Cishe ngo-1890, uSurontiko Samin waseRangelwatung Village, idolobhana lasehlathini laseTeak, laqala ukungabaza ubunikazi bendawo. Uveze ukuthi umbuso wawungadali umoya, amanzi, umhlaba nokhuni, ngakho-ke akunakuba ngokona. Ngokushesha kwakhiwa inhlangano ebanzi. Phakathi kwalabo abasiza ukuhlela kwakungumkhwenyana kaSamin. Ngo-1907, imindeni engama-3 000 yayilandela imibono yakhe. Abanye bamaSalimane babhikishe ngokulala emhlabeni wabo lapho amaDashi eza ukuzohlola, kanti amanye enqaba ukukhokha izintela noma inhlawulo noma enza umsebenzi.
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I-Dirk van Hogendorp, isikhulu senkampani yase-United East India eColonial Java sathi:
‘Batavians! Mangale! Yizwa ngokumangala ukuthi kufanele ngikhulume ngani. Amashidi ethu abhujiswa, ukuhweba kwethu kuyaphela, ukuzulazula kwethu kuzokonakalisa sithenga amagugu amakhulu, izingodo kanye nezinye izinto zokwakha umkhumbi emandleni asenyakatho nasenkabeni yazo emhlabathini. Yebo, amahlathi aseJava anezitini ngokwanele ukwakha ama-navy ahlonishwayo ngesikhathi esifushane, ngaphandle kwemikhumbi eminingi yabathengisi njengoba sidinga ukuthi amahlathi aseJava akhula ngokushesha njengoba asikwa, futhi azoba ngokunganakwa ngaphansi kokunakekelwa okuhle nokuphatha. ‘
I-Dirk van hogendorp, ekhonjiwe ePeluso, amahlathi acebile, abantu abampofu, ngo-1992. Language: Zulu