A Brief History of the Santiago Gongi

The dutch saw the santacogumsi as a pawn to be used to apply pressure to the dagang and lanfan gones in westborneo. To the north was the increasingly powerful and potent british presence in sarawak that was continuing to cause all kinds of pressures to the dutch traders. By the 18 fifties, after being pushed around by everyone keen to use them as a lever to put pressure on the dak an kongsi and other chinese and montrato, the santiago gongi had already gone through two name changes and tramas involving their leadership and the direction they should take. And by 18 54, were