Chapter 14

1See p. 152.2Genealogies; see Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 11, Ethnological Survey Publications.3Sanskrit; sunshine.4Natives of the Celebes; they were often called by the Spaniards Macassars.5Timwayortumuway, meaning “leader” or “chief,” is the title given to the chiefs of the land before Islam.Timwayhas been replaced by datu.6It is possible that this color distinction arose from an early superstition or belief of Hindu origin assigning those divisions of the island to the four respective Hindu deities, who are generally represented by those four colors.7Quoted in Keppel’s “Visit to the Indian Archipelago,” p. 127.8This term is applied in Sulu in the same sense as the Malay terms Orang-banua and Orang-bukit, meaning hill tribes or aborigines, or, as they say in Mindanao, Manubus.9This term is used here in the same sense as Orang-Malayu meaning the better or seacoast Malays.10The determination of this date and that of the rule of Abu Bakr is covered by a complete statement which will appear in the chapter on the early Mohammedan missionaries in Sulu and Mindanao, to be published in a later paper.11The first historic seat of Malay rule was Pagar Ruyong (in the mountains of Sumatra), the capital of the so-called “Empire of Menangkabaw.” (Malay-English Dictionary, R. J. Wilkinson, III, 2.)12Brass cannon used by Moros.13Variety of mango.14The prince of the princes.15The exalter of the humble.16The defender of the faith; the first.17Malay word, meaning “in the mountain.”18The Sulu equivalent of “Digunung.”19The kind.20“The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson, Vol. IV, p. 174.21Bisayas.22Natives of the Philippine Islands.23Large estates assigned to Spaniards.24An honorific title given to the early governors of the Philippines.25The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson II, pp. 98, 99.26Ibid., II, p. 156.27Ibid., VII, p. 68, 69.28So given in the text without explanation. It is probably a weight.29The Philippine Islands, VIII, pp. 73–75.30Apuntes sobre Jolo, Espina, p. 56.31A large canoe used by the Malayan peoples with two rows of oars, very light, and fitted with a European sail; its rigging of native manufacture. (Philippine Islands, II, p. 246.)32Large Moro boat with outriggers.33Bungsu, the sultan; sire and intermediator.34Name of boat used in the Philippine Islands.35Rizal conjectures that this word is a transformation of the Tagál word,lampitaw, a small boat still used in the Philippines.36We follow Stanley’s translation. He derives the wordcacatal(zacatal) fromzacatc, orsacate, signifying “reed,” “hay,” or other similar growths, zacatal thus being a “place of reeds” or a “thicket.”37A long weapon resembling a sword, used by Moros.38Fromkalasag, a shield. (Rizal.)39Argensola says that this native, named Ubal, had made a feast two days before, at which he had promised to kill the Spanish commander. (Rizal.)40Posts set upright in the ground.41Sucesos de Is Islas Filipinas, Dr. Antonio de Morga, Mexico, 1609; The Philippine Islands, XV, pp. 90–92.42See Appendixes I and II, Pacification of Mindanao.43Fathoms.44The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson IX, pp. 283, 285–287.45Ibid., IX, pp. 289, 290.46SeeAppendix III, Moro Raids of 1599 and 1600.47History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 153, 154.48See Appendix IV, Gallinato’s expedition to Jolo.49See Appendix V, Olaso’s expedition.50The greatest Sultan of Mindanao, the son of Bwisan.51An account of this fight and the Moro expedition under Tagal is given in “The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson XXVII, pp. 215–226.52See “Letter from Corcuera to Philip IV.” (The Philippine Islands, XXVII, pp. 346–359.)53See Appendix VI, Corcuera’s campaign in Jolo.54On Moro pirates and their raids in the seventeenth century, see The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson, XLI, pp. 277–324.55A Spanish measure of weight used in the Philippine Islands, equivalent to about 133 pounds.56The defender of the Faith.57Relación de a entrada del Sultan Rey de Joló, in Archivo del Bibliófilo Filipino, Vol. I.58History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 227.59See Appendix VII, Obando’s report on the preparations to be undertaken to return Alimud Din to Sulu; also Appendix VIII, Obando’s report on the circumstances attending the attempt to return Alimud Din to Sulu.60The Philippine Islands, Foreman, pp. 145, 146.61The sultan complained that he had not been treated in Manila with dignity equal to his rank and quality, and that he had constantly been under guard of soldiers in his residence (this was explained to be a guard of honor).62The Philippine Islands, Foreman, p. 147.63On the occupation of Palawan and Balabak, see Appendixes IX and X.64History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 228.65See Appendix XI.66See Forrest’s “A Voyage to New Guinea,” pp. 320–335.67Another name for Jolo and the name of the stream which passes through it.68It is more likely that elephants were obtained from Borneo and Sumatra.69Some were more than 90 feet in length.70One of the settlements forming the town of Kotabato.71This was an erroneous impression. It no doubt seemed so to Captain Forrest who judged from his observations of Sultan Israel who acquired a taste for European music in Manila.72A Voyage to New Guinea, Capt. Thomas Forrest, pp. 336–337.73Name given to the network of channels by which the waters of the Pasig River find their way to the sea.74History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 246–248.75See Appendixes XII, XIII, XIV, and XV.76A variety of palm from which mats and sails are made.77Edition of 1853, pp. 57–69.78A leaf chewed with betel nut.79Amirul Mu’minin or Alimud Din I.

