sawah lunto

Once there, more or less the year 1600 AD, there was a small kingdom ruled by a king who ruled with justice and wisdom, people living in harmony and peace.

Small kingdom called the Kingdom Sitambago, in accordance with the name of king Sitambago. Territory north of the village boundary Kolok, in the east bordering the Bukit extravagant / Koto Seven, to the south boundary with Pamuatan and villages west of the village boundary and village Silungkang Kubang.

Sitambago Kingdom has a strong army and practiced. Sitambago royal center located in a valley crossed by a river that flows from Lunto, Sitambago royal center is expected to be in the middle of town Sawahlunto now. It has become customary at that time, villages and kingdoms ambition to expand their territory, strengthen the army and prepare sufficient weaponry like spears, poles, kris, machetes, arrows baipuh (poison arrows) and others, these weapons are used to attack another territory or to defend themselves if attacked.

In Silungkang / Padang Sibusuk, Elephant forces besides Tongga Piliang Koto has spear guns, kris, poles, machetes and arrows also have weapons that do not have the other regions, namely SETENGGA firearms, firearm Portuguese Armed Forces standards. Portuguese people who want to buy pure gold to go through Palangki rafter Buluah (Padang Sibusuk now) and deal with the Elephant Army Piliang Tongga first Koto, in some way, SETENGGA firearms peluruhnya complete with troops moving into the hands of Gajah Tongga Piliang Koto.

To expand the area, negotiations between the leaders diadakanlah Nagari Silungkang / Padang Sibusuk with Kubang Nagari leaders to royal Sitambago attack, then attack didapatlah agreement to the kingdom Sitambago, assault led by Commander Paligan Nature. Attack strategy is set by the system or pattern of the siege, in which soldiers Silungkang / Sibusuk Padang area surrounded by Kubang Kubang Sirakuk and soldiers from the Department of sharp stones and upland Lubuak Simalukuik, with systems or patterns that would make the siege Sitambago army can not move freely.

Then came the D-day battle, the kingdom has Sitambago surrounded, soldiers and residents panicked Sitambago kingdom, the more narrow space. Seeing the panic that, in order to avoid bloodshed and many casualties, Commander Paligan Nature Sitambago called for King and his people and his army surrendered, but the call in good faith that Nature Paligan Commander ignored by King Sitambago slightest, even the King Sitambago ready for war, proved dihimpunnya army with large quantities flag dikibarkannya war, troops led by the king directly Sitambago bravely and there was a fierce battle.

In the prime, to jolong-time soldiers jolong Silungkang / Sibusuk Padang SETENGGA use of firearms, weapons SETENGGA the crack booming population and the royal army and its new Sitambago this time heard a tremendous explosion and make their hearts sink. Many of the royal army and the people who killed Sitambago bullet SETENGGA, including the king fell Sitambago hit bloodied weapons and weapons SETENGGA which is called by those weapons GHOSTS hurricane. Soldiers and residents Sitambago royal retreat and flee in disorder leaving the area, center of the kingdom and later ruled by the army commander Paligan Nature.

After the war, an army Silungkang / Padang Kubang Sibusuk and led by Commander Nature Paligan back to their villages, while the central area of the kingdom Sitambago (city Sawahlunto present) terbiar granted. terbiar land and abandoned children were exploited by Lunto villages to grow crops, rice farming was established, so the area into cultivated SAWAH LUNTO people. While land ownership and rights of children remain in villages Silungkang / Padang Sibusuk and Kubang village children who had won the war with the kingdom Sitambago.

On the other hand the Sitambago descendants still exist today around the area Pamuatan and Santur.

This story is presented by Abdullah Djasril for the second time that previously published in Bulletin-Koba Child Silungkang Nagori December 2002 edition / January 2003, 54 pages copied and varied from the archives of the Office of the Nagari Silungkang and this story was reported by Khatib Datuak podo-kampuang Dalimo Kosiak penghulu Head Silungkang Nagari. Close calls he RETIREMENT PALO ONGKU along with his retirement living since 1914 as Head Penghulu. He told the story orally to the two leaders of the Republic of Indonesia Independence Pioneers, now deceased namely LOBAI and M. SULAIMAN QUEEN BAGINDO SALEH. Later this story was written for the first time by M. QUEEN BAGINDO SALEH.