In the early colonial era, small villages inhabited by the Bugis, Malays and Chinese, as well as a British signal station, existed on the island. A mysterious epidemic, now thought to be malaria, killed most of the staff at the station and forced the British to abandon it. The village was also severely affected: By 1848, only two Bugis households out of an earlier population of around 60 people were left on the island.
In the early colonial era, small villages inhabited by the Bugis, Malays and Chinese, as well as a British signal station, existed on the island. A mysterious epidemic, now thought to be malaria, killed most of the staff at the station and forced the British to abandon it. The village was also severely affected: By 1848, only two Bugis households out of an earlier population of around 60 people were left on the island.
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