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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55: 1606-1609; 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 14 of 55: 1606-1609; 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

On November 16, the captain reached the valley of Dangla. A chief with
his timaguas went out to meet him. The captain received him well and
said that he was coming to treat them well, and brought fathers to
instruct them in the faith, and told them to treat the fathers with
great respect. Chief Ybarat guided them, having done so because the
captain had gained his good-will. The captain asked them for some
provisions, to be supplied for pay and on the account of the future
tribute. They replied that they did not desire pay. They gave two
hogs and two baskets of rice. The first village which he reached was
called Agulan and consisted of eighty houses. It is to be noted that
many little boys and girls were observed in that village who wore
gold necklaces of as good quality as those of the Moros of Manila,
and good enough to be worn in Madrid. When they were asked where
they had obtained these, they replied, "From Balagbac," which was
the customary reply to all such questions.

The captain went to another village called Yrao, which consisted of
sixty houses, at a quarter-legua's distance from the former village. A
chief gave the Spaniards a cordial reception, and called himself
their friend. He said that he had not gone to visit them because of
sickness. They asked him for some rice, and he gave them three baskets
of it, and two hogs. In this town were seen chased gold necklaces,
and armlets reaching to the elbow, and anklets. Their earrings were
of fine gold.

Thence the captain went to the village of Palan. A chief and some
Indians went out to receive him and carried him a hog and rice. This
chief was Ybarat's brother-in-law. They asked, since the latter was
the friend of the Spaniards, why they also should not be friends of
our people. The captain presented them with some articles and asked
them for rice; and because they did not give it to him, seized it
and paid for it in cloth. That village had eighty houses.

_Tuguey; 112 houses._ The captain went from that village to the village
of Tuguey, crossing a lofty mountain to which the Spaniards gave the
name Altos de Santa Zicilia ["St. Cecilia's Peaks"]. Notwithstanding
the stout resistance of the Indians, the Spaniards entered the
village. The natives hearing the discharge of the arquebuses came to
make peace. They gave six baskets of rice and six sucking pigs. The
captain made the same statements to them as to those above, and they
were satisfied. The village has one hundred and twelve houses.

_Giarin; 40 houses._ Thence the captain went to the village of
Giaren. The inhabitants are excellent archers, and with their bows
and arrows tried to resist the Spaniards' entry. After forcing their
way into the village, the Spaniards assured them with friendly talk,
and gave the people some trifles, so that they lost their fear of
the Spaniards. The village contained forty houses.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55: 1606-1609; 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

On November 16, the captain reached the valley of Dangla. A chief with
his timaguas went out to meet him. The captain received him well and
said that he was coming to treat them well, and brought fathers to
instruct them in the faith, and told them to treat the fathers with
great respect. Chief Ybarat guided them, having done so because the
captain had gained his good-will. The captain asked them for some
provisions, to be supplied for pay and on the account of the future
tribute. They replied that they did not desire pay. They gave two
hogs and two baskets of rice. The first village which he reached was
called Agulan and consisted of eighty houses. It is to be noted that
many little boys and girls were observed in that village who wore
gold necklaces of as good quality as those of the Moros of Manila,
and good enough to be worn in Madrid. When they were asked where
they had obtained these, they replied, "From Balagbac," which was
the customary reply to all such questions.

The captain went to another village called Yrao, which consisted of
sixty houses, at a quarter-legua's distance from the former village. A
chief gave the Spaniards a cordial reception, and called himself
their friend. He said that he had not gone to visit them because of
sickness. They asked him for some rice, and he gave them three baskets
of it, and two hogs. In this town were seen chased gold necklaces,
and armlets reaching to the elbow, and anklets. Their earrings were
of fine gold.

Thence the captain went to the village of Palan. A chief and some
Indians went out to receive him and carried him a hog and rice. This
chief was Ybarat's brother-in-law. They asked, since the latter was
the friend of the Spaniards, why they also should not be friends of
our people. The captain presented them with some articles and asked
them for rice; and because they did not give it to him, seized it
and paid for it in cloth. That village had eighty houses.

_Tuguey; 112 houses._ The captain went from that village to the village
of Tuguey, crossing a lofty mountain to which the Spaniards gave the
name Altos de Santa Zicilia ["St. Cecilia's Peaks"]. Notwithstanding
the stout resistance of the Indians, the Spaniards entered the
village. The natives hearing the discharge of the arquebuses came to
make peace. They gave six baskets of rice and six sucking pigs. The
captain made the same statements to them as to those above, and they
were satisfied. The village has one hundred and twelve houses.

_Giarin; 40 houses._ Thence the captain went to the village of
Giaren. The inhabitants are excellent archers, and with their bows
and arrows tried to resist the Spaniards' entry. After forcing their
way into the village, the Spaniards assured them with friendly talk,
and gave the people some trifles, so that they lost their fear of
the Spaniards. The village contained forty houses.

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

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