It sounds like the sort of minor upheaval that a gunboat or three, a small military expedition or some chequebook diplomacy might cure.

Loch in person led a joint naval and military expedition against him; landed, and threaded the way by a narrow path through thick jungle.

However, that expedition was not a military expedition.

Although the military expedition was a failure, the road continued to be used afterwards.

The goal of the military expedition, according to the governor, was to convince them of...