0^8 NOTICES OP THE NORTHERN OR DUTCH HALF OF CELEBES. 
succeeded alternately in obtaining' possessions The conquest of Ter- 
nate and Tidore by the Spaniards and Portuguese, brought Celebes 
under European subjection along with them, and even at the pre¬ 
sent time the form and names of weapons remind us of the Spani¬ 
ards, and places are pointed out by the natives in the wildest parts 
of the mountains, as having been visited by them. When their pow¬ 
er decayed, these countries were recovered by Ternate and Tidore, 
until in the beginning of the seventeenth century the Dutch East India 
Company settled here. For a long time the princes remained quiet 
and faithful to their contracts ; but when in the beginning of the 
eighteenth century, the attention of the Dutch was engrossed by other 
parts of the East Indies, and necessarily in a great measure with¬ 
drawn from Celebes, the old jealousy of Gurontalo and Limbotte 
broke out in a war, which had its origin in an uncertainty respect¬ 
ing the boundary at the town of Bolila. Gurontalo conquered first 
the fortress, situated at the lake of Limbotte, and then the negri of 
Limbotte, destroyed and burned all before them, and obliged the in¬ 
habitants to seek refuge with their princes, on the other side of the 
mountains in Quandam. Many ruins remain to this day as testi¬ 
monies of this war, e. g. Kotta raja ect. Limbotte, notwithstand¬ 
ing, continued the war, and procured the assistance of the Bugis 
from Dongola and Macassar, who arrived with a large fleet, defeat¬ 
ed Gurontalo, and then, as the Limbottians did not keep their pro¬ 
mise, turned against them, ransacking and burning the country. 
Both countries were now fain to regain again the protection of 
the Dutch Company, and the former contracts were renewed and 
extended. The Maatschappy then build the forts at Quandam and 
Gurontalo and installed the two Rajas gobernement. In these latter 
contracts the contributions of gold dust were stipulated, and the 
country became a dependency of the administration in Menado. 
Religion .—From the time of the invasions of the people from 
Ternate, heathenism was superseded by Mohamadanism, which spread 
over the whole country. After this the Spaniards sent their monks, 
and the Dutch their protestant teachers, and many converts were 
made. But in the end of the last, and the beginning of the present 
centuries, the religious interest was neglected, and the whole com¬ 
munities after repeated, but unsuccessful applications to the Dutch go¬ 
vernment for a new supply of Christian teachers, fell back again in¬ 
to Mohatnedanism, as for instance the negris Kavu Dipang, Bolangin, 
Antingola and Boal. The Hajis however have no great authority, 
