Chapter I: Front Matter

RAN AWAY FROM THE DUTCH
OR
BORNEO FROM SOUTH TO NORTH

BY
M. T. H. PERELAER
Late of the Dutch Indian Service

Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES

LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
St. Dunstan’s House
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1887

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE.
Bapa Andong’s Raft, Frontispiece.
The Night Funeral, 20
Johannes as a Pangareran, 72
An Ambassador from the Colonel, 190
Wienersdorf and Hamadoe, 239
Kiham Hoeras and its Passage, 261
Moving the Rangkans Overland, 302
Rescue of Schlickeisen, 325
Hunting for Gold, 333
A Sign of the Enemy, 354

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE.

A MILITARY REPORT—FOUR DESERTERS—BABA POETJIENG—A LETTER—A
COMPASSIONATE DOCTOR, HIS REFLECTIONS—FIRST INTRODUCTION
TO TOMONGGONG—THE TITIH—A CHOLERA FUNERAL—RIFLE SHOT AND
CANNON SHOT 1

CHAPTER II.

WHISPERING—LUCULLUS MISTAKEN FOR AN ANIMAL—JOHANNES’ PLAN—A
GRATEFUL SMUGGLER—JOHANNES A GEOGRAPHER—A MIRACULOUS HAUL OF
FISHES—LA CUEILLE’S PROMISE—DRINKING WATER—DEPARTURE 22

CHAPTER III.

A DRUNKEN MAN’S TALK—ON THE SEA—JOHANNES UP A TREE—UP THE
KAHAJAN—AN ÆOLIAN HARP—THE SOENGEI TROESSAN—IN THE DAHASAN—A
WOOD SPECTRE—A MOSQUITO CHARM—FURTHER PLANS—LOOK OUT FOR YOUR
HEAD—SUITS OF BLACK 35

CHAPTER IV.

A STRANGE DAYAK—PAINTING A COMPLEXION—SHEIK MOHAMMED AL MANSOER—
TOO HANDSOME FOR A DAYAK—IN THE FOREST MARSHES—DASSO AND DOETA—
TWO BOTTLES OF DOCTORED GIN—THE BIRDS WINGED 49

CHAPTER V.

ON THE JOURNEY—A PREVENTIVE AGAINST MOSQUITOES—THE SOENGEI
BASARANG—THE KAPOEAS—PAST POELOE KANAMIT—THE BOAR’S HEAD—A TRUE
DAYAK MEAL—FOUND IN THE WOOD—A PANGARERAN PUTTING OUT
FISHING-HOOKS—THE CAPTURE OF A CROCODILE—THE SOENGEI
MANTANGEI—FIGHT WITH A BOA CONSTRICTOR—A SKIRMISH—THE JOURNEY
RESUMED 59

CHAPTER VI.

THE WOUNDED GO TO KWALA KAPOEAS—THE MANTANGEI AND THE MENKATIP—THE
COMMANDER IN PURSUIT—AT SEA—PURSUIT OF THE FUGITIVES—THE
SCHOONER—THE RETURN—ON THE TRACK AT LAST—DEPARTURE FROM
MANTANGEI—WHITE SAIL—FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE HEAD-HUNTERS—LA
CUEILLE WOUNDED—A FUNERAL CEREMONY 85

CHAPTER VII.

JOURNEY UP THE RIVER—POISONS, HOW THEY ARE MADE—THE SOENGEI
MOEROI—THE MEETING WITH BAPA ANDONG—BEE-HUNTING—HEAD-HUNTERS
AGAIN—A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE 110

CHAPTER VIII.

THE RESULTS OF THE FIGHT—DAMBOENG PAPOENDEH’S EXPEDITION—THE
MAROETAS—BACK AGAIN TO THE KAPOEAS—NIGHT FIRING—THE BEES TO THE
RESCUE—ASSISTANCE IN PERIL—THE SEPARATION—CIVILIZATION AND
BARBARISM 123

CHAPTER IX.

SOLITUDE—KWALA HIANG—THE ATTACK—RIFLE AND CANNON FIRE—THE GARRISON
TAKES FLIGHT—THE PILLAGE—AN ILLUMINATION—THE COMMANDER OF KWALA
KAPOEAS IN PURSUIT—HIS SEARCH AT SOENGEI NANING AND SOENGEI
MANTANGEI—HIS ARRIVAL AT KWALA HIANG—THE PURSUIT CONTINUED—A
GIGANTIC MAP—KOTTA BAROE—OUR TRAVELLERS AGAIN ON THE WAY—THE LEGEND
OF THE ELEPHANT—POENANS! POENANS! 136

CHAPTER X.

