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mistake under which they rest, that the Americans have not the powei: to 
chastise them, be corrected with all convenient despatch. 
Amount of Injury. 
Specie, twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars. 
Opium, eight thousand eight hundred and eighteen dollars. 
Stores and provisions, two thousand five hundred dollars. 
Instruments and clothes, one thousand two hundred dollars. 
Loss of voyage, freight, &c., fourteen thousand dollars. 
Salvage, &c., two thousand dollars. 
The attack was evidently concerted some time before hand, and one 
of the acting rajahs aided in the combination. The Achenese rajah, 
Chute Dulah, received the specie and opium into his possession, and 
refused the restoration of that as well as of the ship. Others of distinc- 
tion united, and hired persons of less note to go on board and commit the 
outrage and murders. 
B. 
Character and Condition of the Population and Country at Quallah-Battoo 
in the Island' of Sumatra. 
Quallah-Battoo is situated in about 3° 44' north latitude, and 96° 56' 
east longitude, on the western side of the Island of Sumatra 
That part of the island is called the Battas, and is in the possession of 
the natives, who owe no particular allegiance to any foreign power, and a 
very slight one,, if any, to the King of Acheen, whose country is north- 
west of the Battas ; and who does not hold himself responsible for their 
outrages. 
The diflferent tribes have rajahs or chiefs, sometimes two each, and 
often wantonly plunder and kill strangers, without possessing any civilized 
principles of government conforming to national law, so as to permit or 
open regular diplomatic relations with the rest of the world. They fre- 
quently war with each other and with the King of Acheen, with much 
perfidy and barbarity. Neither the British nor Dutch claim. any control 
over that part of Sumatra; and the nearest fort of the former is at 
Tappanooly. , 
Many American vessels resort to that coast, and are in danger of -cap- 
ture, and of having their crews murdered, from the savage and piratical 
conduct and principles of the population. The arrogance and treachery 
of the natives, especially towards Americans, have of late years increased ; 
and in this instance, their aggressions were countenanced beforehand by 
some of those in authority, and all relief and restoration, when demanded, 
were refused. 
Quallah-Battoo lies entirely open to the sea, defended by only two or 
three small forts, of three or four guns each, having a population, including 
the pepper-plantations, four or five miles in the interior, of about four 
thousand. The depth of water in the roads, within a quarter and half a 
mile of the shore, is from eighteen to twenty fathoms, muddy bottom ; but 
much stone, flung in from ballast, rendering chain cables expedient when 
at anchor. 
