Toegimin is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From Tgk. di Mata Ië
It was, as du Croo observed, almost chance that a patrol under the native sergeant Toegimin passed through Samarkilang on 10 July 1917 and found in the forest an insignificant ladang with two little houses on it. Two unknown Acehnese were shot down; the leg of one corpse was much swollen, presumably the result of an earlier wound. Although Tgk. di Mata Ië had been wounded in the leg in 1913, there was still doubt — until a few Acehnese from Samarkilang, seeing the body, threw themselves to the ground in deep reverence, afraid of the curse of the dead man, and cried out: “Teungkoe, be not angry — it was not our fault.” The Teungkoe’s wife finally recognised him by his ankle rings.
From Samarkilang
Als onze jagers het hem ál te lastig maakten, week hij voor een tijdje uit naar het toen nog vrijwel onbekende gebied van Samarkilang en het Oostelijke Gajoland, H. C. Zentgraaff wrote. On 24 December 1909 a group of infantry returning from Samarkilang was surprised at Tjampoeron, the captured carbines forming the Telongbende. In 1911 ladangs and hiding-places of Tgk. di Barat were cleared up in the Samarkilang country. On 10 July 1917 a patrol under the native sergeant Toegimin found in the forest near Samarkilang an insignificant ladang with two houses; two unknown Acehnese were shot, and Acehnese of Samarkilang seeing the body threw themselves to the ground in reverence, crying “Teungkoe, be not angry — it was not our fault.” From the Teungkoe’s last followers formed the Samarkilang-bende, whose head was captured only in 1937.
From The resistance in Atjeh 1913–1918
It was, Zentgraaff wrote, almost chance that a patrol under the native sergeant Toegimin passed on 10 July 1917 through Samarkilang and found in the forest an insignificant ladang with two little houses on it. Two unknown Acehnese were shot; the leg of one corpse was much swollen, presumably from an earlier wound. Doubt remained until a few Acehnese of Samarkilang, seeing the body, threw themselves to the ground in deep reverence, afraid of the curse of the dead, and cried out: “Teungkoe, be not angry — it was not our fault.” The Teungkoe’s wife finally recognised him by his ankle rings. “His spirit long went on working; out of his last followers there formed the well-known Samarkilang band, whose leader was only taken prisoner in 1937 — twenty years later!”
See Also
- Tgk. di Mata Ië
- Samarkilang
- The resistance in Atjeh 1913–1918
- H. N. A. Swart
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
About 4 years after the March 1913 encounter, ran into a ladang-house with his patrol, killing two Acehnese. The body was recognised by Samarkilang population as Teungkoe di Mata Ië (by foot rings and wounded leg).
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 364.
Source
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 364.