HARIMAOUNG BOEKIT’S NARRATIVE—EVENTS AT KOTTA BAROE—COUNCIL OF
WAR—COALS—ARRIVAL AT KOTTA DJANGKAN—TAKING IN AMMUNITION AND
PROVISIONS—A WOMAN CAGED—WIENERSDORF BECOMES DESPERATE—JOHANNES
REASONS 160

CHAPTER XI.

FURTHER MEANS OF DEFENCE—THE OATH OF ATONEMENT—JOHANNES AN
ORATOR—TWO GUN SHOTS—THE ATTACK—WIENERSDORF IN A FAINT—A GRATEFUL
POENAN—A DAYAK BEAUTY—AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE—WIENERSDORF IS ENGAGED
TO HAMADOE—AN AMBASSADOR FROM THE COLONEL—HE CARRIES BACK HIS
MESSAGE 173

CHAPTER XII.

CONSULTATION—THE “BLAKO ONTONG”—A SALVO OF GUNS—THE OFFERING—A
NATIONAL DANCE—DOWN WITH THE TURBAN—A CONFERENCE DISTURBED BY TWO
RIFLE SHOTS—A FLOATING ISLAND—AN ATTEMPT AT SURPRISE—A FATAL
SHOT—THE SIEGE RAISED—THE EPISODE OF THE CROCODILE—JOHANNES
SPEAKS—A NEW CHIEF 199

CHAPTER XIII.

PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY—AN EMIGRATION—THE FISHING—A DAYAK
TRIBUNAL—THE FINGER TEST—THE PROOF WITH THE LANCE—WIENERSDORF
FINDS HAMADOE A TREASURE—LA CUEILLE DISCOVERS A COAL BED—A
MISUNDERSTANDING—THE GOLD FEVER 225

CHAPTER XIV.

A DAYAK IRON-FOUNDRY—A PAIR OF NATIVE BELLOWS—HARIMAOUNG BOEKIT
DOWN WITH FEVER—WIENERSDORF BECOMES A PHYSICIAN—JOHANNES A
MAGICIAN—NEWS FROM KWALA KAPOEAS—ONCE MORE EN ROUTE—THE WIDOW’S
STONE—KIHAM HOERAS AND ITS PASSAGE—HALAMANTEK 247

CHAPTER XV.

A DAYAK BREAKFAST—THE HALT ON THE ISLAND—THE BOEHIES—A NEW
KIND OF SOUP—THE THUNDER-STORM AND ITS RESULTS—RUMORS OF
WAR—A NIGHT ATTACK—THE PARABOH—KOTTA HAMIAK BESIEGED—THE
BESIEGERS ROUTED 269

CHAPTER XVI.

CREMATION—THE SLAUGHTER OF PRISONERS OF WAR—A PRISONER OF WAR
SAVED—COUNCIL OF WAR—SCARCITY OF WATER—HAMADOE THIRSTY—WIENERSDORF
ATTACKED BY AN ORANG OUTANG—ON THE KAHAJAN—A BLOODY
BATTLE—SCHLICKEISEN LOST 295

CHAPTER XVII.

PURSUIT—A BAND OF DOESSONESE SURPRISED—ON THE TRACK OF
SCHLICKEISEN—HE IS SAVED—HARIMAOUNG BOEKIT MAKES A DISCOVERY—THE
JOURNEY RENEWED—GOLD HUNTING—LA CUEILLE MAKES A FIND—BARTER WITH
THE OLO OTTS 318

CHAPTER XVIII.

TRAVELLING APPOINTMENTS—THE DIAMOND OF THE SULTAN OF MATAM—DIAMOND
FIELDS—GEORGE MULLER’S DIARY AND SKULL—MARRIAGE CEREMONIES—AGAIN ON
THE ROAD—A NOVEL BURIAL-PLACE—ON THE EQUATOR—AN INKY LAKE—THE
ASCENT OF BATANG LOEPAR 343

CHAPTER XIX.

DESCENT OF THE BATANG LOEPAR—A BORNEAN WATERFALL—THE FRONTIER
PASSED—SIMANGANG—PARTING—ON BOARD THE FIREFLY—A SARAWAK FORT—
AT KOETSHIN—ON BOARD THE RAINBOW—AT SINGAPORE—DEPARTURE FOR
EUROPE 361

RAN AWAY FROM THE DUTCH;
OR,
BORNEO FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.