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
[67] See VOL. XXXVI, note 33. See also Revue des deux Mondes for 1869,
vol. 81, article "L'Archipel des Philippines" (pp. 932-964), by Edmond
Plauchut. On pp. 937-939, is described an incident illustrating the
"unsubduable passion for liberty" of the Negritos. An infant of
three was once captured by the Spaniards, who was about to be buried
alive by his mother as she was impeded in her flight by reason of her
child. This Negrito, being taken to Manila, was adopted by an American
and baptized Pedrito. In due time the young savage was taken to Europe
and America by his adopted father, and learned to speak Spanish,
French, and English, returning after two years of travel. About two
years after his return, Pedrito disappeared, and joined his own
wandering tribesmen. He was seen later by a Prussian naturalist,
a relative of the famous Humboldt, who ascended the mountain of
Marivélez, and who talked with the "reclaimed" Negrito. This occurred
in 1860.
[68] The master-of-camp, Manuel Estacio Venegas (see ante, note 50),
who was a relative of the Recollect friar Juan de San Antonio. See
Montero y Vidal's Hist. de Filipinas, i, p. 265.
[69] José Millán de Poblete was a Mexican, and went to Manila with
his uncle, the archbishop of that name. He was head chaplain of the
troops in Filipinas, an advocate for prisoners in the Inquisition,
and finally bishop of Nueva Segovia in 1671, dying on June 25, 1674,
in his diocese. (Pardo de Tavera, Biblioteca filipina, p. 268.)
[70] Lucas Aguilar was a missionary in Ilocos, to the villages of
Purao (1620), Sinait (1621, 1626, 1644), Dingras (1624, 1638), Bauang
(1633), Bantáy (1641), and Narvacán (1647). He was appointed definitor
in 1650, and retired to the Manila convent, where he died in 1654. See
Pérez's Catálogo, p. 95.
[71] Sancho de Moncada, a native of Toledo, professed in that city
in 1613. He labored in the Tagálog villages of Bigaá (1636), Caruyan
(1638), Malolos (1641), Hagonoy (1644), Tanauan (1645), Taguig (1647),
and Calumpit (1653). His death occurred in 1656. See Pérez's Catálogo,
p. 113.
[72] Dionisio Suárez was a native of Porto Alegre, in the province of
Alentejo in Portugal, and professed in the convent of Salamanca. He
was one of the most illustrious men of his order in the Philippines
(serving as prior and rector-provincial in 1668 and 1672), and many
acts of great use to the order were published during his terms of
government; and many churches and convents were rebuilt, among them
San Pablo of Manila of which he was prior four times (1653, 1665,
1671, 1675). He was missionary to the villages of Taguig (1630),
Bauan, Parañaque (1638-50), Lipa (1656), Taal (1659), Tondo (1674),
and Malate (1677). His death occurred in 1679, and he left a Tagálog
MS. of three volumes. See Pérez's Catálogo, pp. 107, 108.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account