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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700: 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 41 of 55, 1691-1700: 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 Ternatans, and the Joloans (Vol. XI, pp. 238, 239, 292-301, 303;
XII, pp. 32, 39-41, 134-137; XIII, pp. 49, 146, 147; XV, pp. 192-196,
209, 265-267; XVIII, pp. 185-187, 331, 333; XIX, pp. 67, 68, 215-218,
223-225; XXII, pp. 89, 90, 203-206; XXIII, p. 259; XXIV, pp. 35-37,
102-104, 139, 142, 143, 329; XXV, pp. 86, 105, 152-154, 199; XXVI,
p. 285; XXVII, pp. 215-226, 316). Similar raids were made by the
Camucones, Moros from some small islands near Borneo (Vol. XVIII,
p. 79; XXII, pp. 89, 132, 133, 202, 296-298, 303; XXIV, pp. 97,
138; XXV, pp. 154-156; XXVII, pp. 314-316; XXIX, pp. 31, 200). These
attacks kept the peaceful natives in constant fear; their villages
were burned and plundered, and their fields ravaged; and thousands were
carried away to be sold as slaves, being thus dispersed among the Malay
Islands. In 1621 Hernando de los Rios Coronel stated that ten thousand
Christians were held captive in Mindanao (Vol. XIX, p. 264). At
times the Spaniards sent armed fleets in pursuit of these pirates,
but the latter would escape, on account of the superior lightness and
swiftness of their vessels. Punitive expeditions were sent to their
villages, some of which were futile, but others inflicted on them
severe punishment--Jolo: 1602 (Vol. XV, pp. 240-243, 264, 265), 1626
(XXII, pp. 207-210), 1628 (XXII, pp. 293-295; XXIV, pp. 143-145), 1630
(XXIII, pp. 87, 88, 98; XXIV, pp. 163-165); and Mindanao: 1625 (XXII,
pp. 116-119, 218, 224). It was proposed to enslave any Moro pirates
who might be captured (Vol. XVII, pp. 187, 296, 331; XXIX, p. 269),
and this was sometimes done (Vol. XXII, p. 134). Finally, Corcuera
undertook to chastise them effectually; and in 1637 he led a large
and well-equipped expedition to Mindanao, which captured Corralat's
stronghold and devastated nearly all the coast of that island, driving
out Corralat as a fugitive and intimidating other chiefs who had
intrigued with him against the Spaniards (Vol. XXVII, pp. 253-305,
319-325, 346-357; XXIX, pp. 28-30, 60, 86-101, 116-134). Corcuera
followed up this success by another in Joló, in 1638 (Vol. XXVII,
p. 325; XXVIII, pp. 41-63; XXIX, pp. 32, 36, 43, 44, 135, 136), and in
the following year a Spanish expedition severely chastised the Moros
around Lake Lanao, in Mindanao (XXIX, pp. 159, 161-163, 273-275);
further military operations in Joló and Mindanao, on a smaller scale,
occurred during 1638-39 (Vol. XXIX, pp. 141-166, 198-200). It may be
noted, further, that the Jesuits established missions there at an early
date, evangelists of that order going with Figueroa in 1596 (Vol. XII,
pp. 313-321; XIII, pp. 47-49, 86-89; XXII, p. 117; XXVIII, pp. 94-99,
151, 171); and others were founded by Augustinian Recollects (XXI,
pp. 196-247, 298-303; XXIV, p. 115; XXVIII, pp. 152, 175, 340-345).]




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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700: 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 Ternatans, and the Joloans (Vol. XI, pp. 238, 239, 292-301, 303;
XII, pp. 32, 39-41, 134-137; XIII, pp. 49, 146, 147; XV, pp. 192-196,
209, 265-267; XVIII, pp. 185-187, 331, 333; XIX, pp. 67, 68, 215-218,
223-225; XXII, pp. 89, 90, 203-206; XXIII, p. 259; XXIV, pp. 35-37,
102-104, 139, 142, 143, 329; XXV, pp. 86, 105, 152-154, 199; XXVI,
p. 285; XXVII, pp. 215-226, 316). Similar raids were made by the
Camucones, Moros from some small islands near Borneo (Vol. XVIII,
p. 79; XXII, pp. 89, 132, 133, 202, 296-298, 303; XXIV, pp. 97,
138; XXV, pp. 154-156; XXVII, pp. 314-316; XXIX, pp. 31, 200). These
attacks kept the peaceful natives in constant fear; their villages
were burned and plundered, and their fields ravaged; and thousands were
carried away to be sold as slaves, being thus dispersed among the Malay
Islands. In 1621 Hernando de los Rios Coronel stated that ten thousand
Christians were held captive in Mindanao (Vol. XIX, p. 264). At
times the Spaniards sent armed fleets in pursuit of these pirates,
but the latter would escape, on account of the superior lightness and
swiftness of their vessels. Punitive expeditions were sent to their
villages, some of which were futile, but others inflicted on them
severe punishment--Jolo: 1602 (Vol. XV, pp. 240-243, 264, 265), 1626
(XXII, pp. 207-210), 1628 (XXII, pp. 293-295; XXIV, pp. 143-145), 1630
(XXIII, pp. 87, 88, 98; XXIV, pp. 163-165); and Mindanao: 1625 (XXII,
pp. 116-119, 218, 224). It was proposed to enslave any Moro pirates
who might be captured (Vol. XVII, pp. 187, 296, 331; XXIX, p. 269),
and this was sometimes done (Vol. XXII, p. 134). Finally, Corcuera
undertook to chastise them effectually; and in 1637 he led a large
and well-equipped expedition to Mindanao, which captured Corralat's
stronghold and devastated nearly all the coast of that island, driving
out Corralat as a fugitive and intimidating other chiefs who had
intrigued with him against the Spaniards (Vol. XXVII, pp. 253-305,
319-325, 346-357; XXIX, pp. 28-30, 60, 86-101, 116-134). Corcuera
followed up this success by another in Joló, in 1638 (Vol. XXVII,
p. 325; XXVIII, pp. 41-63; XXIX, pp. 32, 36, 43, 44, 135, 136), and in
the following year a Spanish expedition severely chastised the Moros
around Lake Lanao, in Mindanao (XXIX, pp. 159, 161-163, 273-275);
further military operations in Joló and Mindanao, on a smaller scale,
occurred during 1638-39 (Vol. XXIX, pp. 141-166, 198-200). It may be
noted, further, that the Jesuits established missions there at an early
date, evangelists of that order going with Figueroa in 1596 (Vol. XII,
pp. 313-321; XIII, pp. 47-49, 86-89; XXII, p. 117; XXVIII, pp. 94-99,
151, 171); and others were founded by Augustinian Recollects (XXI,
pp. 196-247, 298-303; XXIV, p. 115; XXVIII, pp. 152, 175, 340-345).]




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