer^aia ; ihwtit vaa .deiaaalisiut4
in 1814, n the jime that |ift^ <ef«f.'^g 4^* fi<^lw«
from Maccas ar, on ihc 'jih pt Juue i^ the sfm^; y^^
MajorGrneral Nighting «le appoii.tCvi Carecng Lamban|j
fSiU^aag King of All the Maccassars««— T&ANSLAToa.

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1778 ^^8* ? went up then, and ordered the main body tf!f
^^^,^ march on to ihe right, and charge the f nemy, wha
^'^ made a most furious defence till the aficrrioon,
when they threw themselves into soinc' fpriifie4
houses^ where the Queen Dowager of Goa Arop
Palaccby Sankeelang and others of the rebellioiis
chiefs, with a great number of women^ had re-
treated. Those houses could not be attacked
Without great risk^ because the Compan]|^'s tioopa
could hold out no'IongeriOn account of the great
fatigue they had undergone already, arid the fury
of the enemy, on our attempting tq force two of
Cbem, became so violent, that even the Eiiropeari
•oldiers were very nearly put to Highly which howl
fver the officera prevented by encouraging them*
The loss on our side was, besides the three meri
dboviememioncd. no more than eight men killed.'

I was, on account of the great fatigue of the
troops, necessitated ^o f'ali back^ and to. retreat
With the artillery to the royal burying-ground^
where we took our post for the approaching night;

The objecp of pur retrograde movement, on
another hand, was to allow the enemy to |-etreac
JFrom their fortified houses, which they did ; and
when they bad abandoned them, the houses wercj
Kt fire to, and entirely destroyed by our men*

The King of Bone sent then a deputation to
express his surprise to me that I should have at*
tacked th§ town, without giving to him, the first
and most faithful Ally of ^hc Lpmpany,thc least
notice of it j and to acquaint me at the same time,
that the Queen Dowager of Goa, Aroo Palacca
fiad reqbosted his protection for her to leave Goi
With her family and repair to him unmolested'

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yhtch Jie hpp^d I 5Vou)d , grant to an old Queen 1778
and a relation of his. In answer to this I sent v^^p.^^^
lii'ord to the King of Bone, that to please him, I
would take care of her safety, if there was any
possibility for me to do so, provided she would
directly come to me ^ \i\ which case I gave
imy promisei that no harm should be done
to her, and to that end even I proposed to the
deputation to let onp of their number go to that
J*rincess, telling them I would order the troops to
cease firings till she had been spoken with, and'
she had come herself, or sent an answer to me*
To this they replied, that they could do no such*
^hing without an order from their master, and beg*
ged leave to return to him. In a short time the
deputation canne back with a verba) message from
jthe King stating that it had been already his in-
Ijpntion <o send that Queen to me, the moment ^,

the should be with hinu But when I urged them
IP goto the Prince&s herself and tell her so, they
shewed no inclination to it, made several frivolous
^xcu&e|, apd pretended at last it was necessary for
t^em to go a second time and learn the King's
pleasurq^ ^

This morning wheri feadv with the troops to j„p.
renew the attack, and put an end to the contest, »«i^
J received a report that every one of the enemy
had fled, which was confirmed when our troops
iipproacbed the houses, where the day before
they had retrenched themselves. We were then
Informed iha^ the old Queen Dowager of Goa^
Aroo Paiacca, with her family, had retreated into
the battery of the Pan^awa of Bone/Datpo Ba«

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jyyg This day early in the morning t issued an or*

^^^^^^ der for the despatch of ope of the ships in thic

jun9 road, with three Company's Parttcballangs,*^ and

•y>»- sixteen na ivc Padoakangst for Sandrabone, there

to blockade all the ii\^ers, in order to prevent th^

going outjortoming in of any of the enemy '^s pr6ws#

In the afternoon a report reached, m^ from th*
camp, that several CouriLers . and Npbks of S^iv*
drabone had repaired lo the King of SedecnKng^
and requested that Prince^ as ibey were desirau4
to come into submission, for chem to obtam frpa»
ifae the Company's pardon and protection; and
a1so^ that the Queen Dowager Aroo PaiMca»vi((|
tlie impostor Sankeelang^ and moM of the if^m^^
gent Maccassar chiefs, bad tciiaucd tg a vilb^l^
in the Hills called Bonio Parang*

taWtit. ^^^^ ^^y ^^^'^^^ <^f ^^^ trwiirgeiit M^aeeaMW
Nobltf s came tovflsie^ and having profeired %hii^
s^bnaission, receivod froia nc ibe Coinfatiy^'^tm
4oA aa<d prottccioii*

Uijiih. I ordered tWsdAy the levelling of aW the b«V
tcrjes before Goa> occupied by the Company V
troops ; and ac the same time I sent to the King^
of Booe» to reKju^t he nvould do ik^ maic^ ^ud
then move lofFand disba^jd bisxroops.

Jnlf^. A BoagbeiesePfince, flamed To€afai«a^,<%jame <<y
me widhthieiiAtdUigMeje^ that Aroo Ma^ao Goa,
aod a4aiQtt all^ike f)irsfldpaj insttrgent Nobles, who'
hgid follaavd tlbe fpnunes of tne tni'postor San*

keeUngii>e»iigi(KilintiditoaabfDi$sio<i» had sent to

* " . ' ■ ■ ' '1 1 1 1 <■■

• Small armed vessels for thp p^rfosp ^f iCrUsiog:

againit smugglers— TftANSLATOR,

t A kind of prows called bj that name.— -TaitNsxrA*

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iBic King of Bot>c, to solicit Ws mediation and ob- 1778
tain from me the Company's pardon and protcc-,^^.^
tion; fcot iliat the old Queen, Aroo Patacca» who
vi(h Saniceeiing was siifl in the Hills, had said
jhe wodd do no such ihing«

This fnornin^ I ordered Major ^Dgeler^ with j.iy
a deuchinent of one bundled and thirty EuTOfie- *7^
*ns^ and 6ve hundred native soldiers, to anarch
hv land to SandrabonCf and to besiege chc toura
pi chat province and name.

Having 0nt4i»e gmihof last month repaired te
SundraWit; cm ofder to press upon Ae K.iiigof^"^
fliatcQiiMry theacceptacton of thcierms, w^ich,
«litkie:i5xtiof jttty Aaal^ and oa account of hit
bavitf^ c^Mtrary lo tbe aUiance cooclisded with
Ihe Company^t j^ncd eke impottor Saniccelaiiff
9mi sided ^itii che ^sar^geat Maccassarj, I bad
proposed 4X> him in ivritiftg, vis. the parymcmof
tbe expeacei of iihe arar^ mbich oould be no le&a
lliaa ta^eacf tfaesssand ftia I>o|larj, or thirxy two
iJiaaaasid R«i(»eci^ and an 4it)ni«ge* to be anaualJv;
i^ertedto tbe Company, bail of which, however^
Wiascoadixiaaally ^o be ivfMtted. on aay arrivai
there I sent <a ii^ King of Sandraboae Co jlc^
qaaitit hknofiU^^dat the saaie time tceschofi
him io come to a aipcf d^ deK:isiaRp by g\ y ing aie ^
<;ttef orioal aufswcr an •the aubject^ I atafted there*
fO'Fe my expe^^aiion, thatihe King, ^i^o(i|d JaMMh*.
dlia^ely send Con^nHSiaries with fuU p<H^r)s tto sti^
tic wiih sac about the demands of the^ Coinpaa/'
on ibe two points abave meiMtoned* After aa«.
Vcral days waiting Cor the deaired answer, a^4e|ui«.

• That Hoinagt m^s a ceitain number of rilavcR, to lie
d^lhered to'Gavciifiaicnt.«^TsANs t atok*

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jyj'gjation came at last, and offered rne, in the nam6
"^ of their King, one thousand Spanish Rix Dollars,

^'*^^^**^or two thousand Rupees, recjuesiing at the $^mc
time that, on account of tifieir poverty, the .Com*
pany would have pitty on their toumiy: In an-
' swer I shewed to them the ufnreasbnablenessof
their offer, in comparison to what the Companjr
had a jt^st right to demand from th^m i and I
observed that thcif pretended povei'iy ^afs by n6
means so great as they wished me to bcrievr, and
that» by their tarrying so long* they wouM force
the Company to break off ail negociatton with
them, and to carry on the war. Wherefore
1 advised them once more to consult their
own welfare by agreeing to pay what the Compa*
By required, adding char, as a proof that there
n^as no intention to distress, and much less to ruin
them entireh', an abatement would be granted.
Upon this they went awav, and about noon they
returned, and made an offer of ten thousand Spa*
nish Rix Dollars, or twenty thousand Rupees.
This sum however, on my refusing to accept of it,
was immediately raised to twenty thousand Spa-
pish Dollars, or forty thousand rupees, I closed
with this and charged the deputies to tell their
King that, as a proof of my inclination for peace
with him, I would, on the part of the Company,
jrccept the proferrcd sum, provided he should now
pay down half the amoont, and the remainder in a
short time ; and that of the required homage the
Company would abate much to his satisfaction.
On this last point they gave me no answer, but
came again to the first, by telling me, that at pre-
sent their Kir)g could not afford to pay more than
Qoe thousand Spanish Rix Doiiara in ready casb^

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kpd asking me wbctbei: th^ Company would ac* 1/7^
cppt in payment slaves^ gold, or plate, as they wrs#
said I bad promised it would be tbe cas£.

