After the Rover incident in 1867, the leaders of the eighteen indigenous settlements led a delegation of 200 men to meet with the British consul from Hsiamen and negotiate a treaty here.
一八六七年美國「羅妹號」事件後，十八番社大頭目卓杞篤曾率領兩百名人馬與廈門英國領事李仙得在此談判訂約。