A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908

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Baring-Gould Sabine. A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908

TITLES

CHAPTER I. BORNEO

CHAPTER II. EARLY HISTORY

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II. LIST OF THE MAHOMEDAN SULTANS OF BRUNI

CHAPTER III. THE MAKING OF SARAWAK

CHAPTER IV. THE PIRATES

CHAPTER V. RENTAP

CHAPTER VI. THE CHINESE REBELLION, AND SECRET SOCIETIES

CHAPTER VII. THE SHERIP MASAHOR

CHAPTER VIII. MUKA

CHAPTER IX. THE LAST OF THE PIRATES

CHAPTER X. THE KAYAN EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XI. THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE

CHAPTER XII. THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND STAGE. 1868-1870

CHAPTER XIII. BRUNI

CHAPTER XIV. THE SEA-DAYAKS

CHAPTER XV. THE RAJAH AND RANEE

CHAPTER XVI. FINANCE – TRADE – INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATION – RELIGION – MISSIONS

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Sultan. – Supreme head of the once large Bruni Sultanate, which is now only a corner or enclave within the raj of Sarawak. Iang di Pertuan, the Lord who Rules, is the correct supreme title in Bruni, and the one most generally in use.1

Sultan Muda, heir-apparent. Lit. young Sultan, but seldom used. Iang di Pertuan Muda is the more correct Malay title. Cp. Pangiran, infra.

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The Sebops and Madangs are Kenyah sub-tribes.

The Melanau, a large and most important tribe inhabiting the coast between Kedurong point and the mouths of the Rejang, is also of Indonesian stock, though, like the Malays, but in a lesser degree, they are of mixed breed. In speech these people are allied to the Kayans, and are regarded by some as a branch tribe. Certain of their customs are similar, and if they differ from the Kayans in many respects, this is due partly to environment, but mainly to the majority of them having embraced Muhammadanism, and to their having intermarried with the Malays, with whom they are now to a certain extent assimilated in customs. They cultivate sago on a large scale, and since the exit of their old Bruni rulers – or rather oppressors – are able to enjoy the fruits of their labour, and have increased their plantations considerably. At Bruit, Matu, Oya, Muka,25 and Bintulu, there are jungles of sago palms, and these places supply by far the largest proportion of the world's consumption of sago. The people being industrious and thrifty are well off. The above-named places are now large towns, and Muka is as large as Bruni. The Melanaus are skilled in working iron, are good carpenters, and excellent boat builders. Though they are by nature, like the cognate Kayans, vindictive and quarrelsome, serious crime is not common among them, and they are a law-abiding people. Formerly among the Kayans and Melanaus when one of their houses was about to be built, a hole was dug in the ground, a slave woman together with some beads placed in it, and the first iron-wood supporting post was levered up, and then driven through her into the ground. This was an oblation to the Earth Spirit.

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