. Percei^^ing then that tbey endeavoiired td evade
paying at all, in very serious terms L gave them to
Understand^, that it appeated to me their King
and thpmselves were, not sincere in their ncgoci-
aitidn with ^he Company ; wherefore, it .would be
better not to detain mi any longer. by .their frivo«
lous ejccuscs ; and! .ordered .them to be gone. A
little after four o'Clock iit theafierooon they came
again and requested of ihe the acceptance of fif«
tpen hundred Spanish Rix DpUarS| which offer
was made in suc(\a manner^ as to indicate their in«j
tentipn.co pay off with this sum ihe.eotjire demand
of the Company. . Tl^is becarpe perfectly evident
when they told me that the first Membef q{ the
deputation, not present then on account of a slight,
illness, ha4 in his report to tbe King made no
ineniton of twenty thousand Spanish Rix! Dol«
iars. J

^ A ccrnferenee ^o strange ^nd frivolous as tbisl
was^ would have caused any other man but my«'
self; immediately to break off all . negociationi
with. them. But cc^nsidering that i't might be of
some advantage to nrafce them see^by raising two!
batteries just oppbsrtd to the walU* of their town,'
that the intentio-n of attack! n'g.theoi was re^l^' for
to that mpment the troops had by itiy orders tak«
en post only at a village in ^ight of Sandrabonc^'
and at such a distance that the toWn douM scarce*

• 1 his town, being the Residience of the King of
&ndrabone, was at that time is strongly loiiified as thaC

of C(ia.«i-^rilANSLATOu.

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f 778 Iv be reacfica hyiiif^ cviri A* heavicf^t, di6nir)tS;

^^^ i had the batteries raised dccordifigfjr, and I ac-
quainted ai the samd time the King of Sdnfdra-
bone i>f m? fixed intention. He Was totd^ bdw*
ever, thai out of humanity 1 granted fvim ihree^^
d^ys-foir deliberation! after the lapafe of which bO'
might for the last time send Oomn\issinners ta
Maceassar, there to settle the affair ; but ihat^
peace, or ifar would depend upon that last inter-*:
vffew, as ih case of his not agreeing to the Com-
pany's just demand^^ I could thefi absolutetjr accept.
0t him no proposals for aecomitlodationi

Mti^tt Afiirihi long aind frivolous negociaftibns in
^4i*». ^hich I had b<^^h ^hgaged with the King of Sin-
df^bBne ahd hfs Ministers^ I at length sutceedkidf
so far irith therh, that this inorriihg the^ cahn^
again with an offer to pa^ for khe first (fermi with^
iri eight d^ys, threb thousand Rtx Doflars, iiid fur-*
nish twHvc ilavds.The balance of half the suih d(S-'
ftfin'dedi being tctt thousand RixDbHars.fhe King
promised to pay within the year. As to the oti^ef
ten Ihctisatid Dollars^ he and his Mifijsters.rc^est-
ed the Cc^nfipany wodd grant, them some reasona-^-
ble time to collect iind furnish the amount* Otir
tRat pi-oppsai I feigned far a. few minutes to, eon-
^ider, and then affecting to be moved by pity for
their impoverished situation I told, them chat, in
compassion to them. I wbold^ ion the. part of tbd.
Company:, *^^f>( . ^htir |}rc«ent . offcr^ provided--
thev siiodld f;giith/ull^ perform, the promtie thef
had nmde tome in the namts of their King. Rea^ ^
pitting the Annual Homage to tfee Company^ I
observed that ft cbtiH by no mSahs b!e taken away-
entirely^ that th^y were to submit to it^ but that
1 would endeavour to procure an abatement in the
Climber of slftVti to be suppiiedv Thi^

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lihiswqrQWgl received intelligcn.ce of «!?,« ^f fg
fpdcjen fic.atb| after ;^ very slight indisposition, o vr>-y .
the King of Goa, who had |>een deihrojacdby thf f/'^"*

Tlib day I received from the Co«rt of Sandra- ^JlJTh'.
bone eleven i^laves,^ and some ready cash in pari
paymcot pf ibt first sum due to ihe Company.

Jn consequence of the King rf Sandrabone ^J'^^
having in part <;on[iplied with his agreement^ I or*
^ercd the f eiuiD of the European troops from that
(own. leaving only two Companie$ of native
troop^ for the protection and assistance of the
(IJbicf Interpreter, who was to remain there.

I received this day a visit from all (he Macci^s*^* Octobt^
lar Nohies, who iiad remained faithful! to the late *t^»
deceased King of Goa. They informed me that;
i^ince the demise of their late ^ing, they had agreeial
to eirct Careeng BonitpIanGas, and reqi^est^ec^ pny
cpn^cnt to hi$ election, Jiaying. that, if j[appf,pvedcCK
\t oil thc^pa^i of tl^e CpWipany, !;hcy would d^Uv^r
over to him the Regalia, which had been with th^
l?.tc King* i ,CQmplU:d wjth both points of their
rcqticsr^^ aixd the tTnoif.e readily with the latter, tlxajt
I wished very muCr^h tp re;noye ,the su^p^icjpns^
which.soin^ pf t,he Couriers o^ Hone w«^e c^nde^^,
Youring to inspire theii^i with^, \ howev^e/ pbsery^
cd to ih^nti; that in qase those ,G railed ccs p|t,Goa^
^ho. composed the.e&^W.ishe^ lavi(ful Gpvernmeo^t.
oj the l^ingdom^ but who wcr.e now st.ill fuHc\wiogj
the fqrivmcs of iV imppstor jSan^ki^e.Ung^ shpjfld'
ipake overtures pF^p^acc, aqjl cprpe jbacjc agjiio ip;
their dpiy to the Cpii^piany, no .prejudice sbpul^j^
l^cmc ipjhcw ,; >m ibat tW KpgRlU A^'a^d tbea*

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jyy'g be made over to the person whom the natior|

XrK>^ might, with the cdnsept of ihc Conipany, elcd

for their King: - *. '

A little while after the Maccassar Nobles had
]eftme> A deputation from the King of Sandra-
bone came and requested, in th^ name of thei^
King, that) as he some days ago paid on'e thousand
Rix Dollars for the warexpences^ I would excuse
him from paying the remainder * of the sum rc-
i|uircd. To s!o absurd a request I refused to lis-
ien, and gave therh to pndtfrstand that | expected
they would, within tHe i>rfesent year, pay to thcf
Company' the sum* siill wanting to complete the
ten thousand Spanish Rix' DollaTrs, being half of
the amount they had agreed to furnish, when I
concluded the treaty of peace with them ; aftec
which I would take my determination ' with res*
pcct to the other half.

trovera^ This day I received th<» very distressing intelli«
Wf 6'*»*gen'ce, that one'of the bravest officers of this gar-»
fison had, bn attacl^in^ the rebels, been killed o(|
the 'spot; . •' '^ ■ * - •■ ■

toeeem- 4^*^"!^ ^7 nativp came this day bringing me most

^ftUi. curioiis intelligence respecting tbe insurgent par-

' ty, which was, that the old Queen ' Dow^g^r of

Goa, Aroo Paiacca, had exhorted her grand son^'

^ Aroo Mampo Gosi, to go and rcaues^ pirotection

from the Court of Bone, where, if he was ftdmit«

ted, she vvoutd gjo "herself; and also that

^he Princess Careieng Belfaiaree, the thother

of Aroo Mampo Cda, bad expr^essed herself iri ve->

ty scornfull teritis respecting Sankeelang^ saying

limoTig other things, on the day of the late action,

Jl^bere^one of tboiirst leaders, a rclatidn of her'i

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had been killed: *< What shall we do now? l/^g
y Through that impostor, whom no body knows, wv^
•* we have brought ourselves into this scrape. Yet,
f ' what shall I say ? Our Queen has acknowledged
y him as her grand-son^ and I was forced to be
!• silent/'

This day I received, from the Mandanrang of Jinwiy
Bone, the very agreeable intelligence, that ^hree 'J^^
days before the old Queen Dowager of Goa,
Aroo Palacca, had departed this life at a town
tailed Borisallo.

