The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676: 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 37, 1669-1676: 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
Brother Fray Diego de la Puente, native of Madrid, son of this
province, twenty-one years old. He was a minister in the province
of Pampanga, and very fluent in that language. He was a religious in
whom were reposed great hopes, which were disappointed by his early
death in 1677.
Brother Fray Juan de Ibarra, native of Durango, son of this
province. He was a minister in Ilocos for a short time; most of his
life (which was very long), he passed in the convent of Manila, where
he was an example of poverty and humility, and where he died in 1713,
aged 75. [119]
Of the two auditors the senior in rank, by concession of his
Majesty, was Don Francisco Coloma. But Don Francisco Mansilla,
as he was stronger and younger went on ahead in forced journeys,
and took possession of his seat in the royal Audiencia. After a
considerable time, Don Francisco de Coloma arrived, and demanded the
seniority that belonged to him by precedence in their appointments as
auditor. Don Francisco de Mansilla alleged the act of prior possession;
and that gave rise to a suit that caused great trouble, as will be
seen later. [120] The sentence was sent to the supreme Council of the
Indias, and the preference was given to Don Francisco de Coloma, in
whose favor the declaration from España came after a number of years.
[One of the first acts of the new governor is the taking
of the previous governor's residencia which is entrusted to
Auditor Coloma. Many complaints are made by the citizens; for
the government of Filipinas "as it is more absolute, is more apt
to create dissatisfaction," arising from the governor's severity,
or from envy. He is, however, cleared of all charges in Spain; and
60,000 pesos that he has been compelled to deposit are returned to
him from the treasury of Mexico.]
Don Diego Salcedo commenced his government with the disaster of
the return in distress of the ship "San Sabiniano," under charge
of Commander Juan de Chaves. That caused great affliction, since
no galleon had succeeded in making its voyage to Nueva España in
safety. But divine clemency willed that better success should be
experienced by the first galleon that he despatched during his
government, namely, the "San José"--the vessel in which he had
come, and in which Don Sabiniano Manrique de Lara returned to Nueva
España. That galleon was the most fortunate of all that have been
built in these islands, for it never had to put back in distress,
and lasted for many years. It brought two governors to Filipinas,
Don Diego de Salcedo and Don Manuel de León; besides taking back in
safety the other, Don Sabiniano.
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