The Dutch and the Sultan of Sasambas

By the 18 twenties, the population of chinese in west borneo had grown to more than 60 thousand. The ratio of men to women was ten to one, with the women always being their dyak wives. In november 18 18, a deal was inked between the dutch and the sultan of sambas that made them subject to certain taxes. But by april 18 19, the chinese were not coming around; they went on the attack. All out warfare erupted following an ambush they carried out against the dutch fort at pantianoc. With this out in the open, the dutch now knew where ever thing stood, and that there was no longer