The Governor, Mr. Paul Godofreed Van der jifi«
Voort, after a few days illness^ was this day carri- '^'^
ed away by death, to the great regret of the inha-
bitants of Maccassar^ and to the irrecoverable loss
pf the Company*

Mr. Van der VoDrt was not bnlv a good and
just Governor to those under his obedience, buc
also a brave and determined soldier. Having, af<r
ter the defeat of the insurgeqt Maccassars at Goa,
inarched c>vice with a detachment up the Hills,
where he attached and beat the impostor Sankee-
hng, ^xs death' was caused by the indefatigable or*
^erand perseverance with which he filled the du*
ties of Governnient. He was sticceeded provisi*
onally in the Government, according tothe stand*
ing orders,' by the senior Merchant ai^d Chief
Admtnlstratori Mr.Q. Ryke*

After information had been given to all the joty*,^
Covirrs of the Prin<ce$ in alliance with the Com- Wiium
pihy of nny being provisionally appointed to the ^J^'
Government of this place, in the room of the late
Qovernor Mr. Van der Voort, I made it my first
9od immediate 4ixty,by a new bo^dj iq secure t^
•^ ' ihp

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IT'gOtheConipafiv the ^lliaBCiC and confidence ofifa^

v-vw King of Sandrabone^ in order to induce him to

jnake bead agaio^i i^e wpo^ior S^nk^rlaog a^d

bis a^bereiui*. Havio^ tber^foxe jiemt to hioi^ to

request bis presence and ibai of hi$ Grandees^

this day I received that King and his Npbles ini

the Council Cbanober, wher^e^ on tbe part and iii

lh« najme of tbc Company^ We concluded with

them a new treaty, to wbich, according ;o ciutoip^

thiCy solemnly swore.

•tptem. I received this day official inforiaglion of waf

^x^ having broke out between Ei>gland and our noo*

iber country^ on which account I ordered every

preparatiofi to be made for a sufficient defence ii^

^asc that hostile ships should approach this Foru

ectobcf The Maccassar Nobles, who, after deserting thqt

^^^^* cause of tbe impostor Sankeelang, had come into,

submission and sued ihe protection of the Com**

giny, having agreed ta the election of Carecng
ontolancas tor their King in the room of the de«
ceased Qne, this day^ in FullCouncil» and in the prer
scnce of a Deputy from the Court of Bone, and of
all the Maccassar Nobles returned to tbeir duty^
also under the following treaty concluded be«
tween the Honorable Company^ and the Cogrt oJF
Goa^ and^worn to with the usual ceremonies, in-
stalled Careeng Boniolancas King of all the Mac-
caffars, who had already fuboiutcd,. and who
ftiould in future fubmit to the Connpany.

Treaty concluded ^iween tbe Dutch Gor
mrnment o/forf Rotter damat Mdtcfiosswr
und ihs Kitug ^ Goa.
This d»y, the i6(h October 176 1« arrived at

Fort Rottetdftfls and in obe Haiti cff Co«Mieil» ite^

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Maccassar Prince Abdtil-Haddee, siirnamed 1781
Msina^afee Careeng Bontclancas, eldest soft of '
<he late Ma^cassar King Tuniameena^nga-re Ma«-
loangin^ whb was dethroned by the Rebel San*-
Ibeelang and died since, he, Prince Careeng BoiH
fblahcas, first provisionally and now with the full
if^probation of the Stipreme Government of Ba-
tavia. elected Ring of the Maccassar kingdomi
lately conquered by the arms of the Honorable
Company, the 4atd Prince accompanied by hi»
brother Careeng Data^ the late Shabandar of Goa^
an4 by all the Grandees^ part of whom« after a
temporary rebellion, have, submitted to and rtm
ceivtd the pardon of the Company*

All these Nobles have jointly and severalljr
{)fomised and bond themselves most religiously^
and in every part, to keep, execute and observe
iht following conditions, pl-esCribed to them by
the said Honorable Company, and on whicb^ and
^o other, the kingdom of Goa is given back td
ihtm t

Thei tieMf King, Careeng Borttolanca$, th<r
^rinet Careeng Data, and all the other Grandeet
and Nobles of the realm do hereby promise, for
themselves and for their posterity, that they shall
ackfio^tedge the: HonoRable Company for their
ioJ« and lawfol Lord and Protector, and thatcbif
aiMixiietof the. Honorable Company, cspeciall)^
the Rebel Sankcelaog and hta party* sbail iie an4
shall remain their Enemies^ also that the Friends
and Allies of the Honorable Company shall be
and shall remain their own Friends and Allies.
Art. 2.

It is therefore gratefully acknoii^l^dgettby them

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1781 ^'^^^ f'<^n™^hc, g^J^^rosity of.ihe, Honorable Cortts
pany they redeive back the king4am, which be^
fore the last war belonged tp iheixi ; f rpin ^ which
however are excluded the whole dij^tricc of Tello^
that part of Sodiang which haid .formerly beei^
|,ranted to them, and the province of Saparja, or
Sambopo^ which province the Honorable Com^
pany retain for \hemsetves as a land conguerea
by them» ^\d to which no body else can ever pre-^
tend any right or elaiin whatsoever.
Art. j.
It is further agfeed^ that thftf provin'ce of San-J
dfabone shall be entirely independent of thd
Maccassar kingdom^ and subject to the immedt«
9tte authority oi the Hohorable Company.
. • Art; 4.

That ihcpiovinces of Lenkese, Topedjawa^
€hikaang, Kajang, Bangay, Djarania, Djarani*
kang, Bolo, Saganakfcang, Ma gnado, Soreang,
Limpong, and Patanee, which provinces, laying
on the sea side South \Vest of Polongbankeeng,
are called Islands, because they are entirely aU
most surrounded by water^ shall belong ia fufl ta
the Honorable Cfompany.

Art. 5*

That they shall n'ever attempt to build agaW
their Chief town of Goa, which h^s' been levellec}
^'ith the ground by' the Honorable Company, noi^
erect any battery or fortifica'tion on its ruins,'
ARt. 6.

That they shall at no time, and in no place, cveif
raised Strongholds, cither of brick, palisadocsi
jkamboos, or oihernaatcrials whatever.

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Art. 7. I7gj

That tbey shall build no vilUges. houses or ^.^^v^i^
dther dwelliog-places at any distance from the sea*
aide less than one Dutch mile.

Art. 8.

That they shall not trade, correspond or enter
into Alliance with any nation, either Europeaii
or indigenous, without the previous knowledge
and consent of the Honorable Compiiny*

Art. 9.

That in future, they shall acknowledge all the *
Torjeens* as subjects of the Honorable Company^

Art, 10.

That on account of their total inability to re«
imburse to the Honorable Company the expen«
ces niade in the war against them, antounting to
iporc than 179,338 Spanish Dollars, they pro-
mise that, as long as the Sun and Moon shall
stand, they the Nobles and people of Goa»
shall annually contribute to the Honorable Com-«^
pany the tenths of the produce of their paddy*^
fields, which shall be collected by the respective
Governors or their representatives, as they shall
think proper for th^ir own conveni^ce.

Art. !!•

Xhsjt in case of any fuuirc impediment or dis-
turbance arising in the collection of the annual

• The Torjccns are a pepple who have no home. They
dwell in ai^y place where they can get their liyeljhpjod,
cither by burning limet or by fishing. They were sul)^
.ect (o ihe Maccassars and used by diem as slares* -^

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j^gjtithe^ the King and his succclsors shall exert alt
aheir powel- to enforce it upon ihfe unwiHing aftnd
dJsobedienti and. to prevent by a just puni&hmeiu ^
the recurrence of th^ offence*

Aft*, iti
That the Honorable Company leaving to the
liew King Careeng Bontolancas, and to his suc-^
cessors the Rxgalia of the realm of Goa, which
have alrcajdy been delivered by the lace Governor .
Van der Voort, the said Regalia, cor^isting of
1 Fatarapang or criss mounted in gold, called by

tht MaccassSirS Daing Tannatchina^
1 Cilss, called Panjang Lo-e-a.
1 Criss, called Kallan^r Bodoa.
I Marvelous stone, called Kaloa-nagaya*
1^ japan fire-loclc^ called Angebanko.
t Spear called Tonipalanga, and
The book containing their laws called olo Kanayaf,
shall nevertheless be considered as belonging bv
the right of war to the Honorable Company; and
the remaining part of that property being still, with
the rebel Sankeelang, the King and Nobles of
Goa shall exert their utmost power to get it
backi

Art. 13^
That, a j It was done before the war; tb^y ^ifall
deliver daily to the Company's farmer their toddy,
for which, according to ancient custom, the farmer
df strong liquors shall be bound monthly la ^ay
to the King of Goa ten Spanish Rix Dollars.

Aet. 14.

* The King of Goa ahail in this season, or at
the latest in the next spring, send two of hrs m6:»t

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\_ fminent Nobles as Ambassadors to Batavia, who 1781

in the narne^ and on the part of the King and of w-y^
the whole Govcrnoicnt of Goa, shall humble
themselves before his Excellency the Governor
General in Council, beg pardon from the Supreme
Government for thei^r offence, and solicit their
approbation of the articles of the present treaty*
After which the King of Goa and his Nobles shall
be at liberty to make such requests to His ExceU
lency the Governor General in CounciL as they
may think consistent with equity.

