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Note.-Lieutenant Hinxman has sent in his report to Brigadier-Major, with a tracing showing our position at Terachee which I made for him, and which will show you the place and its difficulties. I bring the original drawing with me for the Governor's inspection.
(Signed) D. D. DALY.
Sketch Map showing position of Engagement at Terrachee, Sungie Ujong, Nov. 27, 1875. See accompanying Sketch.
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Sub-Enclosure 1. in Enclosure 7.
MR. DALY to MAJOR MCNAIR, R.A,
Sungie Ujong, November 28, 1875.
I HAVE the honour to report that I had been stopped in surveying the interior states of Sie Ujong, &c. under the following circumstances:-
The Assistant Resident at Sie Ujong having heard that some armed people were collecting and about to build a fort at Terachee, a place about 17 miles in an east by north direction from Sie Ujong, in Sie Ujong territory; and as I had arranged to try and get the position of the boundary between Sie Ujong and Rambow by going to the Dato of Rambow, who is said to be friendly to the British Government, and as Terachee is half way to Rambow, I accompanied Captain Murray, R.N., Lieutenant Hinxman, and 20 soldiers of the 1/10th Regiment, and 30 mata matas on the 26th instant to Terachee, surveying the track and ranges on the way.
At 1 miles from Rasa we crossed the dividing range, called "Bukit Putus," it is a gab about 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. On the south is Bukit Ansee, 3,360 feet above the sea, and to the north is a high bill about 3,000 feet high.
This pass in the is the key to the entrance into the Sie Ujong from the east, namely, from the States of Moar, Sri Menanti, Johole, Jellabu, Rambow, and Jumpole, and would be a difficult place to take, if fortified.
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Thence from the pass of Bukit Putus we descended the east side of the range, fol- lowing a beautiful valley, "Terachee," through which runs a stream called Sungie "Terachee," or "Bandole," and which is one of the sources of the Moar River, "Terachee" has long been known in this country as a nest of robbers and bad characters, who considered themselves inaccessible to British surveillance, and who rob and plunder Chinamen with impunity.
The whole party arrived in afternoon at Terachee, a number of scattered Malay huts situated on the rising ground above the paddy fields of the valley.
We received little or no information as to the state of things on arrival, and everything. was apparently quiet, and the Malays were very reticent and sulky.
Pungbulu Langlaut, who was appointed P'unghulu of Terachee by the Datu Klana, was absent, they said in “Moar." This is the man who stopped my passage next day.
The Tunku Soolong, the Datu Klana's eldest son, arrived shortly after us and said he would accompany me to Qualla Pella next day on my way to Rumbow, where I was assured by Captain Murray I would meet with a friendly reception.
Qualla Pella is on the Moar River, four hours' walk from Terachee, and I was well received by the Chief there, Tunkoo Ahaamat, some months ago on my Moar- Pehang trip, but was stopped three miles west from Qualla Pella at Gumatee, when I had to turn back.
Thinking this a favourable opportunity to go with Tunku Soolong, I determined to connect my Sie Ujong survey with Gumatee.
Next morning, November 27, I accordingly started with an interpreter and six peons for Qualla Pella.
The Tunku Soolong then refused to accompany me, making excuses that one of his Chiefs was ill, but finally agreeing to go with me, if Captain Murray would give bim
two mata matas.
I started with him, as he was delaying, and he said he would follow me.
This was treachery on his part, as he knew that there was an armed force of Malays close at hand, and neither be nor any of his people informed us.
At the same time that I left Terachee Captam Murray, Lieutenant Hinxman, soldiera and mata matau set out on their way back to Sie Ujong.
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I had gone about half a mile, and was crossing a paddy field, when I found that the narrow strip of turf that divides the paddy fields was spiked with sharp stakes, and my mata matas and myself had to get into the mud of the paddy fields, as we could not walk on the spiked path.
I had reached to about 30 or 40 yards from the opposite bank, when a number of Malaya came out and pointed their muskets at me, most of them behind trees; there were about 200 men. They asked where I was going, and my interpreter said "to "Qualla Pella." They asked what I "intended to do in the Dato Moar's country." They were told I wanted" to see the country." They then asked where Tunkoo Soolong (Datu Klana's eldest son) was, and being told that he was behind, they said that they "would cut off his head if they caught him, for bringing white men into the country."
They again pointed their guns at us and told us to return (Balek! Balek! they cried We were only 30 or 40 yards off at the time, and up to our middle in mud and water without any shelter, and quite at their mercy, so I ordered my men to retreat, and sent back for the soldiers, who by this time were one or two miles back on their way to Sungby Ujong.
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Having crossed the swamp, I placed my men behind the bank of a creek in case we were attacked, and waiting till the troops and police returned.
I told Captain Murray and Lieutenant Hinzman what occurred, and they accompanied
me to the swamp where I was stopped. On seeing the troops, the Malays set up a great shout and fired a few shots at us.
The soldiers and mata matas fired a few volleys, and the firing was returned and kept up for about 20 minutes at a distance of about 330 yards.
Several Malays were seen to fall on the other side. No one hurt on our side, the bullets passing at a convenient height through the branches over our heads.
As the ammunition was running short, and it would have been rash to cross an exposed swamp to follow them into their own country, it was decided to return to Sie Ujong, which we reached in the evening.
Although we drove the Malays from the point of land from which they were firing, they took our departure as a sort of victory, and followed us, taking possession of Bukit Putus, which I have previously described, a very strong position.
The whole affair was quietly premeditated by the Malays, as their intention in col- lecting in such numbers half a mile from where we slept was to fight the troops, and not any personal animosity to me for surveying the country, as they spared my life when I was completely in their power in this instance.
I blame the Tunkoo Soolong for his treachery in allowing me to start on the journey
to Qualla Pella without telling me that the Malays were collected on the other side of the swamp near which we slept.
This will be a difficult country to prosecute the war in, more particularly as there are no navigable rivers, and the country is either mountainous, jungle, or paddy fields.
I have, &c. The Hon. Major McNair, R.A.,
(Signed) D. D. DALY. Colonial Engineer.
Survey of River Linghy, &o. See accompanying Sketch. Enclosure 8. in No. 114.
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From LIEUTENANT HINIMAN, Commanding Detachment 1st Battalion, 10th Foot, to the BRIGADE MAJOR, Straits Settlements.
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Sunghie Ujong, November 30, 1875.
I HAVE the honour to report for the information of the Commandant, Straits Settlements, that yesterday I started a special messenger to Malacca, to request the officers commanding the troops there to send me up a reinforcement at once.
2. There is a general rising throughout the country, and 4,000 men are reported to have assembled at Terachee, a village on the boundary between Sremananti and Sunghic Ujong.
3. Terachee is 18 miles from here.
4. The above force has chiefly been collected from the States of Moar, Johole, and Srimananti.
5. I beg to state I have only 83 rounds of ball ammunition per man, and in case of s general attack should be in a very precarious position.
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