360 THE REBELLION. 



Padang, in Sumatra, where the Dutch are 

 making strenuous efforts to conquer and oppress 

 the natives. 



Santot (or Panjerang Ali Bassa Pranredo 

 Dudjo) was attired in white trowsers, waistcoat, 

 and a coat of blue cloth with gilt buttons ; he 

 wore also a turban, in the usual Javanese style ; 

 his brother-in-law was dressed in a blue cloth 

 jacket and trowsers. The intellectual head, and 

 intelligent countenance of Santot would induce 

 one to regard him as a second Napoleon. 



As I have just stated, he was one of the 

 leaders in the late rebellion, and made strenu- 

 ous exertions to expel the oppressors of his 

 country : this was nearly effected, when he at- 

 tacked a Monsieur de I'Eau,* then a lieutenant 

 commanding a small fortress in the interior of 

 Java, with a small garrison of only twenty 

 European soldiers, but who were well supplied 

 with arms and ammunition. Ali Bassa made 

 the attack with a strong force, but, after losing 

 fifty men, he forwarded a message to Lieutenant 



* This officer, now a captain in the army, and by all ac- 

 counts an excellent and brave soldier, I saw at the same 

 time at this hotel, where he at present resided ; he appeared 

 attached to Santot, and they conversed much together ; he 

 had lately returned from the Sumatran coast, having been 

 recently employed in the war in the interior of that island. 