Of these articles three equally original copies
^hall be made out^ one of which shall be sent to
His Excellency the Governor Geners^l in Counr
cil, one shall be for the Government here as re-
presenting the Honorable Company, and one fojt
the SLingof Goa ^r)d his Nobles, as mentioned at
the h^ad of the present tfe^ty,^

Thus contracted, agreed, promised, concluded

and swoffn to ^y the King of Goa, and his Nobles

on the Alcoran, ^nd on ih^day, month and year

. aforesaid, in the. presence of Commissioners from

the Court of Bone, who have pi^t to it thejr usual

. signature, and the King of Qoa and \\\$ NobU$

have put their usual stamps to their signature.

. (Signed) B- R\^e, Qovernpr.

C, Craanjej, Chief Adminiftrator.
J. M. Baserman, Major Comdnt.
J. W. H. Van Rossum,! Ordinary
J. L. Devosj i Mennbers

T. BoSH^ Jof CourictU

j G. BoDAij, Secretary to Govt.
By Ord^r of the Hon'ble the Govern9r i(\
Council at Macc?ssar. * ' '

(Signed) J. C. BUD AH,

SfiCRETART^*

G % Having

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)782 Having to day received tntdligehce, Tronvtbc?

^^rsr<j Resident of Bolecomba, of a rumour being spread
Jan. there, that the rebel Sankeelang was witb Soar

i^tb. thousand men on his mar^h towards Bolecomba
and Bontain.l^ I immediately acquainted of it the
King of Bone with my request, diat be would or-
der the Jennangt there not only to frustrate thq
designs of that impostor, but also to endeavour t:o
get the vagabond into his power. I ordered then
a small detachment of European soldiers^ under
the command of an Ensign, to march by land to
'Bonthain as a reinforcement to the Company's
pbst there, the Ensign taking with him an open of-»
ficial letter, which the King of Bone had sent me
for the Jennangof Bonthain, couched in the foU
iowing terms t^

** Jennang 6( Bonthain, 1 have been inforoied
f* here that he who calls himself Batara Goa
** (King of GoaJ has the intention to attack thq
** Company's posts at Bo)ecomba and Bonthain,
•* Should this report be true, 1 do herewith order
•' rhat, on the receipt of this, you shall iiiamediaie-.
■^ ly join the Company's Resident, and assemble
*^ all our subjects there, as whosoever attacks the
*' Company's^ subjects attacks alio the kingdom of
*' Bone, and whosoever slights the Company ,of-
'* fers likewise an insult to Bone, for the Compa«
•* ny and Bone are one and can never be separat*

• Bonthain is a province of the Company in charge
of, the Kesitfenr of Bolecomba^ laying southwards oppo«
cite to the Island of Salyer, and defended by a palisade
bauery, under command of a sergeant. --Tkanslatok.

t Chiefi or Goveimor^ on tlje part of Bone| over iho
jSoughees dwclliog therc^TBAKSLATQtii. ^

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** /i^d, but must share togecH^r 'good «nd eviUl'T^
*' Moreover, if the above report . be true, you ace wv^
f' commanded to send me^ as soon as possible^ a
f* proper account :o£ it/'

Signed byihe'King of Bone,
and written in the Kirig's
Dalm,* at Oodjong I'ana^f
this i5th'day of January 1^82.
In the afternoon, towards evening, an English ,;8|
trading ship, called the Pallas, commanded by ^*y
Captain John Donnell, was seen in the roads of * '
Macassar^ respecting which vessel such measures
%rere taken, as resolved upon on the gth Septem-
ber 1781.

I received this day, from the Residentof Pole- July
comba, a letter containing the very agreeable in- ^^*
telligence, that the Impostor Sankeelang had died,
having, it was said, eaten of a poisonous fish,
.which had been given to him by a priest, in or-
der to rid the world of such a.monster. J*'J

The death of Sankeelang is confirmed by a se«
cohd letter froiii the Resident of Bolecomba. oaobtt

A Deputy from the Court of Goa waited this
morning upon me, and in the name of all the

• Idaccassar nobles informed me that they wished
to install their new 'King, and pre&ent him, ac-
cording to the ancient customs of their- country^
to the Nation as their lawful Sovereign, which (hey

'bad fixed upon should take place on the next new
moon* For thqCeremonial they requested cne to

• Palace.— TRANSLATOK.

tOo<jjongTapa signifies in the Maccassar language the
r&d of the ^iul.-<*TaANSLAToa»

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]yg5assi8t them with one, or two HermaphrodilCF,'*
sj^rs^ whose presence was required by usage.

A Deputy from the .Cpurt of Goa came and in^

Novpm. formed me that the installation of the new Maccasjpr

" '^* King had taken place on Friday the i ith instant.

D«c. ^ received, for the first time, the visit of Ca-

3Qih, reeng Lembang Parang,+ who acquainted me that

he was a Maccadar Prince, and nephew to ihr,

prefcnt King of Goa ; on nccount of wh\cbrhe

requested of me the Connpany's protection, whicl\

1786 I fully granted to him.

A Deputation from the King of Goa came to

January inform me, in the name of their Royal Master,

^**' that the above Careeng Lembang Paiang had

been appointed by theNacionBctchars^Boola Goa.;}^

This day J received information, that the king

March of fionc had at length fuceecded in his dcceit-

J^^^' full plan, to rule part of the Maccassar Empire

by one of his Creatures, Aroo Mampo Goa, |

who

• It is wiih the Maccassars an ancient custom always
to have one or two hermaphrodites at the installation of
their* Kings, an 1 without ihem the ceremony is con-
sidered not to be complete. The interior of Celebes a-
bounds wrh such people. — Translator.

+ This Prince seems to be faiihfully attached io Ea-
yopeans. He was in 1814* after the Hon ghees had been
expelled from Maccassar, raised to the dignity of King
ot Goa. Major General Nightingale himself, assisted
by the Resident, the late Captain R. Phillips, performed
the Coronation.— .Translator.

J Prime Minister. — Transla tor.

II This Aroo Mampo Goa not only kept his residence

in the hills> but he likewise seduced almost all the subject^

of the King of Goa, who inhabited the pla'ns, to for-

sakp the King ; which vrcni so far, tbar^ in the year i793t

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^hot by the ifistigation of that King, had induced JfgQ
niost of the rebellious Macca$$ar Nobles^ lately wnrv^
cdme into aubmission to the Company, to leave
their King and to follow him up into the HiiU»
where he ai&umes the tittle of regent of the Hill
Maccassars*

In consetjiience of the many complaints made M«ick
by me against the King of Bone, on account of * '
his deceitful conduct towards the Companyj and
of his injurious behaviour towards the Macca*
sSars, in not resigning to the Company the rc«
maininc; Regalia of Goa, which had in the late war
been delivered to him by the rebel Aroo Mampo
Goa, inconsequence also of complaints which that
King had preferred against me to the Supreaie
Government at Batavia, I received order to re-
sign the Government to the Senior Merchant and
Chief Ad*ninisirator at this place, Mr. William
Beth, and to take seat in the Supreme Council at
Batavia. At the saoietime, to shew to the King
of Bone that it wai the earnest will of the Su-
preme Government to have the Regalia of Goa
restored by him, they had, with the appfobation
of the Honorable the Court of Directors in HoU

t{ie K ng bad scarcely one hundred subjects Fetnainiog.
Aroo MampQ Goa did more, he distinguished rhe people
under him by the name of Hill Maccassars, an^ those,
ivho remained with the King he called Beach Maccs^s-
Siirs. He was still alive when the English gave up Fort
RoLterdam ; and when in 1814, after expelling the Bon-
ghccs from Macca>sar, Major General Nightingale ap-

Jpmted Careeng Lembang Parang, who had been prime
Minister, King.of Goa, Aroo Mampo Goa was in hia
rpom made prime Minister. He is very much attached
|0 Bone, and bears an inplacable batjEcd to £urop«aa3«-—
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|I^qA laniii prepared theinieHres t(y enforce thsft rest0#
^^.vN^-'f A^i^n 9 ' ^^ which ^purpose, a whole baitailion of
£aropean soldifers, caHed the Orange badtilton^*
aifd axomplcte Campsin)p«of European. A rtiileiry
irere ordered fronhf' the Cape of Good Hop«to
Maccassar. From Ceylon* two Companies of.
Sepoys, and froon Java five officerst and five
hundred European Soldiers, with four Com«
panies of Javanees> arrived here this day* The
wbole force here with. the garrison, in the Forf»
aiDounted to about two thousand men^ besides.
three ships of war« and seven or eight transport
ships all manned with Europeans.
jj^ The Governor elect, Mr. Beth, was this day
••ifc installed by the resigning. Governor Mr. Ryke,,
who immediately after that ceremony departed for
Batavia.
WrUten When my predecessor^ Mr. Ryke, had, on the
Beth/* sotb instant^ departed for Batavia, the King of
^'^ l^one, who» on account cf the great animosity
*^ and hatred be bore to hiqn^ bad for a long. time .
resided at Maros, came down again to Macca&sar
ami listening to my advice shewed an amicable.
inclination towards the Company. As be pro.** .

