KSertS StlraV
A. & 1667.
AtK'UOUPnkubUana
2d
the f o rm e r instances. - These marched' as far as Satiatga., where they held
secret communication with -the Chtó&et'hnt the-chief, Arid RringaWya,
caused ten 'Chi'fcesé'tobe fu t to death; wMe'feoth parties wêré: afelit£t-‘to Sfeeéfe
privately, and sent the ten heads to Kérta Séra, which were delivered Yb the
commandant. This at first exasperated the ■ Chinese lead er at SemïdrdKg, hut
be ,yas soon pacified. - -
...At this'time the Sménan discovered "that’o i ^ r f - t h e - - - d f MangMraP
Mas, T(^a ^ldwa,vvwaa carrying on aninttigifc with the commandant of the
fort I at. Kérta Sura,- and caused him to he' bow-stringed. Wif-a-M-ëya a n d
Radon Garêndi, the» two sons of iftépa Sêtta,’ with his- otherrelations, joined
Pangéran Wira- •Meng’ala, and ‘-tplitföd'*Kérta Sura: L^^iWile- well
received by the Orinese.
The Chinese, besides laying siege to Semdraftgj had-alsd hy tins?%lmetfak©*i
and: destroyed j lémbang. Ja'wdna and'Zï«»)Afe:We*eftband^èd'b^h®;v®tf!kh
troops, and a want of provisions was felt through .the Country’.' H
Affairs had home to this pass; vfcheBf'tKo Busénm resolved’ to -massacre the
Dutch garrison at -Kérta Séra. . The - Jkvanè' were eol teéted tindfef i fehfemtj
as by oMertfcjar the' Susunan, in tefedintess 'to^marcli 'against fthé Chinese,
when one of them who had entered' within the walls' fired a’ shot: The cr^
of. amok was given, ;and many lives were -lost on both sides 5 but the plan .did
notéiiöceed;' and ït-was pot till tffte^hê Was reinforced by the Chinese that
he could effect Ms- óbject. C u the renewal- öf'tibè attack,1 -the?, garrison was
compelled téa "surrender.. The .Commanding officer-• and some others were
barbarously murdered in cold blood ;-nhè rest- ofthè'tiööpS, with their
wivès and children, made prisoners; and distributed among the’Javans'u the
greatest-partiof :the men being-circumcised and forced to adopt flie.Mahom’e*-
tan religion.
1 i'Tfae ©utidrauthorities, .in endeavouriBg^io-accbunt fortius tact, incline to
an opinion, that tile Susunan was (bót without an appearance rof probability!
immediately impelled to it by many acts of oppression randanjUstMe exercised
against his subjeqt^by a^otai-disregard of -aMahis repveseutatidnStforiBé!^^^
by-ah évident intention ort;tire’'part-of the Dutch to/become masters. Of'the
whole island, andiby the harsh and uncivil conduct of 'the‘Resident towards
the first men of-the court, vwhichwtas the more Obnoxious-from his being
the son of a Javan woman, and for that reason, and the illegitimacy of His
birth, much despised by the natives.
When
When thiS/int,exigence reachfd, Sgifydrang,,. the Dutch began m open their
uyes. The %st step: Ijhat wasj-t^k&a? Was tiQ pass a dgcre,e, 'absolving- the
-■ pangéran of M$dy(rq,r tjjjonvihis? ..-allegiance tp.\th,e; decree
wasl fcfftnally sdgne^ihyiiiljhe .government o&è£e^rapg, and, accepted by
•the 'J?angérw> fÉP bfjng married ■ returned
hw wife, back to hex br,Q.ther.i,fe,Of\S0jQ®g|: bad, he deoiled;' himself the ally
of' the.Putch,, thAUïh,e;fW'dg§ed. all the Chiiese.uUjthe. [isl«dfetPfcJ^i#m.,t.o
Jbe pntJphfeatijft apd --embarking .iü^rforees-ipipaediatély, ticbkrpokséssiQ« of
Jipang,! m&L&Wdngtyii--1 44 (SaeliiLrahotit four hmdrfed
Chinese ysere'put to death-. i
, The Chinese, intbe meantime, finding the5tosofe«ieiiiferceiif iteri6t¥am
“sprMdjbvec'lthe without* eneounteringjoppwtionoand laid
fteige^.atlihevMme time its? nearly all the Company’s se.ttieihents; along, the
coast, .from1 Tegél\toKasürUan> . .. .......- ■ ■ > ■ ■ -lj
I ■ S B njauyieeble'.and unskilful attacks- on the fo.it .of;. Sémdrang, ; .and the
iqss. qf-many lives, /theuoitedjfotces q£;4he JaMsms. -aid Chfeesu were- comr
fifiiedJo: raii^^®®^ï^yn.-~-X i r d a j i J > n 3
Kerta Sura*
A,J. 1657.
A,'I>,
Pakubuana 2d,
A jiego'eiatiöu' was iuow .brought about'-by-means of the A'akgémmrM
Madéra, - who represented. to-.fjhe 'Dutch that the'|£itekiu|»oiKthe fort,^ as
well as the subsequent part taken .by thf Javan^^usJsolelyAatirtheinstigatioaa
pf the minister^' Ndta Kasuma, and that thé 'BusénmrhimselBwas-personally
‘-Averse to these measures. ~The Susunan, according fo’the Dut'draceounts,
regretted the. precipitate steps he had taken, either: as, beginning to fear that
the Dutch'might --.again, .as in former'-wars,- obtain- thei,aseeiada®5cy, and
jpake him.' pa^ dear for--.his temerity^ or, whieh’-appearpasto- him most
ilik'ely, appreh^d&ë that'thé Chinese; wboj 'though 'comparatively-few and
unused to arms; had hitherto: taken the lèaddnfévéry' affair of:eènshqüe^fee,
and evinced their, superiority to lih%>davan's in.'ability and courage^cshouTd
become too powérful, and.might,'dn concert with some disfeontented'-ehieft,
think fit to depose him. From one’ or other, " or both of ;HHese'motives,o -the
Susénan ■ desired to renew his alliance'with- the-DutehcVti. I Ua W
The Dutch, on their-part, - considering ’ the pr'ecarioüs ..state- of the time
and .circumstances, found it advisable to^enter into amicable relation^ add
accordingly .concluded a.-peaee, b y which were/cfeded t&. them the island o.f
Madéra, Wè'’rsea.coast, and Süfabdya, with all the districts t-o-the- eastward,
as far as BalamMngmn,. and RemMngj Jopdj?fl, and Seriiadang, with all their
subordinate pdsts^m
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