Kerta Sura.
A.J, 1605.
A. D. 1679.
Maugkürat.
•them unawares massacred the whofe,' Being thiis committed, Untung^Qnt
his course to the high lands, and afterwards to Ckêribóti. While in the high
lands he formed %rconnectfen with-a formidable party from' Btotarai, where
acivïl war had beenexcited, in consequence of the Dhtph having elevated
to the throne a son of the deceased-;kkig, contrary to’tHe express directions
M the -father. .One Of the brothers,, Pangêran Pwrbdya, «as prevailed
upon to join a certain Abidin, a fanatic rebel, who had raised about two
thousand followers* and with huh p&sféd through JmédgéAnd:th& Jdkatm
•^id Preangan highlands, inereasiag their numbdrs as tbeynwebt. |a
Abidin having; proposed to proceed by that route XoMatèrem, there to
stii up the Susunan against the Dutch, the Pangêran beingf tired. iof -the
Journey surrendered to the Dutch &rce sent against: theriï; buXAbidin
stood a iedere bngagemeift, and was only induced to surrender by means of
an artifice practised upon him. An European officer beiongiflg'tohhe Dlitch
troops disguised himself as an Arab, and being well versed in the'.Arabic and
Malayu languages, obtained' an interview with Abidin, to whom he;..'represented,
that having himself been once taken prisoner, bythe Dutch he had
Been so well treated that he would advise him to go, and surrendemhimself.
The unfortunate than took his advice, and was conveyed tó theiCQfeiïnandang
officer, then at Gbikdiong, who immediately '£wwardedThhn to Batavia*]
whence he vrais seat to the.Cape of Good Hope for the rest iof his life. ■ ‘
The party of runaway slaves under Uniting,' who had now assÉmtó the
name of Santana, being' surprized._hy the Dutehdbrce,' weneoby fecia l
orders from Batavia allowed to remain undisturbed for the present;,: iThe
'«hief appears to havé been useful to the Dutch, And to have been emplbyed,
fe order the better to secure the surrendered Pamgérdti Purbdya: When the
Duteh officer wént with a small party to reeeivethe submission of this chief
he found that hfe had already tied His; spears togedser^-tfae sign of .surrender)
and képt-no arms but his kris. Ignorant of the customs.of the country,
the officer demanded that the ifengdm*-should also deliver this weapon and
Ms personal ornaments; The demand created the utmost astonishment in
the Pmgérrn, who .instantly asked if it was not sufficiënt.: humiliation to a
prince of the royal blood that he and his people hid giten up: their arms.
Smtdm entreated of the Dutch officér not tb urge'the delivery of the- kris,
and to consider “ that the bird, although caught, wis not'yefcin the,cage,’*
but to no purpose a the officer persisted in Ms demand, and .insulted Smtdm
in presence o f all who were there assembled. The Pangêran seeing that
resistance
resistance-was now vain, /prpipl^d^cQmpli^pQgfjing^t inprning; but idpring
the night, to Ipe in,expressible moj§tificatiop$oflfhe officer, Jieii,effected hi3
upon Santdna, that a
qua^&ljgnguedjg jSantdna an45-JhisKfqilp,wergff^ii|ppp/lthe Djjtch ;payyy5aftd
killed, .many, of) them j the, officershpwevet, escaped, • Smtdm, theft {ijjpyecl
towards Che ri bon, ^hMejdie had an named lid den Surapdti,
y p f i i f e . M, death and
hifiiititle o£A[Stirapdti ;eqn&Eped,*j.upoftsv^to^- •. Siirapdti then rfpjfppeeded
towards.'AeVi&J-SM"?;« to beg Lasgistance against the Dutch, leaying seypjal ,.q£
his followers in JBanyufnas,, underf.the.idiiee^iontfto^ifiwnj chief's, who soon
bepatfte dread-od^8 {Qoj.&d'krdrnans or rebels. , -A t . J£dr,ta-$ura- he ;fopnd pro-
t^tieajfi-jgm; the prime Joebjiisterj .to whom hei related all;the particulars of
tei;steisvi«,M^Mhithe-exception of that, part which , related to the ;estabhsh-
rft@nt .he.had:feR|ned in; Bdnyumas. This district - being now dfielwid ift ft
state ,trf .revpl^ die-offered to. bjing: it. torsjlh mission, and was employed by
thp Sysunait for. that purpose: fhe(-.accord!ingly proceeded secretly to Bdr/yu?
mas, I where-aided «by? the ©Ian he .had be&redaid, hp jcaiised-tbe. heads, of .-the
iiw^Jcrdmams to be secretly ipufe off in ithe night, and) iffee ■ pebefeito disperse ■%
\yhen returning; to \Mi%t'a-sur.a andproducing. the;: heads,’,he was received
into the.highest favour, by.the Susunan. .
The Dutch hearing-,©6 his; fortune, - demanded from -the fSwsunan feat hfe
person; should be.jgineri-up pibufcthe reply ofi. ttbe.vS'Msishw .was, tfoat Swa-
“ ^pdti 'haying .thrown himself on hj&jpxqte.eti©ri; and, performed a signal
“ service to the empire, he could not give him up ; but that i f the Dutch
ft wished: that; he should be arrested, they were at perfect liberty tp arrest
ft Minin' any part n f hfedomiMonsi’,®;-* ^
, ; 1'fae Dtttefa'aec0rffit^%'sent a force, consistmgofdhur. hundred Eurpr
peans and-isix; hundred islanders-, .under the'Wrderf of one Tak, an offieht
who had dnculu'ed the- suspicion of havjng purloined the centre diamond
from the McynpdMt mymn, and on whom, according tolthe impression which,
pervades the Dutch accounts, thcSwnwwm had determinedAo be reyMiged.
On. the approach)of the Dutch troopte, ;the^<S!»Mw««, alarmed fed; theyshbuld
succeed in arresting Svrapdti, detjermined; to afford.him1 every assistance,
and for thatpurpose directed, that when i they.amved- the Bdden Adipdti
(prime fflinister|j,--- who -had given his daughter iki marriage ito, Surapd&,
should openly .espouse his cause, and . proceed, in the fird;' instance, to
attack the lines of «fee Adipdtis o f MaMva and BuraMya, who a ft» a
skirmish'
Kerta Sara.
A. J . 1605.
A; D. 1679.
Mangkdrat.