^ This Orange battalion^ when it arrived at Maccas-
sar, was cfrdered to encamp at Bolecdmba.— Tba n<l a-

TOHi

+ The translator was one of the officers who arrived'
at Maccassar, whence he was sent to Maros as Goto-'
mandant with a detachment of about one h unci red and *
fifty European soldiers and ardllery men and two Com*-
panies of Javanees, there to watch the movements of the
King of Bi^nCy who resided then not more than an
English mile dlicance from the Company's Fortress.— «
JsaaiiiaYoa*

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mised to roc that^ in a very short time » he would J 79O
deliver over to the Company aH the Regalia of v^p*ji
Goa, which were with him, I yfi(oic to the Su«
prenie Government at Batavia to asaure tbenti
that^ if the man Qf war,^ and the troops were re-
called from Maccassar^* I should be able through
the influence I had upon the King of Bone, to get
satisfaction from him without blood*shed. In
proof of hisi disposition to live in terms of frind«
ship with me he

Came and paid me a yisit, bringing with ^i"? joiytu^
the rebellious Prince Aroo Mampo Goa, and a-
noiher Nobleman, for both of whom he entreated
the Company's pardon, tvhiclx I granted in
their name.

Respecting the Court of BpnCj^ Mr* Beth says;JEttnft

from thfi

Tbe St^ie of affairs of our Government here **!™°*'
has in general for some time dreadfully declined, by jwr?
s^o much so, ihit we ought to wonder how the J^'ll**"*
necessity of enforcing the observation of the trea- his r*!™
ties, an/1 of exs^ciing from their allies the respect fifj* q*,
due to them has doc long before this been felt by vern.
the Corap?iny ; how they are not sensible that by JJ[*"yj*
^inkitig at injuries, they bettay a weakness which tcrXhe-
cxpos.cs them to contempt and ridicule. It is high JJ^JJ?/
time, I conceive, to put a slop to the capricious Cover!
and impudent behaviour of the Boughecs and of Ji'mI^
the Maccassars, and to shew them for once, that •■fl»r,
w.^ are not at alj inclined to be under their usur- ^^^
ped power, and still less to take for our rule all S'^'U

* The ships and trpops> except the garrisnof400
men, weie in thesame year recalled to Java accordingly.

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ISOO^hcir fickle whims, gross conceptions, and deceit^
falltricklt «n4 plliently to remain satisfied witM
ibe neglect of our jaU 4eipands, and with iheir
(pocking ansuvers to i^ complaints made to tbena
pn the pftri and in i}ifi name o( the Company.

TKe brutal and altogether unsufferabie bebavi.
0ur ol the Boughees is^ in my opinion, a sure inr-
jdic^tion of s^ome great un^erCf {king ; and 1 should
not wonder ft all, if in a irery short time, you
jdiacover tb^t the design of the King of Bone is to
make himself entirely master of all Maros. Should.
no proper mMns of tcjdress be speedily t;»kcn,
and shoul^ thi^y be suffered to proceed ihu^i
^11 our e^^rtionii to bring aod j^^cp (his Island
)^gain into a st^te of perf^^ct f]uiet^ will in the
end prove fruitless^ and the safety of our
European inhabitants here ftancis upon a very
loose groun4 indeed.

Such a remed)^9 i am sorry to $ay, I can in the
present situation of affairs not easily point out^
aince the lining of Bone ^nd his subjects appear to
have so entirely forgot the many gopd servicca
conferred upon them by the Company, tha(
ive experience from them nothing but arro-
gance and presumption^ and they pretend to no
jess that} to subject us to their caprices, and to
inake us tajke the law from them. These are the
people^ whom the Company cat| their first ancji
Snost fajthfull aliy^ and on wboip il>ey think we
aire jtQ depend for a support against all the en-
croachments ajind violence of Che olbier allies in
Cel^es,

An aijv, who uses every possible means toex*
pose the Company fQ losses and iadighityy and

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vho inakes his stay here in trtty respect insup* %i^^
portable to the Coni]:}any.by tile troaUw' nHick
hctauscs them, such anr alty, I dihre , freely (Ode«
clare^ is not worth for much^ilesi so^, Becaiite he, it
ijpt satisfiea with boldly usurpiiijg the Ufi4 of the
Companyvbut he wants ^\so to compel hf force
of arrns» all the inferior allies to ^submit to bis W^
tolerable yoke»^lse his awful Majesty of Bone
imnriccliately shews his anger^ and threateni €<y
M^a^te by fire and swordi all the possessions of the

.Company atid of their other allies in this Island*

Of thisr I bad i coiMpVere prdof in the last wajf^

^hiph Bone had wkh the Kring of Tanecce; Siieh

a danger I wisb» from my very foe)| yea miy

never baVe oecasion to exfperience.

fjofurtheir evidence is lilecessdry City eontineer
you of the fatal truths that we are here surround*
ed by the most unfaithful Nations in the uni^erte,

. Who have no reipeet for^ or aftathment to the
Conipanv, btit ar^ perfectly disposed to make us
entirely dependent Onthenri and for that they only
want time and opportunity* You ought therefor'e

^corrstantly to be on your guards to keep a catiti*
ous eve over them, and to bare afbbut yoo some

* In 1794., the King of Bone wished to' usurp fronr
thie KMg of Tatiette Mjoa eroundi^ ik paddy.fidlds^
Whichuti* laittr Of^p<tei^. This ciMtbtf i iitj ^ridus
vrar between themrand was near r<> itiMift th« QbStp^*
ny into a trouble^ out of which thfcy would not so ea-
sil/ hz^S Extricated' 'thcibMtiS's, bed4u<e' Bone was
alcj^e^ add nffueh tg^> iffeaU fit fts oppo/i^ent^, whom all
the other pctiy^ Rinfs had jblheil ; and thW Cc^pinyf
could not weli suffer Boncf to be entirely deferred \if i^q
Other party, for fear they should after wittib^ ht ^Ita^^d
themselTcs.-- i RA»si.AT0R.

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] goo trusty men raiihfully attached to the Company^
v/v^in order to get correct information of every thirtg
going on amovig them.

TogWeyotimy further opinion concerning

the statt of affairs at the Court of Bone^ it ap»

pears to itie that, since the King of that country

. made war {^gainst the King; of Tanette, Seden-

reeng, and other petty northern powers. Bone has,

to a certain degree, fallen into a state of cotifu*

aion> which it will cost its ruler much trouble to

remedy so, as t6 regain from its neighbours

that respect which it enjoyed before. I should not

be surprised at all^ if at one time, or other the

King was to pay his ambitious designs with the

loss of his own dignity^

What admits of no doubt is that those, on
whom he ought most to depend, are not at all his
friends ; and I know at present not one Noble-
man of any eminence, that is attached to him,
fit to supply the place of the Tom^rtlafang, Da-
too Baringang, and of other officers of State who
vere killed in the last war with Tanette. None
that he could trust are qualified to fill the differ-
ent ofiices for the general welfare of the Bou-
ghtese Empire ; and that is, I believe^ the rea-
son for which to this moment they have remained
vacant. The old Madanrang also is at the door
of deaths and cannot for any length of time pro-
tract his existence.

The intercourse with the King of Bone, onac«
count of the great ambition he has to domineer
over all the other allies of the Company, is in-
deed very dangerous. He assumes to himself
iuch power and authority over the inferior allie^^

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that no Prince, or Nobleman, whosoever hemay igQQ
be, canon no account, without his permission^ ^^^wr
aoproach the Governor; and even then such a
Prince, or Nobleman is introduced by an officer
of the Court of Bone.

I have incessantly, but in vain endeavoured
to dissuade him from his wrong pretensions. He
continues as violencand obstinate in urging them»
as he was before the war with Tanette.

His haughtiness and compulsory measures
have by no means been successful to him, as he
has by them lost much of his respect and credit
with the joint allies. Was he at present poveer*
ful enough to keep the natives of Celebes under
his restraint and dominion, wc should indeed,
though much to the prejudice of the Company's
^ possessions and authority, be obliged to remain
quiet, and patiently to bear wiihhim. Btuwith-
cue the assistance of the Company he would not
be able even to protect his own country, and to
keep his subjects in order and under due obedi««
cnce. His whimsical conceptions, which the se-
veral allies have beheld, when aay of them have
been on the spot, must appear to ihem very
strange indeed, and thus from friends he is mak-
ing enemies, and puts both his kingdom and his
own person in imminent danger.

His conduct is directly contrary to the conW
tents of the treaty of Bonay, Arc. i8 and 25, by
which all the Allies are to be considered as free
Nations, and in case of any difference arising a-
mongst them, it is also left to the decision of this
Governmenr, who on such occasions acts in the
name of the Company as the first ally and arbi-
trator.

