He bowed before theKunsi chief, and made a long discourse with downcast eyes and folded hands.
If Smidt made inquiries about that wonderful organisation, the Kunsi of the gold-diggers at Bau, so soon to be crushed in a mad revolt, assuredly he found matter to interest him.
At least they warned the chief, who sent two stalwart members of the Kunsi to assist his guest.
To counteract the chance of evil, I have intimated that the Simbock Kunsi are to come here; and on the whole, they (of Sipang) have taken it more quietly than I expected.
It is impossible to say what quantity of gold the Kunsi may get; but their pretence that they get none must be false, when every common Malay obtains from half to one bunkal per month.
They were governed by their own self-elected kunsi (magistrates), and recognized their fealty to Sarawak only by the payment of a small tax on the gold they washed from the soil.
One, a goldsmith, did his best to let us know that danger was impending, but the kunsi suspected him, and put him in prison; we were therefore quite unprepared for what took place.
Then Datu Bandar came in to say that the kunsihad gone up the river, and had taken some of the fort guns with them; that they were very crowded in the boats, and that he should follow after them with a Malay force at night.
They only stayed a short time, but told us that the Kunsi Chinese had really gone to Bau, and that the Bishop was with the Rajah at Quop.
A Chinaman came up from the bazaar, begging us not to go to them for shelter, for they had been warned by the kunsi not to harbour any English people, and they dared not take us in.
The Chinese kunsi also wished us to go, "that the people at Singapore might see that they did not desire our death.
Worse than all this, they introduced secret societies, or hui, among themselves, and threatened to rebel if any of their kunsi were punished for breaking the laws of the country.
The kunsi sat in the seats of the magistrates, smoking, their principal in the Rajah's own chair.
One of the principal kunsi was killed in this affair, and some say that Kamang, the leader of the attack on the 18th of February, lost his head to the Sakarran Dyaks.
Upon this the kunsi came very humbly and begged pardon, declared the whole story was a fabrication, and that they never intended mischief.
The party dwindled by degrees, until nearly all the kunsi were killed, either by the enemy or their incensed countrymen, who found themselves driven from their peaceful homes for the sins of these rebels.
It seemed very hard to me to leave my husband in such danger, for that morning the kunsi had flourished swords in his face and threatened him, knowing very well that he wished to bring the Rajah back.
The Christian goldsmith, too, who was put in prison by the kunsi for trying to warn us of the attack on the 18th of February, got to Sambas safe, and afterwards returned to us at Sarawak.
Ulrich Kunsi listened to him with his eyes on the ground, for in his thoughts he was following those who were descending to the village.
Ulrich Kunsi undertook the scouring, washing and everything that belonged to cleanliness.
When it was daylight Kunsi recovered some of his courage at the return of the bright sun.
Ulrich Kunsi was too far away to be able to make them out separately.
Ulrich Kunsi listened, without appearing to understand and looked incessantly at the girl.
Ulrich Kunsilistened to him with his eyes on the ground, for in thought he was with those who were descending to the village.
Daylight came, and Kunsi recovered some of his courage with the return of the bright sun.
Ulrich Kunsi listened, without appearing to understand, and looked incessantly at the girl.
Ulrich Kunsi undertook the scouring, washing, and everything that belonged to cleanliness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kunsi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