1See p. 152.2Genealogies; see Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 11, Ethnological Survey Publications.3Sanskrit; sunshine.4Natives of the Celebes; they were often called by the Spaniards Macassars.5Timwayortumuway, meaning “leader” or “chief,” is the title given to the chiefs of the land before Islam.Timwayhas been replaced by datu.6It is possible that this color distinction arose from an early superstition or belief of Hindu origin assigning those divisions of the island to the four respective Hindu deities, who are generally represented by those four colors.7Quoted in Keppel’s “Visit to the Indian Archipelago,” p. 127.8This term is applied in Sulu in the same sense as the Malay terms Orang-banua and Orang-bukit, meaning hill tribes or aborigines, or, as they say in Mindanao, Manubus.9This term is used here in the same sense as Orang-Malayu meaning the better or seacoast Malays.10The determination of this date and that of the rule of Abu Bakr is covered by a complete statement which will appear in the chapter on the early Mohammedan missionaries in Sulu and Mindanao, to be published in a later paper.11The first historic seat of Malay rule was Pagar Ruyong (in the mountains of Sumatra), the capital of the so-called “Empire of Menangkabaw.” (Malay-English Dictionary, R. J. Wilkinson, III, 2.)12Brass cannon used by Moros.13Variety of mango.14The prince of the princes.15The exalter of the humble.16The defender of the faith; the first.17Malay word, meaning “in the mountain.”18The Sulu equivalent of “Digunung.”19The kind.20“The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson, Vol. IV, p. 174.21Bisayas.22Natives of the Philippine Islands.23Large estates assigned to Spaniards.24An honorific title given to the early governors of the Philippines.25The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson II, pp. 98, 99.26Ibid., II, p. 156.27Ibid., VII, p. 68, 69.28So given in the text without explanation. It is probably a weight.29The Philippine Islands, VIII, pp. 73–75.30Apuntes sobre Jolo, Espina, p. 56.31A large canoe used by the Malayan peoples with two rows of oars, very light, and fitted with a European sail; its rigging of native manufacture. (Philippine Islands, II, p. 246.)32Large Moro boat with outriggers.33Bungsu, the sultan; sire and intermediator.34Name of boat used in the Philippine Islands.35Rizal conjectures that this word is a transformation of the Tagál word,lampitaw, a small boat still used in the Philippines.36We follow Stanley’s translation. He derives the wordcacatal(zacatal) fromzacatc, orsacate, signifying “reed,” “hay,” or other similar growths, zacatal thus being a “place of reeds” or a “thicket.”37A long weapon resembling a sword, used by Moros.38Fromkalasag, a shield. (Rizal.)39Argensola says that this native, named Ubal, had made a feast two days before, at which he had promised to kill the Spanish commander. (Rizal.)40Posts set upright in the ground.41Sucesos de Is Islas Filipinas, Dr. Antonio de Morga, Mexico, 1609; The Philippine Islands, XV, pp. 90–92.42See Appendixes I and II, Pacification of Mindanao.43Fathoms.44The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson IX, pp. 283, 285–287.45Ibid., IX, pp. 289, 290.46SeeAppendix III, Moro Raids of 1599 and 1600.47History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 153, 154.48See Appendix IV, Gallinato’s expedition to Jolo.49See Appendix V, Olaso’s expedition.50The greatest Sultan of Mindanao, the son of Bwisan.51An account of this fight and the Moro expedition under Tagal is given in “The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson XXVII, pp. 215–226.52See “Letter from Corcuera to Philip IV.” (The Philippine Islands, XXVII, pp. 346–359.)53See Appendix VI, Corcuera’s campaign in Jolo.54On Moro pirates and their raids in the seventeenth century, see The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson, XLI, pp. 277–324.55A Spanish measure of weight used in the Philippine Islands, equivalent to about 133 pounds.56The defender of the Faith.57Relación de a entrada del Sultan Rey de Joló, in Archivo del Bibliófilo Filipino, Vol. I.58History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 227.59See Appendix VII, Obando’s report on the preparations to be undertaken to return Alimud Din to Sulu; also Appendix VIII, Obando’s report on the circumstances attending the attempt to return Alimud Din to Sulu.60The Philippine Islands, Foreman, pp. 145, 146.61The sultan complained that he had not been treated in Manila with dignity equal to his rank and quality, and that he had constantly been under guard of soldiers in his residence (this was explained to be a guard of honor).62The Philippine Islands, Foreman, p. 147.63On the occupation of Palawan and Balabak, see Appendixes IX and X.64History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 228.65See Appendix XI.66See Forrest’s “A Voyage to New Guinea,” pp. 320–335.67Another name for Jolo and the name of the stream which passes through it.68It is more likely that elephants were obtained from Borneo and Sumatra.69Some were more than 90 feet in length.70One of the settlements forming the town of Kotabato.71This was an erroneous impression. It no doubt seemed so to Captain Forrest who judged from his observations of Sultan Israel who acquired a taste for European music in Manila.72A Voyage to New Guinea, Capt. Thomas Forrest, pp. 336–337.73Name given to the network of channels by which the waters of the Pasig River find their way to the sea.74History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 246–248.75See Appendixes XII, XIII, XIV, and XV.76A variety of palm from which mats and sails are made.77Edition of 1853, pp. 57–69.78A leaf chewed with betel nut.79Amirul Mu’minin or Alimud Din I.

