Matârem.
A.J.Ï585.
Saltan Tegal
Arum.
a thousand. Qn reaching Kediri, intelligence'was sent to Matarem of “the
failure of the expedition, when the ^MSibwimmediately ordered the [Chiefi
Wira Ghna, with all his family, to be put to death, under the -pretext of
punishing his want of success,, bub in reality to satisfy a revenge Jswhichihe
had long been anxious to gratify, against this chief, on account lof his
having, during the life-time of his father, preferred a complaint against
him for carrying off one „of his concubines;, ...
It is said, that the father , o f his first rdtu (queen) .leaving a pet fowl,
which had been produced from a jungle hen and a domestic cock, brought
it as a curiosity into the krdton and gavedt to the' Susiinan. Tihe.Siistinan com
ceiving it to be an omen, that as soon as the Pangéran Adipdti became of
age he would quickly obtain .the throne, assembled his pengdwa and informed
them.of his-apprehensions.., The Pangéran on heading of it, imme,-,
diately caUed all his family together, to:the number of. sixty,ipefSonsj,. who
ón the first day that the Susiinan appeared in; public sat themselves down in
tears under, the 'waringen tree. The Jiusunan inquiring thèjrj „object, .they,
called God and the Prophet to witness, that they were innocent, of .the bare
thought of any thing which s|jopM alarm the mind. Of- the Susttftani, and
intreated that, i f he anticipated sorrow or misfortune froth' them, he would
put them to death immediately, and avert the apprehended calamity." The
Susunan desired them not to listen to people who toldvthem such stories,
and retired. Some time afterwards, ther Pangéran, Adipdti felf desperately
in love with a young woman, who from her infancy-had been’ Brought! üp
under an aged mdntri for the royal embrace. , Becoming dangerously ill on
her. account,.he at length commUnicatecl the cause to his grandfather,
Pangéran Pdhik, who prevailed on the.mdntri to part with. her.for. two thousand
rings,. one thousand dollars, and a kdli of .gold. . The young .pair were
immediately married. As soon, however, as the Susunan became apprized
of the transaction, he caused, his son, the, Pangéran Adipdti, to appear
before him with his young bride, and then directed him, in his presence,
to stab her to death. He afterwards banished • his son, and sentenced;.the
Pangéran Pdki/c, with all his family, to capital punishment; and this aged
chief) with his wife, JRdtu Pdndan, and his relations, to the number of
forty, were accordingly put to death on the alm'cdm.
It is; even related, among the ,atrocities committed by this! prince, that he
violated bis own daughter, Rdfu Brfiwa, who. was affianced to the son of
Panamhdhan
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Panambdhan Girt Ldjjamii Ghfaiibciniiand that, on the, death „of ope jof his
wives l AtdW PanidJang, rrhe j copjined^ixty, ofohqr attendants in.a dark room,
and deprived-themof ffooduntu^eyfall died*. l;i
The injustice” and severit^.ofothej^MS^a^becam.e. still, greater* as . he
advanced in years. His fits.,. of. anger..; bepame^more .frequent, and the day
and night <wCrelemployediin barbarous,, executions, dJdfe .enjoyed no security:
every one ^was, upon his, guard, and fears and apprehensions wrought
among people of the highest,and,the lowest rank. L A t length the,attention
of tjfae clfefs „having been directed to.- the n Pangd^am/ * Adipdti, who had
■ -'evinced a kind disposition in the presents he .was continually making to the
poor, they implored him, to' assume the governmentand the young .prince
entering into their views,: formed» an jagreemejat, wjth the celebrated; chief,
Tlrimw J&ya, „who .was, the .nephew: o£i^hh;;,iBopd£i\'of. Ma$4rq, c,'Chdkra
Ningrat. It was by„these.means arrangedjifoat-while;«CMfara.Ningratyias at
Matarem.,, Truna\ J/iya .should forthwith proceed,t o ,Madura, anddhere
heading the Madurese-and the people of .the „eastern'provinces,. first rear
•the standard rebellion, .while the „young prince^him^el^jj tq: preserve
appearances-,pshouldi remain- at thq.cqurt-of his father,. in. seeming .ignorance
of ,what was goin'g ond^-J% soonen-nad Triina Jdya, in- prosecution-, of this
plan, deqlared-.the- independence ofjiAfadiifa, *than there arrived at Pasti-
ruan a considerable force from Makdsar,t headed by Ddin Galengspmg and
Ddin Mafiapo-k. : An army sent against .them from Matdrem was£, repulsed,
and .dhedprovinces of Pasiiruan, ProboUngo, Wirasdba, apd Japan,; submitted
to'.their .arms.
r Ther;first establishment .of the, Makasars in Java appears to haj^e/taken
place A. D. i&f6, when a chief from Celebes, namedjKrdin Monte-mardni,
with numerous followers,, left his country in discontent and settled in Java,
to the eastward of Surabaya, 'near Besiiki, where hejcplfo'qted,all the, vagabonds
ofithe country, and committed great; depredations by $eaTand, land., ;
In thisdilemma,, and finding himself unequal either to dislodge, - tb.e
-Mak&sar establishment jOr to reduce the Maduxepe^to„ submission, , the
Susiinan dispatched his son, Pangeran Pdgar, to the' D„utch, A. D. I676,
with various presents,! soliciting .their aid., ^
A second, army was immediately assembled,j and directed to proceedjby
the route of Japdra, where, according to the Javan accounts,^the. chiefs
had instruction^; tp a$k ;the assistance of all tbe white;people who had factories
there, Dutch, French, and Portuguese, and -in case, of refusal* to
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Matórem.
A.J. 159ÖV,
A.D. 16J5.J
Sultan Tegal
Anna.
A3* 1675.
A .» , 1676;