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1866 Wfeat rrieans may 69 used to put a stop to thiV
unexempled ambition of the Coun of Bone,-
which Has attairiea its Highest degree, and to mo«
4ifate feis Bouglieese Majesty, and bring hin) lO'
more reasonable sentiments, { dare not presume
to sajr J since such affairs m general ought to be
tfeatcdf according to i6« circumstances of the

*nioiii€ht ; and frince unfortunately (he present
time does hot furnisf) a favourable prospect of
success in any measures that might be taken^

*f<^r waiit of a su^cient force to supports ihem.

in the mean time, I pity ve^y much the poor
subjxrcts of the Company, whoy though they have
an European power for their protector, are oblig*
ed to support aU sorts of brutality and insolence
from that very people who, in earUer iknesy^
were looked upon as their slaves. ,

AH the ifrfatuation }^\i\i which these Bough^ds
carry^ on their pridie, arrogance and boldness now
yisen to such a height, is to bid atfiibuted solely
to the 106 great and wtong indulgence, which,
frorh the first period of oui* setxhng here^ Go*
vet nnrerri shewed to them^ and whicb, if continii-i'
ed any loi^ger, will soon tflirry with it the unavoi-
dable ruin of tbt Compafhy.

But this very nVsrt^riaf poiht Wt irt obliged H>
leave to tfhe disposition andf decision of the Su«
preme Government. On th^rA 'ft depends' to
take 3uth measures as iir thfir \frsd6m they tnHy
thifik ptopier, toprevc'ni such 2 n unwished for
€Verit, from wfircb X pviy hcaVcn' v»riH pio^ttc

*lfh'at HKic B'dughees are thus securely and in*
(ulii&gly pla)ing with us« caa easily be conceived

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from the journal of the late Governor Mr. y»ij 1860
jdcr VoDfit, and from his patient struggle |yi{)} m^^
them, during c^^e late war with the Macca^{yrs»
whcx\ he was obliged to make use of them^ noc«
tiyithscanding their hvpoeritical conduce towards
|be Company, and their but too partial induj*
^ence and almo:^! open a<thercn«e to an enem^^
iirhom they were boqnd to consider as their pwrt
Mnd to treat as such.

The most shameful and insulting bc)i^vi9ii« of
these Boughees to my prcdecesspf, Mr. Van
Ryke» at his own house^ on the 24th of Maf<:li
1789*, will sufficiently shew to yop, that they are
apt to any attempt, being confident that airiheifr
insolence shall be passed' by with impunitv. Mr.
Syke, hQwever^ had informed pf it the Siipremc
Governnridnt, and given theip to understand that
his life was in ^danger.

Concerning (hp Emgirf qf ihp Mgccassara, !•
bring it again into sqcb a sts^te^ that in ib^ eqiirsft
of time thp Company mav put a better f^iil^ in
that Nation, th^n it was potsibfle formerly to 4q^
js by n9 oceans impracticable.

The K^^S ^f Bone» who still retains part o^ the
I^egal^a oi k\\c M^ccassar realm, can do but little
Of nothing yitb tb^m to his advantage ; and, if
I atp not decciYc4» I could assure that the subtle
^acc^s^s^isare purpqaely keeping him in suspense,
apd delude b'\m with the hope that they will come
to the resolution of dethroning their present lyings
who in 1781 was fej|t94 on the Tbrqne )t^ (^^

t No no^e of tbe above sifsuhinfi; jkhayi^r \f^ ]
|iun4--*TaANSLAToa. ' '*'

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1800 Company) and of electing, either him, the King
of Bone^ or his ton Aroo Palacca.*

Finally the weakness of his Bougheese Majcs*
iy^ who. blinded by his ambition, does not ob*
serve the many tricks, which his mortal foes the
Maccassars are putting upon him to bring him to
bis fall, is perfectly notorious, because not a sin-
gle Boughee is sufFerred within the Maccassar
kingdom^ from which it clearly appears^ in hov
little consideration he stands among them.

With the Maccassar peopl; you will have but
little, or scarcely any trouble at alL They are by
no means so turbulent as the Boughees. But on
the other band, you ought to be more cautious
with them and more carefully to stand upon your
guard whenever they come to visit you, because
they are more sly and in the whole a more inge-f
nious people than the Boughees^ and know very
well, how by flattery and humility they may.
bring every one into their interest.

As much as I have been able to observe the
Court of Goa, I have found that the Maccassars
are confederated with Tanette and Seden-
xeeng; and in case the King of Bone does not.
alter his conduct towards them, you musr, if you
take my advice, be upon the watch, that, should/
the dark clouds, which are already gathermg ovei^
the head of the King of Bone, burst out in a sud*
den storm^ you may be able to take a courageous

> * His father died in the end of 1812, and the English. .
Resident the late Captain Richard Phillips, seated him on
the vacant Throne. It is he who afterwards caused to
the Government so much' troublcj^ and ior.ced them ta
send in i8'4 an expedition against him.-— TaANSLAToa,

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i;esoluiion. Had the plan against him come to JgOQ.
fhaturity during my Govemnjent, I should have ^i^wy
assigned him a place of protection and safety,
and then haye dealt with hirqi according to cir-
cumstances. With re$pect to the persori who
nriight h^ve raided hin)self to th^ Throne^ in j:ase
of his giving me information of it^ I should have
accepted that as a communication only, and tried
to make him wait the pleasure of the Supreme
Government at Batavta, for (ear of iheir other-
wise finding too precipitate the election of a new
King in ihe roofti of the lawfull one.By these means
1 should h?ive had time to dive into the course
of the affair, and to see ho>y far the new elected
King was liked or disliked by fhe people. Above
all 1 should not have suffered that prosperous mo-
ment to escape^ but have made my best exertions
to fibh in that troubled water» and to prescribe
terms the most conducive to the restoration of
the countries of Maros and Bolecomba; by which,
I am sure, the prosperity of the country, and the
better cultivation of the paddy-fields would be
prompted, 9nd an increase of revenue wpuld be
secured to the Company.

Be it however far from me to wish, that my opi^
nions should be considered by you as a certairi
truth, and to pretend that you ought to take thcin •
as your rule. This would be the more foolish on
rpy part, as I l^now top well the strange and un-
steadfasi charactpr of th^s^e people, and bow on the
least untoward circpmsiance they alter their mind
immediately, reconciling themselves with o^i.p
another for the payment of a small line ; though
indeed they rcseirfe their revenge, and wait oply
fqjr 2^, fit opportunity the better to execute their
former plan. 1 |(

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1800 ^f ^^^ in^^qcc the King of Banc, fincjjng him-.
vr s<:lf in such 9 case as is said ahqye, as \ic has stjU
the Regalia of the Maccassar kingdon^ in his poS|-
session, retreated with tbem into t(:)^t cpqntry, it
jcen^jnly woiilcj not appearincrcriiblrtth^t the fir&i^
concourse of the people should ^cknctwJcdge him
for their ^ing.* I did pot then in what I siate^,
,a^ove^ mean to be positive ; or else I should ior.
cur chc reproach of presumption apd lq\\y.

. The present King of Goa resides now at a ^
hamlet called Mangassa, on account of which the
Boughees cal) hin() by no other nam6 than Careeng
or Lordof Manga^a> because the high and dis-
tinguishing title of King of Goa, was always de«-i
rived from the residency of the an^iefit andla-^^
laous city of Goa* .

I could have wished very much, tbat the Su-
preme Government at Batavia had on my appli«
cation granted me liberty to permit that Prince to
reside again at the old pUce of his ancestors; be-
cause I should then have been better enabled to
ascertain, how far the Hill Maccassars wotild ac-
knowledge his authority and adhere to him^ as
iProm the great superstition they have for the So«
dang or Regalia, which be is not possessed of^ they
feel at present a great repugnance to call and con^*
^ider him as their King.

♦ The superstition of the Nations of Celebes iis.so
great respecting what they call the Royal, or National
colours, or standard, that, if even ihe most insignificant
person should happen to become master oif them, he
might raise the most dreadful insurrection, in wiiicb the
whole of the Mob would follow hitu^ aad leave their ••
King and Nobles alone.— .T&ANStATi>K«

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Thfe people of Celebes in general. With a fewjgQg^^
^xceptions^ among tfie immediate subjects of the ^..-v-w
(jompany, thoueh more or less curbed by their f*^"^*

J.n ^ y ■ I ^ ti -t . i I • .from the,

different masters, kefcp and cherish their natural Memoir
tamper, and are ve^y arrogant^ and extremely ^^^^f^'^*'
perstitiouSr easily o^ehded^ but very dimcutt tOMr. pt«
be appeased. Thiy are at: the same line ihalici-^^^^^
ous, ambitious andtcbvetous of money ; greedy for doru/
war, and in generi) very intriguing. Com pared ^""JV**
vritd the other Nations of the East, iheV must betuccet-
allowed to possess 131 cotisiderable share of bdld-p^^ ^'»
ness, except the Bougbees^ who indeed have i^ery v«n
little of that about tbem, if ihere ht nothing *'J*'^»
to p1under»or some tbing of that kind lb do^ as 14th,
Adfmiral Spcefmah, in (lis Memoir of i 656 i aj^s, *pJ^.
he has experienced froin them.