1See p. 152.2Genealogies; see Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 11, Ethnological Survey Publications.3Sanskrit; sunshine.4Natives of the Celebes; they were often called by the Spaniards Macassars.5Timwayortumuway, meaning “leader” or “chief,” is the title given to the chiefs of the land before Islam.Timwayhas been replaced by datu.6It is possible that this color distinction arose from an early superstition or belief of Hindu origin assigning those divisions of the island to the four respective Hindu deities, who are generally represented by those four colors.7Quoted in Keppel’s “Visit to the Indian Archipelago,” p. 127.8This term is applied in Sulu in the same sense as the Malay terms Orang-banua and Orang-bukit, meaning hill tribes or aborigines, or, as they say in Mindanao, Manubus.9This term is used here in the same sense as Orang-Malayu meaning the better or seacoast Malays.10The determination of this date and that of the rule of Abu Bakr is covered by a complete statement which will appear in the chapter on the early Mohammedan missionaries in Sulu and Mindanao, to be published in a later paper.11The first historic seat of Malay rule was Pagar Ruyong (in the mountains of Sumatra), the capital of the so-called “Empire of Menangkabaw.” (Malay-English Dictionary, R. J. Wilkinson, III, 2.)12Brass cannon used by Moros.13Variety of mango.14The prince of the princes.15The exalter of the humble.16The defender of the faith; the first.17Malay word, meaning “in the mountain.”18The Sulu equivalent of “Digunung.”19The kind.20“The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson, Vol. IV, p. 174.21Bisayas.22Natives of the Philippine Islands.23Large estates assigned to Spaniards.24An honorific title given to the early governors of the Philippines.25The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson II, pp. 98, 99.26Ibid., II, p. 156.27Ibid., VII, p. 68, 69.28So given in the text without explanation. It is probably a weight.29The Philippine Islands, VIII, pp. 73–75.30Apuntes sobre Jolo, Espina, p. 56.31A large canoe used by the Malayan peoples with two rows of oars, very light, and fitted with a European sail; its rigging of native manufacture. (Philippine Islands, II, p. 246.)32Large Moro boat with outriggers.33Bungsu, the sultan; sire and intermediator.34Name of boat used in the Philippine Islands.35Rizal conjectures that this word is a transformation of the Tagál word,lampitaw, a small boat still used in the Philippines.36We follow Stanley’s translation. He derives the wordcacatal(zacatal) fromzacatc, orsacate, signifying “reed,” “hay,” or other similar growths, zacatal thus being a “place of reeds” or a “thicket.”37A long weapon resembling a sword, used by Moros.38Fromkalasag, a shield. (Rizal.)39Argensola says that this native, named Ubal, had made a feast two days before, at which he had promised to kill the Spanish commander. (Rizal.)40Posts set upright in the ground.41Sucesos de Is Islas Filipinas, Dr. Antonio de Morga, Mexico, 1609; The Philippine Islands, XV, pp. 90–92.42See Appendixes I and II, Pacification of Mindanao.43Fathoms.44The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson IX, pp. 283, 285–287.45Ibid., IX, pp. 289, 290.46SeeAppendix III, Moro Raids of 1599 and 1600.47History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 153, 154.48See Appendix IV, Gallinato’s expedition to Jolo.49See Appendix V, Olaso’s expedition.50The greatest Sultan of Mindanao, the son of Bwisan.51An account of this fight and the Moro expedition under Tagal is given in “The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson XXVII, pp. 215–226.52See “Letter from Corcuera to Philip IV.” (The Philippine Islands, XXVII, pp. 346–359.)53See Appendix VI, Corcuera’s campaign in Jolo.54On Moro pirates and their raids in the seventeenth century, see The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson, XLI, pp. 277–324.55A Spanish measure of weight used in the Philippine Islands, equivalent to about 133 pounds.56The defender of the Faith.57Relación de a entrada del Sultan Rey de Joló, in Archivo del Bibliófilo Filipino, Vol. I.58History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 227.59See Appendix VII, Obando’s report on the preparations to be undertaken to return Alimud Din to Sulu; also Appendix VIII, Obando’s report on the circumstances attending the attempt to return Alimud Din to Sulu.60The Philippine Islands, Foreman, pp. 145, 146.61The sultan complained that he had not been treated in Manila with dignity equal to his rank and quality, and that he had constantly been under guard of soldiers in his residence (this was explained to be a guard of honor).62The Philippine Islands, Foreman, p. 147.63On the occupation of Palawan and Balabak, see Appendixes IX and X.64History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 228.65See Appendix XI.66See Forrest’s “A Voyage to New Guinea,” pp. 320–335.67Another name for Jolo and the name of the stream which passes through it.68It is more likely that elephants were obtained from Borneo and Sumatra.69Some were more than 90 feet in length.70One of the settlements forming the town of Kotabato.71This was an erroneous impression. It no doubt seemed so to Captain Forrest who judged from his observations of Sultan Israel who acquired a taste for European music in Manila.72A Voyage to New Guinea, Capt. Thomas Forrest, pp. 336–337.73Name given to the network of channels by which the waters of the Pasig River find their way to the sea.74History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 246–248.75See Appendixes XII, XIII, XIV, and XV.76A variety of palm from which mats and sails are made.77Edition of 1853, pp. 57–69.78A leaf chewed with betel nut.79Amirul Mu’minin or Alimud Din I.

