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TERNATE 79 TOPOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL DESCRIPTIONS
4. Capalulu, which is on the north and west coast, together with the islands of Pasiipa,
Leko and Pasikena.
Sulabesi has eight districts: Falahu, Kabau, Fagudu, Face, Gae, Bega, Ipa, and
Pohea, and also three separate kampongs: Malbufa, Fakue, and Koloboti. 12
The islands of Taliabu and Mangole have their longest extent from west to east but
the island of Sulabesi lies almost at a right angle to Mangole in a direction from north to
south; from the southernmost point, called Cape Waka, the heights of Buru are clearly
visible.
On Sulabesi the main village is in a small bay on [p. 116] the northeast coast. This
village is usually called Sanana, after the river which runs through it. The Salahakan or
representative of the Sultan lives there. Generation after generation, however, this Sultan
has been of Sulanese extraction.
Sanana extends for more than fifteen hundred meters along the beach and includes
the kampongs Waelau, 13 Umaga, Waemaka, Lantina, Pogelo, Pareya, Waetapil, Waena,
and Moloia, totalling more than seven hundred souls in about fifty houses. The twelve
Sangajis, or heads of the districts of Sulabesi and Mangole, live here together with those
administering the kampongs of Malbufa, Koloboti, and Fakue. The Sangajis are appointed
by the Sultan, the district heads by the Salahakan. The subordinates of the Salahakan are
exempted from all services. They are put exclusively at the disposal of the Salahakan to
work on his plantations or carry out domestic duties.
The Salahakan, who receives an appointment certificate from the Resident, is
assisted in his duties by Ternatese officials, namely a Jurtulis, a Kapita-Krois, a Captain-
Kota, and a few soldiers. The Jurtulis is also head of the clergy. The Kapita-Krois is
harbormaster and captain of the cruise-proa, with a crew consisting of twenty seamen
12 [p. 115, n. 1] Valentijn (1724, Ib:87) speaks of “Xula Talyabu” and “Xula Mangoli,” which are
not customary over there. He mentions on the first island the villages Talyabu, Likitobi, Woiyo,
Singa, Kakibo, Lede, Samade, and Made, some of which are similar to the names given above. On
Mangoli he only knows Waiytima and Mangoli and for Sulabesi he mentions ten villages, namely
Falauw, “Cabauw,” Fattahoi, Talagga, Bega, Iga, Facquerre, Fagude, Fatze, and Gaiy, which names,
although never investigated later on, are not completely correct either. Perhaps these names were
given to him on Ternate, where even now they are not well-informed about the correct names of
those islands. This is even more apparent from the list given by Bleeker (1856; most probably copied
from the appendix of the contract, see De Indische Gids, IV[1]:693), in which the following islands
are said to belong to the Sula Islands: Taliabu, Sehu, Bawana, Jeni, Limbu, Daluma, Aru, Sano,
Mangkololi, Tunasim, Matete, Damain, Tabalami, Ketup, Makanateh, Nusa Hai, Nusa Mehuju,
Aala, Sarumbah, Pasikaya, Tuntangan, Lahi, Penu, Sula Mangoli, Tubulu, Paskoro, Sulabesi, Lifa
Matula, Pagama, and two unnamed islands. De Hollander (Handleiding..., 4th ed., p. 400, n. 1)
copies this list word for word. I have tried in this sketched outline to give an idea of the boundaries
between the districts and their probable size. This was done according to the directions of the native
headmen.
13 [p. 116, n. 1] Wae or wai is the well-known Polynesian word for water; the first spelling is the
most likely pronunciation.
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