It is a certain iaitid undeniable facti that the kum
thoriiy of the Company here has fallen into a re-
markable decline, as Stated by the late'Gbv'e'rrior,'
Mr, 6eih, in tli6 ^d^ paragrapb of his M'cihdir.
But so many complaints aigaihst the Bbugnees,arid
other Nations of this Island are foiind in Itie reu
cords of t^e earliest times, whbri the vbmpkh/
were siill in t^eir fuft lustre and powers, that When
6ur forces have dimioished, there can bfe no Wbh-
der that our affairs have nbt Vakeh i better tlirh.
Nor would it be easy to hiitiu: iherh back to their
former proper static^ if they ever were ihapro|>er
state, which I haVe nof yet seen satisfactbril])^
confiTmcd. For we had always, even from the
vefy ftrdi: perid^d 0f our settling hiere, much'
trbliWe wi'ifi thi'se: pedple o^ingi I im fulljl^
cotiviri'it'cd, t'6 2f v^rbhg cbndcscertiibti on bift
part; which enabled tBerh by degrees' to ifi-'
Vad'c the rlglils ot the CbriipanyV tBcy thirik-

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ISOSi'^g themselves bound by treaties no fartheri thatl^
what flattered their vanity and selfishness.

Though i hav6 noc succeeded in completely^
establishing the Yespect, which fof a long whilei
and I may say from the very limeoFour settling
berej has been withdrawn froifi the Company by
the Bougheesand by the other Natives of this Is-
land ; I have, notwithstanding' the w^r with the
£nglish^ and the indeed very great wc*akness of
our force^ and other unpleasant and disadvanta-
geous circumstances, lost nothing of the lictleof
that sentiment whicb I found existing, at the time
1 took charge of this Government. Much less
have I suffered from them any fhsolence, or inju-
ry i but on the contrary, I have tolerably revived
the authority of the Company, by which during
my Goveinnnent and to this day, a tranquiliiiy
not known before has prevailed here and all over
the Island. The allies of the Company, cxccpC" *
Bone, have returned to their daty ; and the con.
duct of Bone even hali for some tithe beconid'
more t0lefabTe.

To redress every <IViI tmTnedlately would re-
quire the force of arms, and that force' ought to
be at hand, ind very considerable, not less than
two thousand men, according to.the corhpendious
account* of the affairs between he Company and
Bone, whfch, in 1805, I have submitted to the
Supreme Government at Batavia.

* Mr. Chasse^ in i8o5»'W^ ordered by the Sjiipreme
Government at Batavia, 10 answer to tl-.c Complaints
which the King of Bone had made against him to the Go-
vernor General in Council. This Mr, Chasse did, by
fiving a full account of ihc arrogant behaviour of iha
fFng of Bohcy dated 2olh August tSos. — Translator*

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Whether a war with the Boughees does not be- JgOg
tome unavoidable iri th€ present situation of the
^{Fairs of the Cortnpany, and as long as our respec-
tability is not supported by a more efficacious
force 5 ^heth^r in any case ^e should not have A
betccr prospect of success with them by open war'
^an by good words^ and fine promises drawn ud
in a treaty, which frorti otir first settling here werd
rffevef, or^ if at any time, Very indifferently attend-
ed to; and finally wheiheYj after all other exef*
tions on our side. We should bd obliged to main«»
tain a staid of activity Wlthbut gaining arty thing I
j$hall le^ve to thd consideration and wiser judg-
ment of the Supremfc Gov^Srnifienl.

If the garri^ort here tvere pOt on ^uch a footings
as I have stated in my separate letter of the 36'th
September* of lajt ycir to the Sti'preme Govern*
ment at Batavia^ not only less circumspe^ction therl'
i&ould bfe nebess'ary on our part, bat we should
havd it in cur powe^* at ihb least instilt from thenV
to take hold, ii^ithout form of process, 6f such'
persons ol* proi^inces, as should haVe committed'
the outrage^ and without the necessity of a wat;
10 inflict upon them a condign punishment;
Nothing moire, I am sure, would be requisite to
keep these Nations in coli)stant fear and submi's«
ston.

For the reist thd nece'ssiry political bilariee of
Celebes is centered in the petty powers, who being
cbnfederated with Taneiie, are for that purpose'
secretly engaged with the Company,

The present King of Goa or of ttic Maccassars^
who, in 1781, was, bv the interposition of the'

♦ This letter was not lound among the records.—
Translator. ,

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JgOgtKcn dovernor Mr. Ryke^ dccted King of that*'
, Nation^ Ts a very good, tractable and ^fifable man ;',
but his authority, from the pressure of circum-
stances in which that realm was then and siilf
contirues to be» is ot very little weight. He is iri
ifact destitute of all means and entirely linabfe to
maintain himself accordingto his dignicf. ;

*t\ic people of that country have/ since the last,
var with the Company^ become so cner^^atedl andP
^oor, that at present they rather Want encouragc-
rnent, than restraint ; which pugHt to be observ.
cd for the sake of that equilibrium between the
powers of CcleWs^ somucK required for the in-
terest of the Company, 'f'hey are in absolute:
"want of our protection^ since all their Forts and'
l^trofigholdswere in the last war with them entire^'
ly destroyed.

Notwithstanding airthe paihsT t 'haVe taken to
regain for the Court .of Goa^ from the King of
JBone^tJ^e Regalia of the Maccassar kingdom^ I
cjiouid never accomplish that pointy and they are
still with him. These things in themselves are
but of little service to the King of Bond, be ne-
vertheless does not wish tp part witli them, unless
they wcr©^ ^o b^ given to A'roo Mampo Goa, and-
those Hill people, who still adhere to him, and'
ivho, when in the last war their fortified town o£
Co2L was taken by tKjeXompanyy fled with bin) in-
tb ttie Hillsi^ carried with them the Regalia^, and'
delivered them afterwards to the K^ing of Bone*
That Kirigeven must have a persorial reason not
to give theni back^ as Long as he retains his favo-
rite tboiight^» that^, at onetime or othcr^ he wilT
hinrtsdfbc<56me^Kitigofihe \iacea5i5ars and urtite
ihart Grown with the Crown of Bone,- v/hitb,it i^*

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40 ])• liopcd» he will net succeed in Qb(9iQ|ng,9iS ]g0g
Jc WQuld produce a (qts|l breach ef the t^^Unce ;
and an immcdi^t^ downfill qf the Company, and
of their allien in this UUnd would t>6 the cpnie*
,^uence.

To ^void this ever to be cjepreeated union will
depe§d much on ihe good an^ prii4^nt mfind^e**
ipeni of your ppliiicsil iry^t, though te^iporal cir^
cumstances, and passing events will at ti;nesb|at«
run al) pur cpmpucatioHS. With this exception
in view as long as the Regalia of the Maccssar^
remain \vith Bone, the state of aiiefiation^ in
which the Hill-M^ccassars arb with those of thq
pUir|$ and on the sea-side^ must be carefi^lly kepc
up, as being absolutely necessary for the safety of
the Cprqpany, The Hill-people, by whom Aroa
Mampp Goa, a sinister, and by no means ro be
tjusted person, w^s before the last war made King
of Goa^ and has since that time been chosen fox.
their Qhief, do, in consequence of vhc Sodapg>
or R^g^lia pf the Maccassar kingdonrx being still
with Bone, side with (hat Court. 3ut those. Mac-
cassars who dwell in the plains and on the sea-
sicie, %nd who» fpr the sake of self interest^ ?ire in-
clined and attached to their King and . (P i\ic
Qotpp^ny^ ought, ^s n^iich as is cpu$isten( with
Qur own interest, and as for as the imo C4n be
r<;conQiled with equity, to be preferied tp ihp
Ilill-Maccassars*

Thi$ however ought to be dpM wth judg«
ment and caution, for fear of bein^ by the cuii«..
jiingness,more peculiar to (he Maccassart iban to
the Boughees, inveigled into a chaos of perplexi- .
ty. We must siilways be backward in yielding to
their demands^ for they never have done with.

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JgOg making pretension.^, which at limes they try iq
^^>vn> obtain in a soliciting way, and make it as their
plea that what ihey pray for was formerly their
property, or has been under their protection. The
case commonly turns out to be in part as they
represent it ; but they forget to mention thatwha^t
they claim, was conquered hy our arms and tfter*
Ivards remained in our bands -by the treaty coc>-^
eluded with them.

