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TERNATE 128<br />
SHORT CHRONICLE<br />
Destruction from the eruption itself is less significant, since the ejection of ash and stone<br />
occurs to the northwest, a side of the mountain that is not inhabited.<br />
The station of the Sultan of <strong>Ternate</strong> at Tobungku is ransacked by the people with the help<br />
of the Bugis, and most of the garrison are murdered. 18<br />
1841. During the first few months of this year more than six thousand people die of<br />
infantile disease on the Banggai Islands alone.<br />
A hongi fleet leaves for Tobungku in October and, with the help of Banggai, succeeds in<br />
quelling the revolt. The <strong>Ternate</strong>se hongi plunders Peleng and the villages of Mandono and<br />
Kentong, which had remained loyal.<br />
1842. The foundation stone is laid for the present residency (May 30), although the<br />
move is not made until two years later. 19<br />
1843. The mountain emits a lot of ash and smoke, but only a few tremors occur<br />
(April and May).<br />
Disarmament of the forts at Kayumerah, Kotabaru, Toloko, and Bululu ma-Dehe or the socalled<br />
King’s Head.<br />
1844. The English war frigate Samarang, commanded by E. Belcher, sends sloops<br />
into the Strait of Patience, near the shore. They come to blows near the isle of Woda<br />
[p. 178] with a hongi fleet returning from New Guinea (June). The English later claim that<br />
the Tidorese started the hostilities.<br />
1845. The Kapita Kie Hamja is sent with the hongi of Tidore to Ceram to capture<br />
the leaders of the agitators there (February). This expedition is successful and he is back in<br />
July.<br />
1846. Riots in Banggai; Rajah Agama rebels against the rule of the Sultan of<br />
<strong>Ternate</strong>; two war kora-koras leave for Banggai (October).<br />
1847. C.M. Visser, fifth Resident of <strong>Ternate</strong>, arrives in February, although<br />
appointed in June of the previous year.<br />
18 [p. 177, n. 1] On this occasion Rajah Dukakombi, appointed by the Sultan, was deposed and<br />
replaced by a Buginese prince, Daeng Makala, who was replaced in turn by Rajah Papa on January<br />
5, 1848.<br />
19 [p. 177, n. 2] In earlier days the heads of government lived at Fort Oranje in a building whose<br />
upper story was later demolished and which has since served as a warehouse. A marble slab in the<br />
front wall of the present house indicates that Jan Helbach, son of the Resident, laid the foundation<br />
stone.<br />
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