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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

_Deposition_. Then, on the day, month, and year aforesaid, the said
purveyor-general caused to appear before him Ensign Domingo Martin,
in order to take his testimony. He took oath in due form of law,
and promised to tell the truth. When questioned in accordance with
the above order, the witness said that he went in company with
Captain Guerrero to the bank of the river of Sioco to get water;
and that when they arrived there they fired an arquebus-shot from the
witness's caracoa, and that, after they had fired it, there came to the
aforesaid bank an Indian, the chief of the river, who was a friend of
the Spaniards and paid tribute to the aforesaid Captain Guerrero. When
he reached the caracoa, he told the witness and Captain Guerrero that
he had told the Dapitan Indians (who had gone to Jolo with fowls for
the commander), that they should warn the Spaniards that a large number
of ships were being gathered in the river of Mindanao; and that a very
great number of men was to depart in them to go against the Spaniards
in Jolo and to plunder Pintados. The said chief also said that he had
told the said Indians that if they did not warn the said Spaniards he
would have them beaten with sticks; and that he would be on the watch,
and that he would warn the Dapitan chiefs and Captain Guerrero of what
happened. This he declared to be the truth, under the oath which he
had already taken; and he affirmed and ratified it, and signed it;
and he said that he was about twenty-eight years old.


_Domingo Martin_
_Juan Juarez Gallinato_


Before me:

_Rafael de Sarria_, notary


These agree with the originals, which are in the possession of the
purveyor-general, who signed here with his name; and it is exact and
accurate. And to the fact that it was accurately copied, corrected,
and made to agree, were witnesses: Ensign Juan Rodriguez de Santa,
and the royal ensign Pedro Mendez de Sotomayor, and Francisco
Hernandez. Done in Dapitan, on the fourth day of the month of June
in the year one thousand six hundred and two.

_Juan Juarez Gallinato_

In testimony of which, I have affixed my name and the customary
rubrics.

_Rafael de Sarria_, notary



Letters to Felipe III



Sire:

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

_Deposition_. Then, on the day, month, and year aforesaid, the said
purveyor-general caused to appear before him Ensign Domingo Martin,
in order to take his testimony. He took oath in due form of law,
and promised to tell the truth. When questioned in accordance with
the above order, the witness said that he went in company with
Captain Guerrero to the bank of the river of Sioco to get water;
and that when they arrived there they fired an arquebus-shot from the
witness's caracoa, and that, after they had fired it, there came to the
aforesaid bank an Indian, the chief of the river, who was a friend of
the Spaniards and paid tribute to the aforesaid Captain Guerrero. When
he reached the caracoa, he told the witness and Captain Guerrero that
he had told the Dapitan Indians (who had gone to Jolo with fowls for
the commander), that they should warn the Spaniards that a large number
of ships were being gathered in the river of Mindanao; and that a very
great number of men was to depart in them to go against the Spaniards
in Jolo and to plunder Pintados. The said chief also said that he had
told the said Indians that if they did not warn the said Spaniards he
would have them beaten with sticks; and that he would be on the watch,
and that he would warn the Dapitan chiefs and Captain Guerrero of what
happened. This he declared to be the truth, under the oath which he
had already taken; and he affirmed and ratified it, and signed it;
and he said that he was about twenty-eight years old.


_Domingo Martin_
_Juan Juarez Gallinato_


Before me:

_Rafael de Sarria_, notary


These agree with the originals, which are in the possession of the
purveyor-general, who signed here with his name; and it is exact and
accurate. And to the fact that it was accurately copied, corrected,
and made to agree, were witnesses: Ensign Juan Rodriguez de Santa,
and the royal ensign Pedro Mendez de Sotomayor, and Francisco
Hernandez. Done in Dapitan, on the fourth day of the month of June
in the year one thousand six hundred and two.

_Juan Juarez Gallinato_

In testimony of which, I have affixed my name and the customary
rubrics.

_Rafael de Sarria_, notary



Letters to Felipe III



Sire:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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