More caution stiil ought to be observed with
regard to Bone. That Nation being oonsidera--
bly more ambitious than any other in the Island,
they are constantly busy, in various manners, to
usurp every piece of ground which they can get
at^ and which can be of any advantage to them..
Of this many instances frequently occur in the
records, and my repeating them in this Memoir
would be superfluous to yoia and to your sucr
cessors-

To make you further acquainted with the pre-
sent King of Bone and his subjects, I must refer
you to my above mentioned compendious ac-
count* in which you will also find irnfoldcd iho'
original cause of the coolness between Bone and
the Company j vihilst the corrcspondence,t which
I have kept up with that Prince, will shew you
how little he troubles himself about the just com«
plaints of his benefactor the Company, and how
little accommodation is to be met^ either from
him, or from his subordinate cWefs; which I trust
will one day or other bring on their ruin. There*

• The same which Mr. Chissc wrote in 1805'."-.
Translator.

t This was not found among the records t— Trans*

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irt p6 tricks imagihable which they do not'iDake I8Q8
use of to avoid giving satisfaction to us; andihcy
have always at hand some means or other to
.ni<.ke us appear in the wron^.

•f he King 'of Sedenrecng has more than opcr,
ind again lately sent me Word of his coming hi-
ther; bathe has never yet'made his appearance.
in his l'<j:ters to me^ hoivever, he not only cx^
presses but proves the cohthiuacion of his attach-
ment to the Company.

ttc is the only Prince in this isla'nd, that pos^
iesses k considerable property in ready cash anci
valuables, most of which he obtains by his private
trade, ^nd by the nfibhopolies he Has c$tabljshc4
throughbut his extensive kingdom.

riis correspondence with the Sultan of Ban-
germassirtg in the island of Borneo, and above
ill that Whic*h he holds with the King qf Palem-
bang in tlie island of Sumatcra is very displeaskig
to theC)d'ni|>anj ; and in my opinion may in pro-
cess of time become a maitcr of consequence to.
(is. It \Vburd therefore be well, ind mpch desira-
ble for us^ that he shoufd abandon boib of thes6
fcbrVespondences, . .

Oh this subject, in il8b6, I wrote t;o the Su*
pVeme tovctnmetit at fiaiavia that, by the treaty
6f Bohiay, the trade and correspondence withi
thiese Courts are prohibited, but that former Go-.
V'ertiors connived ac them, in cofisequence ^pf
ivhich a kort of permission, became, establihsccl. As
it could not be now easily withdrawn by force,
the Suprcrn'e Govcrnrnent at ijaiavia wrote m^ a.
better, dited 3ci March 1807, wberein they sa.idi
that** the begt way is t') hinder, if .possible.^
that ihtcrCoiiric by hriild Idmonitionk" ' This I
Mvt done^ aod 1 am happy to say ihat^ since that

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jgOgtimr, I have heard nothing more of it, which
makes me beUeve that it has been in a great d^'-
' grce abandoned by the King.

In the records of this Government you wi\l
find at large, that in ihe year 1805, the King oY
Soping came here to pay me a visit. Ahhough
he wailed upop the King of Bone; yet I could ve-
ry clearly perceive, that his inclination bent mor^
towards the Company and their allies, than to*
wards Bone;

This |Cing, w|th many of his Noblesi ;|fter hav-
ing for a considerable lime resided here, beintr
much gratified by the distinguished and friendly
treatmentj^ they had received from mc, took their
departure ; on which occasion they unanimously
declared to ipe their firm determination never 16
deviate from their attachment to the Company, but
to stand and remain all of them to the last mari
our niost faithful trusty friendsand allies,
' Respecting the Government of Wadjo^ nothing
of importance has occurred except that^ on ac-
count of a small piece oY ground, they got into ^
quarrel with the King bf Sedenrecng. Their Da-
tX30, or King sent to me art Embassy, who arrived
hereon the 7th of July 1^07, .10 request from the
Goropany «ome glin-poWder and shipt, in order tq
{let upon the defensive against Sedcnreeng. That*'
request I very civilly put off, giving them to un--
flerstand thatj^ as both were allies of the Company,
I would, if solicited by them, afford my interces-
sion, agreeably tp the trealty of Bonay, and endea«
vour to make up. and adjust in an amicable man«
ner their difference with the King of Sedenreeng;
Fortunately the dispute was afterwards scitled be^
^ffccn tnq two Courts; without cic\ier coming toj

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^ny extremity ; and without my interference ihey l gAg
|)ecanie reconciled to each other. ,

The petty kingdoms of Erekan and Lowo are,
from thrj firs^ time of our settling here, reckoned
the first and principal ajlies ; they have, however,
at times conducted themselves very unfaithfully
and disloyally toward^ the Company, having put
themselves, Ijke vassals, under the protcciion of
B^^ne. - ^ ■• '■

ThjP Mandhars, divided under seven pettv
Kings, of whom ihe Niaharadia Balaniepa^* is the
Chief, have behaved Justin the same manner.
Though they are placed among the allies of ih«
Company, they suffer themselves to be treaii^d
fcy Bone as if they were its subjects. This b^aw-
cver is n^ver acknowledged by ihe Company,
and I have even endeavoured to turn it ifi our
favor, by exciting their resentment against the
usurpation of Bone and disuniting ihem altogether
from th^t power ; which would be very much to
ihe advantage of the Company, and would con-
tribute to secarp the political equilibrium in
Celebes.

The Kings of that country intended several
times to come hither and pay me a visit. For
that they had once already put to sea ; but they
were prevented from proceeding in their voyage,
partly by bad weather, and partly by fear of the
liLing of Bone, ^ho threatened them with his higli
qispleasure if they had the audacity to appear be-
fore me. '

J come now to those allies, who are separated by
sea from this Island, and 1 baye first to acquaint

f JLing of Balanirpa — Translator.

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Jl^of Celebes, you WiH tetVe ^Cfy Ihtlfc irduyfe wiih

Thfr ptcvent Ktttg <b?f B^tttik In the Island ot
^tihbltwa, h k vifiV goScl lAati bTvhom no sus^l-
fc'?6ft is to lye efltWtaiWa, ititft ht will tvtr depart
from his ^Hiaricfe ^Hd dilfty to the Company, bfe-
teilse he ciilisidfcrs Wm^^lf'rtftb'rc as a vassal than
as an ally to us ; though the treaty concluded
^ilh hfWi, drtd with the 6'iher Princes in that Island
eoaM teH him quite otherwise.

it Viliho\(riev;&r be very necessary Tor you, 10
prtevent, ^s much ks you can, any familiar inter-
^odrife aiid marH^ge contracts bfelwfeen the C6i]ir'tS
iti thfc Island of Sumbawa and the Boughees and
Mace^'ss^ars» particularly the lattiiV, because that:
Island was in ancient times u^SdeV the d6mini6h
of the Macciafsar Empire* on \i^h'ich Account Vh^
Co\irt of Goa *till cfe^Vishes sdVft'e ho^es of f^os-
l^^siing it «gain at sortie favbuf^SWe \lm'e,or Otivcr.

So mte years a^o a $^ltj!)etre hiknufactory h^'d
been established thertj but it wa^ ^o5n afterw'ardi
abandoned, because it did not answer ihe 'ti^
pett anion.

Concerning thfc kirt^dofti of" Sumbawa \Xii\f, t
avn fully of my predistessdr Mr, B^rh's oplriibii,
that in pirocfe^s of ti\fte, \&h'en more ftvorable ciir-
curm^tances WtU ptvifftit it to the Cnftijpany, I snfiall
aum of moA«y shbiild be bestb<(red in raiSif^g 4
fortriris at tft« cWef tow^, nvhifch bears tfre hartl^'
of the Island. It would be of great service, be-
cause the g^rt*f*n of tJ\at )p6st and that offifeenia,
would beabk, in i\\^^ bf danger^ to alssist each
othet. *^As it h now, this Govcrmnfebt is tather
loo far for a speedy succour. A small post there

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^'puld also furnish the means of keeping in order 1808
the Boughees, who are strongly established in the '
Island^ and carry on an illicit smuggling trade to
la Very considerable iaind dangerous extent.

, From the last date of the above narrative, td
\ne coming of the English in 18 12^ no JournaWi
either of Mr. Van . Braam^ who succeeded Mr.
thasse or of Mr. Van Braam's successor, Colo-*
iiel Von Wickcrman> were found among the Re-
cords. All that has passed in the Island during
the English Governnient, the Translator is not
. fully acquainted with; and being apprehensive
that a partial statenrient would be unsatisfactory to
the public, he thinks it much better to mention
Clothing at all.— -The Translator.

BJ^D OF VOL. Iti

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SJRRATA.

^age 44, line 18— For Carcecng, read Carceng^
J^age 55, line 9— For Passangers, read Papaa-
gers.

Page 55> do. 15 — The same«

Page 56, line 13 — For enemy, read the enemy*

Page 58, line 20— For Molankeree, read Mair

lankeree*
Note to do, line 1 1 — For Larobang.read Lembang;
5*age 71, art. 6, line 2— For raised, read raise.

Page. 72, note, line 2 — For lively cod, read livC'-
lyhood.

^3ge 94, line 27 — Instead of for, read far*

An error in the running title has occurred at
'the press from page 32 to 71, which has beea
perceived too late for any possible r^medjr^

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