CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF CELEBES. The Records ef the People of Celebes more limited and im^ perfect than those of the Javanese. — Four hundred years, the utmost limit (^probable history among the Bugis, the ■principal tribe, — General Remarks on the early History of Celebes. — Celebes never ^united as one Empire — People of "Celebes Hindus before they adopted the Mahomedan Reli^ gion. — Macassars begin to keep Historical Records. — Their progress in the tnost vulgar of the useful arts very recent. — History of the Conversion to Mahomedanism. — Macassars attack Boni. — The latter being conquered, accepi the Ma- homedan Religion. — A Religious Persecution^ and the sirb- gular circumstances attending it. — The Macassars attack the Kingdom of Boni and reduce it to a province. — The people (f Boni rebel^ — are conquered, and reduced to slavery. — The Goa Macassars conquer a great part of Cele- les, and extend their arms and commerce to the neighbour^ ing Islands. — They come in contact vnth the Dutch raonopo' lists, and War ensues. The Macassars are defeated o^ Butunsr Uiith sjeat loss. — Boni revolts, and is oorain sub"
- dued. — The Dutch conquer Goa Macassar, and the tribii-
iary natioris are emancipated. — Refections on the Power of the Macassars. — Raja Paiaka is tnade King of Boni, and acquires the supremacy of Celebes, under the iffuence of the IXutck. — General Reflections^ — Various Rebellions, As the natives of Celebes are less civilized tliari those of Java, so are their historical records mort