1See p. 152.

2Genealogies; see Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 11, Ethnological Survey Publications.

3Sanskrit; sunshine.

4Natives of the Celebes; they were often called by the Spaniards Macassars.

5Timwayortumuway, meaning “leader” or “chief,” is the title given to the chiefs of the land before Islam.Timwayhas been replaced by datu.

6It is possible that this color distinction arose from an early superstition or belief of Hindu origin assigning those divisions of the island to the four respective Hindu deities, who are generally represented by those four colors.

7Quoted in Keppel’s “Visit to the Indian Archipelago,” p. 127.

8This term is applied in Sulu in the same sense as the Malay terms Orang-banua and Orang-bukit, meaning hill tribes or aborigines, or, as they say in Mindanao, Manubus.

9This term is used here in the same sense as Orang-Malayu meaning the better or seacoast Malays.

10The determination of this date and that of the rule of Abu Bakr is covered by a complete statement which will appear in the chapter on the early Mohammedan missionaries in Sulu and Mindanao, to be published in a later paper.

11The first historic seat of Malay rule was Pagar Ruyong (in the mountains of Sumatra), the capital of the so-called “Empire of Menangkabaw.” (Malay-English Dictionary, R. J. Wilkinson, III, 2.)

12Brass cannon used by Moros.

13Variety of mango.

14The prince of the princes.

