On May 18, 1741, in Macassar, an incident was reported about people from Wajo who refused to travel to Castle Rotterdam until unfaithful contract violators were punished. Messengers spoke to the young King, arguing that disputes between Bone and Wajo should be settled between them as brothers, without Company involvement. His Highness responded that Wajo had broken this brotherhood, which was why the Company and Bone's forces had come to Chinrana to restore order. The messengers had to return with their money unsuccessful.
The people of Wajo realized the visitors wouldn't leave easily and would visit them first. To prevent this, the people from the villages of Sinkang and Tempe released many grass rafts from the freshwater lake where the Chinrana River originates. These rafts, which could hold 8-12 or more people and were normally used for collecting wild duck eggs, floated downstream. The river became so clogged that vessels were pushed backward by the current and these floating islands, causing damage. This made it impossible to travel by boat to Tosora day after day.
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 8215, 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, 1741 mei 18 - nov. 16
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