Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . son the Peshawur frontier, and met variouschiefs of the Afreedee and Momund at Peshawur the Viceroy commencedhis inquiries into the measures necessary forthe reorganization of the frontier in a personalinterview with the Lieutenant-Governor, thecommander-in-chief, and the superior localofficials. The troubles in the Malay Peninsula con-tinued during 1876. Brigadier-General Boss,with one hundred and eighty men, proceeded,on January 4th, to Kotah Lama, a village onthe Perak Biver, and disarmed the inhabit
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . son the Peshawur frontier, and met variouschiefs of the Afreedee and Momund at Peshawur the Viceroy commencedhis inquiries into the measures necessary forthe reorganization of the frontier in a personalinterview with the Lieutenant-Governor, thecommander-in-chief, and the superior localofficials. The troubles in the Malay Peninsula con-tinued during 1876. Brigadier-General Boss,with one hundred and eighty men, proceeded,on January 4th, to Kotah Lama, a village onthe Perak Biver, and disarmed the inhabitantswithout opposition. Accompanied by a smallparty, the general afterward again landed, andwas surprised by the enemy in an ambuscadein the jungle. The Malays, after a harmlessvolley, rushed out upon the British force withtheir spears. Major H. L. Hawkins and threemen were killed, and Surgeon Townsend andtwo men wounded. The village, with its storesof rice, was subsequently burned. SeveralMalays were killed. This village had alwayshad a bad reputation. The abode of robbers. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ANT) OCHTEBXONT MONUMENT, CALCUTTA and escaped prisoners, its name had alwaysbeen a terror to the neighboring districts, anda disgrace to the Bandahara of Perak, whopossessed authority to control the inhabitantsof this village. But he neither had the powernor did he show any inclination to exercise aproper control, and its destruction gave gen-eral satisfaction. In February three of the actual murderers of Mr. Birch, the Englishresident at Perak, were captured. One ofthem made a complete confession, stating thatnine men had perpetrated the murder, andgave their names. In March the chief DatuSagor, who was present when Mr. Birch wasmurdered, was captured, while Ismael andseveral other Malay chiefs surrendered to theBajah of Quedah, who handed them over tothe British. New disorders were reported inMarch and April, but at the close of Aprileverything was quiet, and the rebellion wassuppre
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