Sentence:  We retired towards "Sittawack", and passed by a steep Rock; whence it is reported, That the late King of "Sittawack'''s Wife and Daughter flung themselves down headlong, having received the News that he had lost the Battle against the King of "Candi". The <WSD>Candians</WSD> all the while came after us, but were not able to do us any great harm, because the ways were so narrow that they could not come up to us. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An inhabitant or a resident of the (Kingdom of Kandy) on the island now known as Sri Lanka.