Sakarran

The branch to the left is called the Sakarran; that to the right retains the name of Lupar, inhabited chiefly by Sakarrans.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Sakarran Dyaks being the only ones now remaining who had not received convincing proofs that their brutal and inhuman trade would be no longer allowed, the 15th and 16th were passed on board the steamer, to rest the men after the severe fatigue encountered up the Undop, and in making preparations for an advance up the Sakarran.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

This was accompanied with a present of a couple of handsome spears and a porcupine, and also an offer to give up the women and children he had, with the assistance of the Sakarran pirates, captured from the poor Sow Dyaks up the Sarawak.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Sakarran runs, lived another powerful seriff by the name of Muller, elder brother and coadjutor of Seriff Sahib.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Although this expedition would have a great moral effect on all the more respectable and thinking natives, inasmuch as the inhabitants of the places destroyed were looked upon, from the large proportion of Malays, as more civilized than their formidable and savage neighbors, the Dyaks inhabiting the Sakarran river; still, it was not to be supposed, when the settlements of Paddi,

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

_ -- Linn, a Sakarran chief, arrived, deputed (as he asserted, and I believe truly) by the other chiefs of Sakarran to assure me of their submission and desire for peace.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

This is the custom with these Dyaks universally; but it is otherwise with the Sarebus and Sakarran.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

It is his intention, on his arrival at Sakarran, to fortify and wait for our attack, and in the mean time to send out his Dyaks along the coast and inland to such places as they dare venture to attack.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Sakarran are not fair examples of Dyak life, as they are pirates as well as head-hunters, and do not hesitate to destroy all persons they meet with.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

_ -- Matari, or 'the Sun,' the Sakarran chief I have already mentioned, arrived with two boats, and paid me several visits.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel