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HISTOilY OP CELEBES. SSS States in Sumatra and the Peninsula ; and the most renowned i^Aa/i^ Tungal, a native of Menangkabao, commonly known by the name of Dutu Bandang The tomb of this person is still to be seen in the principality of T.a//o. Kraing Matonaga^ the king of this little state, always confederated with Goa, was the most zealous champion of the new faith, and it was through his influence that about the year 1605, in the reign o^ RiGaukanay it was generally adopted by all the tribes speaking the ikf<r;ca,S5d?r language. It was but ten years after this event that our country- men appeared at Goa, and in the treaty they con- cluded, we discover the jealousy of the king towards the religion of the strangers ; for one clause ex* pressly provides, " that the English shall not convert any of the inhabitants of Celebes to their religion.'* Inspired by the zeal of the new faith, the Ma- cassars attacked Boni and Waju^ and forced them to adopt the Mahomedan religion. On this occasion the king of Goa is described as having made an offer to the king of Boni, to consider him in all respects as his equal, if he would but vs^orshlp " the one true God,'^ The prince of Boni consulted the people, who said, " We have not yet fought, we have not been conquered/' They tried the issue of a battle, and were defeated. The king adopted the Mahomedan religion, but the conversion of his people was for a time but nominal. VOL. II. 8 b