15The exalter of the humble.

16The defender of the faith; the first.

17Malay word, meaning “in the mountain.”

18The Sulu equivalent of “Digunung.”

19The kind.

20“The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson, Vol. IV, p. 174.

21Bisayas.

22Natives of the Philippine Islands.

23Large estates assigned to Spaniards.

24An honorific title given to the early governors of the Philippines.

25The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson II, pp. 98, 99.

26Ibid., II, p. 156.

27Ibid., VII, p. 68, 69.

28So given in the text without explanation. It is probably a weight.

29The Philippine Islands, VIII, pp. 73–75.

30Apuntes sobre Jolo, Espina, p. 56.

31A large canoe used by the Malayan peoples with two rows of oars, very light, and fitted with a European sail; its rigging of native manufacture. (Philippine Islands, II, p. 246.)

32Large Moro boat with outriggers.

33Bungsu, the sultan; sire and intermediator.

34Name of boat used in the Philippine Islands.

35Rizal conjectures that this word is a transformation of the Tagál word,lampitaw, a small boat still used in the Philippines.

36We follow Stanley’s translation. He derives the wordcacatal(zacatal) fromzacatc, orsacate, signifying “reed,” “hay,” or other similar growths, zacatal thus being a “place of reeds” or a “thicket.”

37A long weapon resembling a sword, used by Moros.

38Fromkalasag, a shield. (Rizal.)

39Argensola says that this native, named Ubal, had made a feast two days before, at which he had promised to kill the Spanish commander. (Rizal.)

40Posts set upright in the ground.

41Sucesos de Is Islas Filipinas, Dr. Antonio de Morga, Mexico, 1609; The Philippine Islands, XV, pp. 90–92.

42See Appendixes I and II, Pacification of Mindanao.

43Fathoms.

44The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson IX, pp. 283, 285–287.

45Ibid., IX, pp. 289, 290.

46SeeAppendix III, Moro Raids of 1599 and 1600.

47History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 153, 154.

48See Appendix IV, Gallinato’s expedition to Jolo.

49See Appendix V, Olaso’s expedition.

50The greatest Sultan of Mindanao, the son of Bwisan.

51An account of this fight and the Moro expedition under Tagal is given in “The Philippine Islands,” Blair and Robertson XXVII, pp. 215–226.

52See “Letter from Corcuera to Philip IV.” (The Philippine Islands, XXVII, pp. 346–359.)

53See Appendix VI, Corcuera’s campaign in Jolo.

54On Moro pirates and their raids in the seventeenth century, see The Philippine Islands, Blair and Robertson, XLI, pp. 277–324.

55A Spanish measure of weight used in the Philippine Islands, equivalent to about 133 pounds.

56The defender of the Faith.

57Relación de a entrada del Sultan Rey de Joló, in Archivo del Bibliófilo Filipino, Vol. I.

58History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 227.

59See Appendix VII, Obando’s report on the preparations to be undertaken to return Alimud Din to Sulu; also Appendix VIII, Obando’s report on the circumstances attending the attempt to return Alimud Din to Sulu.

60The Philippine Islands, Foreman, pp. 145, 146.

61The sultan complained that he had not been treated in Manila with dignity equal to his rank and quality, and that he had constantly been under guard of soldiers in his residence (this was explained to be a guard of honor).

62The Philippine Islands, Foreman, p. 147.

63On the occupation of Palawan and Balabak, see Appendixes IX and X.

64History of the Philippines, Barrows, p. 228.

65See Appendix XI.

66See Forrest’s “A Voyage to New Guinea,” pp. 320–335.

67Another name for Jolo and the name of the stream which passes through it.

68It is more likely that elephants were obtained from Borneo and Sumatra.

69Some were more than 90 feet in length.

70One of the settlements forming the town of Kotabato.

71This was an erroneous impression. It no doubt seemed so to Captain Forrest who judged from his observations of Sultan Israel who acquired a taste for European music in Manila.

72A Voyage to New Guinea, Capt. Thomas Forrest, pp. 336–337.

73Name given to the network of channels by which the waters of the Pasig River find their way to the sea.

74History of the Philippines, Barrows, pp. 246–248.

75See Appendixes XII, XIII, XIV, and XV.

76A variety of palm from which mats and sails are made.

77Edition of 1853, pp. 57–69.

78A leaf chewed with betel nut.

79Amirul Mu’minin or Alimud Din I.


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