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
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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
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
6. _Item_: That if, in the opinion of the council of war, it should
be necessary for the service of the camp to appoint other needful
officers, besides those specified in the other conditions, we be
authorized to do so, assigning to them the adequate pay from the money
received for the tonnage; and, if there is no money in that fund,
from the royal tributes of the conquered country.
7. _Item_: That, if there be any good result, such that it is worth
while to advise his Majesty of it, we be authorized to send it by
way of the sea of the said provinces--that is, the sea by which
the voyage is made to Nueva Espana--without being obliged to have
recourse to the governor and Audiencia. This is to be done at the
cost of the royal treasury, taken from what is conquered, or from the
money received for the tonnage; because, as that region is more than
one hundred leguas distant from Manila by land, and it is necessary
to guard against the tardy despatch that is usually made, and the
later necessity of sailing among islands for another hundred leguas,
which is the most dangerous navigation between these islands and
Nueva Espana. In that course the ship "Santiago," and another vessel
that came with advices from Nueva Espana, were wrecked last year. On
the other hand, the coasts of Tuy and Ygolotes are the most advanced
points toward Espana, so that he who sails thence will be halfway on
his journey before he who sails from Manila has reached the open sea.
8. _Item_: That, if, by our care and diligence, we allure the chiefs
of the Yogolotes together with the other chiefs by means of presents,
kind words, and mild treatment, to descend to the plain, or to live
quietly in settlements in their natural habitat, submissive to his
Majesty, paying their tribute, and abandoning the barbarities that
they have been wont to practice on their own children and those
of the lowlands; and if they accept the faith and are quiet and
pacified: we receive permission to distribute and apportion them in
encomiendas--assigning one-third to the royal treasury, and another
third to the soldiers engaged in the conquest, while we be awarded
the remaining third as our exclusive property; for the Indians will
be few, and reduced after many days and great toil.
9. _Item_: That we beseech his Majesty to concede this favor to
us, that we pay the tenth of the gold obtained from the mines to
be worked by our order, instead of the fifth. The same is to be
understood in regard to the mines of silver, quicksilver, and lead
that shall be discovered and worked by our order; and that in all
mines we be excused from clause 31, law 5, title 13, book 6, of the
_Recopilacion_, [57] so that we may have more than two mines in one
vein, if there is only a slight space between the different mines,
in order to keep the measure of one mine.
_Doctor Juan Manuel de la Vega_
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