and • following up hiï success; ‘Subdued- all the eastern. provinces, as far
as JSatambdngan. •' Dissensions I arising' < fat' this period hètVfe'eó(ilihe(Jpfi.ople
of Bantam-afid'-thosè ;l<& the’ • Mnda - 'districts,! „ the j-chieib'bf .Sumedang
applied to’ Matarem for assistance"; and-' being invested1 hy, thé ^lfanirMfeh
the chief authority over tb<*e^&i&1nfiQts,-iSOon bfoüghteithet wholé .of !| ii
•■ western chiefs; alarmed at the'approach - of Matdvem arms, tö..aekncl5$edge
his supremacy.1- A iorce-was -now'sentPto Madéra,i and,,' thatvisland being
•conquered was united to his ‘döminion,- 'which* then , extendgdYkhj o.ugle $1
Java and Madura. An enemy; more powerful■ than^apy■-with whoumheljhad
been accustomed- tó teontend; arid destined to strip!his posterity pf alljbuk'the
stemblance o f 'sovereignty, now appeared«! t Their Dutch,n .availing ithem selves
of the divisions and convulsions by whicffi the*- ëmpife h'adjb.een prSyi'oiigly
distracted, had established tbemselVes at Jdhatra.
• On their first arrival at Bantam; "thêrprince ofthatfcpunferyf was, absent on
an expedition against Palémbang, which-country,. is well, as, a great-.gaJtjof
the north arid 'west coast of Sumatra, .was; theta sippet;: tpfhlsi -s^kXfr:. They
found1 the influence of the Portuguese, who had -p revio usly^pSta'hhshed. a
•factory-there, op'thé dieline, and withilittle difficulty enteea^dpto a treaty
with thfe chief, on whom the administration ofi the-country wa-swpt^ri^Maily
conferred^ using the absence of the prince. By.ithisrtreaty _the-cpntracling
parties agreed to trade honestly and fairly with’ eachmther.'land[to^afford
mutual assistance in case of being attacked by an enemy.,
Complaints, however, were’-soon made of the high, tone wbietatheDtftch
assumed, and of the insolence of their menaces. Hostilities ensued,. and
according to the Dutch account, upwards of. a'huhdred Of .the natives-were
killed or wounded. The consequence was, that they. w,ere;.obliged to quit
Bantam. Touching at JdJcatra, Japdra, Tdban, and they-had an
affair with the Madurese, but ill calculated to make an impression in, their
favour. The prince of that country, anxious to pay his respects to the .Europeans,
requested, through his interpreter, to be permitted to visit the principal
person among them, and an arrangement was accordingly made that lie
should be received on- board a particular ship. As the princeieffe'th^kore
with his suite; accompanied by their women and children, the Hollanders
became alarmed at the appearance of .so numerous an assemblage,,, and
observing that they did not appear to be proceeding direct to-the ship
pointed out for their reception, discharged three guns. The terror occa-
jhmed by the report threw the procession into the utmost confusion, all the
people
,i‘n j.hpi hpats, falling as- ift'killed:: the .other European^
vvess^iifeking,' thesejgi$p§ ,a& a signal; for - actkfo!’ threw themselves; wffh
such impetuosity.'.upon,.the nativ^ibnats; that out of this" numerous Passer®-
hlagg we'nty-on.e ate^jdrimhavh escaped. Among thç sMni'was Jthe
prinçef- aîi4wÈisyiiker,prqter.iiOr.s*Higbtpriést; and their bodies; m 'S c l% P
rijâçpvgred, t 'vfe/e^jth^own iuto the seas ...
It is .remarkable, ithatr^ffi|leadiir^.traits .which -distinguish the subsequent
adipipist.i,§^mhft^f^e i DutetagmfJayai(a?.baUghty assumpt-ioniofi superiority,
for ' ,ihe^[pqrpp^e'?;c|d^e^wing; ifehe' cieduipusL-simplicify > f tlh^riatives,
an 5 a most extraordinary -'timidity, which >fed them :to suspect 'treachery
and-, danger; quarters where, they îworéileast' tonbe apprehended) were
manifested r in,-their; .earliest transactions in .this quartet.’ ’ On their., first
•arrixatdat Bantam, we find the clerks, tof thpir tradinglyessels .styling!them-
selvesS^plains ; ,and such was "j|he. stateî^ând ■ consequence- ;-assumed by
;>,of,i the, expedition, whqt'jogkmthe- titl'eljof* Captain
.Portuguese, who had know® him’Jbeforej .ask^d him signifi-
u hé "had. been xxj^&iyitduke since he ;last ,saw him.. ..The çuirder
«ofi .the, unfortunàte,>prince, of,. Mxuîuvci and his followers ffor, i t , can be
■ palled by np "other term) was] as,(detestiffije-and unjustffiahier as the. subse-
quOn.tj. massaerjp. q j the unfortunate and unoffendingcChinese'i in, the streets of
B&tayia. In;nejther, case ,wa§ there a-plgarito palliate’- the^irying guilt,
feut such à degreeiQfi danger,‘as, the basest .cawardiçè.conld alone.-foc sensitefKwir.
-^B^lis aggression did not pass unpunished, for the Dutch Admiral 1 having
■ ailqwedWome" men ifojland near Arosbaya,, then the capital. o f .the
island, they >feré..aeizéd< by the Madurese, and their enlargement was not
effected without; the loss . of many lires and the payment of a liberal
rajjpOlti.; : ' ’Tÿ.1**;- d.J
Bantam was already a place of considerable trade : Chinese, Arabs, Per- yp||p|ra9
sians, 1 Moors, Turks, Malabars, Pejuans, and in a word,‘merchants from Bantam. c
all nations, w.ere established there.The* principal produce for;the European
market was ; pepper. With this province the Dutch, renewed their commerce
in the year 1598 A. D., and four years afterwards they obtained permission
to e s ta b lish , n .factory there, In the p lo yin g year,, accordingly, -they
erected a permanent building, and formed a commercial establishment.
At this time they had granted passes to the vessels belonging to the chief
of