The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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 36, 1649-1666: 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
The second residence is that of Samboangan. It extends from the border
of Dapitan to Sibuguy, the boundary of King Corralat, which is a
distance of about fifty leguas. There are seventeen villages along
that coast, which are as follows: Siocon, Siraney, Cauit, Sibuco,
Bocot, Malandi, La Caldera, Baluajan, Masluc, Manicaan, Ducunney,
Coroan, Bitali, Tungauan, Sanguito, Boloan, and Bacalan. Besides
the above there are three [sic] villages of Lutaos near the fort
of Samboanga, namely, Bagumbaya, Buayabuaya. In addition to these,
that residence includes the island of Basilan, and also the island
of Joló and the island of Pangotaran, and other islands where many
Christians live. Five priests are divided among all those places, and
sail in the fleet of Samboangan, and they are paid at his Majesty's
expense. Those priests are Father Pedro Tellez, Father Francisco
Lado, Father Francisco de Victoria, Father Juan Andres Palavicino,
and Father Juan Montiel.
Terrenate and Siao
Three priests are busied in these missions, by order of the
government. They are Father Vicente Choua, Father Francisco Miedes,
and Father Diego de Esquivel, and they are paid at his Majesty's
expense. Another one is needed to go and come thence, in order that
the said priests may be sustained.
The above sixty-seven priests are actual instructors and
missionaries. Besides them, there are eleven students in the college
of the Society, who are studying the language and becoming suitable
ministers to supply the place of those who shall die. There are also
five masters, who teach not only the members of the Society, but also
laymen. To their teaching are indebted the majority of the beneficed
clergy, secular priests, in the islands, besides many others who have
entered the orders. They also have charge of missions. Other priests
in the said province who are occupied in the care of the Spaniards
are not named in this paper, because they are not maintained at his
Majesty's expense. These are also used to fill the vacant places of
those who are lacking in the said missions either from sickness or
death; for no priest is permitted to work therein who does not know
one of the languages of the Indians who are in our care, so that all
may be instructors. In order that this may be given credit, I have
affixed my signature in this village of San Pedro, June 30, 1655.
The Mindanao Missions
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