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committee notified them of the order of the Resident, that the Government would install
their Sultan in fourteen days, and each of them was ordered to inform their subordinate
headmen, on that very day, of this program. The Jogugu would instruct the Marinyo to
inform the bobatos of Soah Sio, Sangaji, Heku, and Cim; the Kali would instruct the Modin
to inform the Imams and Khatibis of the big mosque and those of Sula Takomi and of the
langgar of Koloncucu; both the Majors would order the Kapita-Kie to inform the Kapita-
Ngofa and the Lieutenant-Ngofa; the Majors would also order the soldiers to inform all the
officers. As far as the nobility was concerned, the Jogugus would inform their own
headmen through a marinyo. Dano Abdul Ajij was not present on that occasion, and the
person who informed the nobles was Dano Mahyub, who sent his children and his brother’s
children to notify the nobles. As for the princes, the Prince Captain-Laut would order the
Sadaha-Kie to go with a guard and inform them. A guard would also take the news to the
sosebas and jurtulises and all were ordered to assemble at the big gate at eight o’clock the
next Wednesday. Moreover, the Prince Captain-Laut ordered the Sadaha-Kadatu, [p. 227]
the same day, to send for the Sangajis of Fagudu and Waiolah and their subordinate
officials. When they had arrived, he ordered them to send people to make two cooking
places near the palace and to put in order two sheds and the fence of the palace. With the
help of sailors from the schooner, they numbered more than fifty people in all. The
Lieutenants-Ngofa Aman and Alwi had to supervise and the Prince Captain-Laut provided
the food. The latter also ordered the Sadaha-Kadatu to set the young men to work in the
palace, to whitewash the building, wash the floors, and clean everything.
On Wednesday, at eight o’clock, the secular and religious leaders of the kampongs of
Soah Sio, Sangaji, Cim, and Heku, the princes and royal descendants, and the three
Ngofangares came to the big gate. The Jogugu and the Hukum discussed everything once
again with the Prince Captain-Laut, and then the two of them went to the big gate. The
lieutenant on guard duty put the benches in a row and the notables and bobatos and the
royal descendants entered and sat down. The Jogugu Major-Prang, standing at the upper
end, told all of them 35 that the Resident, on behalf of the Government, had told the
committee that the installation of the Sultan would take place in ten days with the
customary ceremonies and that all of them had to carry out their duties and help in the
preparations so that everything would be ready in time. When asked, they answered that
they understood. He then allowed them to return, but there were a few bobatos and officers
who stayed behind at the big gate. The bobatos agreed that each soah would provide two
baru-baru to be stationed as soldiers under the command of the Kapita-Kie, [p. 228] and
that the kampongs which had not sent the guards and statute laborers required of them
should arrange to have these persons sent immediately. The processionists of Heku and
Cim, being the jojaro ici and the ngongare ici, were told to get ready⎯the officers decided
among themselves which men from the battalion would join the guards. The twenty-six
upas garnati ahi all came from the Soah Ngofangare and were under the command of the
Kapita-Kie; the thirteen upas salakah were all selected men. When the bobatos and
officers had arranged everything, they left. The Jogugu and the Hukum went to the Prince
Captain-Laut to tell him of the arrangements and afterward returned home.
35 [p. 227, n. 1] All the titles of the people, whether in these meetings or being addressed, are
repeated every time in the text. This was not considered necessary in the translation.
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