On June 25, 1739, representatives from Tellong presented a letter to the Dutch East India Company in Macassar. The letter discussed a dispute about whether Wadjou was an ally of the Company. According to a supposed agreement from December 23, 1670, Wadjou was meant to be an ally, but Wadjou denied this, stating that only Bonij was an ally of the Company.
The letter explained that Bonij had caused the friendship between the Company and Tellong to break down. The Company had sent a messenger named Madjo to express their desire for an alliance with Wadjou. A lieutenant and interpreter were sent to confirm this arrangement.
There was also confusion about leadership roles. While the Company recognized Aroe Timoerong as Queen of Bonij, she had stated at the Wadjou court that she was only the ruler of Timoerong, not the Queen of Bonij.
The document was certified by Secretary Willem Van Duijvenvoorde and addressed to Governor Adriaan Hendrik Smout of Celebes. A commission regarding the small kingdom of Tello was conducted with an escort of 14 cavalry soldiers.
National Archives / Archives South Holland, archive number 1.04.02, Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811), inventory number 8212, Kamer Zeeland, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN VAN GOUVERNEUR-GENERAAL EN RADEN BIJ DE HEREN XVII EN DE KAMER ZEELAND, Kopie-missiven en -rapporten ingekomen bij gouverneur-generaal en raden van de kantoren in Indië, Makassar, Kopie-missiven en -rapporten ingekomen bij gouverneur-generaal en raden uit Makassar, 1738 nov. 26 - 1739 okt. 22
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