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