The Inhabitants of the Philippines

Corrupt officials--"Laws of the Indies"--Philippines a dependency of Mexico, up to 1800--The opening of the Suez Canal--Hordes of useless officials--The Asimilistas-- Discontent...

The Augustinians--Their glorious founder--Austin Friars in England--Scotland--Mexico--They sail with Villalobos for the Islands of the Setting Sun--Their disastrous voyage --Fra...

Malinta and Piedad--Mandaloyan--San Francisco de Malabon--Irrigation works--Imus--Calamba--Cabuyao--Santa Rosa Biñan--San Pedro Tunasan--Naic--Santa Cruz--Estates a bone of cont...

Combat at San Juan del Monte--Insurrection spreading--Arrival of reinforcements from Spain--Rebel entrenchments--Rebel arms and artillery--Spaniards repulsed from Binacáyan--and...

The Division encamps at San Nicolas--Work of the native Engineer soldiers--The division marches to Salitran--Second action at Anabo II.--Crispulo Aguinaldo killed--Storming the...

Manila Bay--The naval battle of Cavite--General Aguinaldo-- Progress of the Tagals--The Tagal Republic--Who were the aggressors?--Requisites for a settlement--Scenes of drunkenn...

Their fears of a corrupt government--The islands might be an earthly paradise--Wanted, the man--Rajah Brooke--Sir Andrew Clarke--Hugh Clifford--John Nicholson--Charles Gordon--E...

At the Spanish conquest--Rice--the lowest use the land can be put to--How the Americans are misled--Substitutes for rice--Wheat formerly grown--Tobacco--Compañia General de Taba...

Gold: Dampier--Pigafetta--De Comyn--Placers in Luzon-- Gapan--River Agno--The Igorrotes--Auriferous quartz from Antaniac--Capunga--Pangutantan--Goldpits at Suyuc--Atimonan --Par...

Cigars and cigarettes--Textiles--Cotton--Abacá--Júsi--Rengue --Nipis--Saguran--Sinamáy--Guingon--Silk handkerchiefs--Piña --Cordage--Bayones--Esteras--Baskets--Lager beer--Alcoh...

Philippines not a poor man's country--Oscar F. Williams' letter--No occupation for white mechanics--American merchants unsuccessful in the East--Difficulties of living amongst M...

Climate--Seasons--Terrible Month of May--Hot winds--Longing for rain--Burst of the monsoon--The Alimóom--Never sleep on the ground floor--Dress--Manila houses--Furniture-- Mosqu...

Irregular shape--Harbours--Bays--Mountain ranges--Blank spaces on maps--North-east coast unexplored--River and valley of Cagayan--Central valley from Bay of Lingayen to Bay of M...

Appearance--Dress--Look upon Tagals as foreigners-- Favourable opinion of Tomas de Comyn--Old Christians-- Constant wars with the Moro pirates and Sea Dayaks--Secret heathen rit...

Relapse into savagery--Moros the great danger--Visayas the mainstay--Confederation of Lake Lanao--Recall of the Missionaries--Murder and pillage in Davao--Eastern Mindanao--West...

The Philippine Archipelago, in which I include the Sulu group, lies entirely within the northern tropic; the southernmost island of the Tawi-tawi group called Sibutu reaches dow...

The supreme head of the administration was a Governor-General or Captain-General of the Philippines. The British Colonial Office has preserved this Spanish title in Jamaica wher...

The first was Don Domingo Moriones y Murillo, Marquis of Oroquieto, an austere soldier, and a stern disciplinarian. He showed himself to be a man of undaunted courage, and of ab...

The foulest blot upon the Spanish Administration in all her former colonies was undoubtedly the thorough venality of her infamous Courts of Justice. Unfortunately, amongst the h...

The penal code of the Philippines, which came into force in 1884, declares it impossible to consider as an aggravation of an offence the circumstance of colour or race in the of...

Corrupt officials--"Laws of the Indies"--Philippines a dependency of Mexico up to 1800--The opening of the Suez Canal--Hordes of useless officials--The Asimilistas--Discontent,...

The Augustinians--Their glorious founder--Austin Friars in England--Scotland--Mexico--They sail with Villalobos for the Islands of the Setting Sun--Their disastrous voyage--Fray...

Malinta and Piedad--Mandaloyan--San Francisco de Malabon--Irrigation works--Imus--Calamba--Cabuyao--Santa Rosa--Biñan--San Pedro Tunasan--Naic--Santa Cruz--Estates a bone of con...

Fray Eduardo Navarro, Procurator of the Augustinians, and Ysabelo de los Reyes, an Ilocano, and author of some notable works, agree that the first masonic lodge of the Philippin...

Combat at San Juan del Monte--Insurrection spreading--Arrival of reinforcements from Spain--Rebel entrenchments--Rebel arms and artillery--Spaniards repulsed from Binacáyan--and...

The Division encamps at San Nicolas--Work of the native engineer soldiers--The division marches to Salitran--Second action at Anabo II.--Crispulo Aguinaldo killed--Storming the...

Manila Bay--The naval battle of Cavite--General Aguinaldo--Progress of the Tagals--The Tagal Republic--Who were the aggressors?--Requisites for a settlement--Scenes of drunkenne...

General Merritt: I think there is no danger of conflict as long as these people think the United States is going to take possession there. If they imagine or hear from any sourc...

Their fears of a corrupt government--The islands might be an earthly paradise--Wanted, the man--Rajah Brooke--Sir Andrew Clarke--Hugh Clifford--John Nicholson--Charles Gordon--E...

At the Spanish conquest--Rice--the lowest use the land can be put to--How the Americans are misled--Substitutes for rice--Wheat formerly grown--Tobacco--Compañia General de Taba...

During the three and a quarter centuries the Spaniards have held the Philippines, the forests of Luzon have supplied enormous quantities of the finest timber for building houses...

Gold: Dampier--Pigafetta--De Comyn--Placers in Luzon--Gapan--River Agno--The Igorrotes--Auriferous quartz from Antaniae--Capunga--Pangutantan--Goldpits at Suyuc--Atimonan--Parac...

Cigars and cigarettes--Textiles--Cotton--Ahacá--Júsi--Rengue--Nipis --Saguran--Sinamáy--Guingon--Silk handkerchiefs--Piña--Cordage-- Bayones--Esteras--Baskets--Lager beer--Alcoh...

Philippines not a poor man's country--Oscar F. Williams' letter--No occupation for white mechanics--American merchants unsuccessful in the East--Difficulties of living amongst M...

Climate--Seasons--Terrible Month of May--Hot winds--Longing for rain--Burst of the monsoon--The Alimóom--Never sleep on the ground floor--Dress--Manila houses--Furniture--Mosqui...

The ponies underwent their training at the race-course in Santa Mesa, and their owners and other members of the club were provided with early breakfast there. The native grooms...

Irregular shape--Harbours--Bays--Mountain ranges--Blank spaces on maps--North-east coast unexplored--River and valley of Cagayan--Central valley from Bay of Lingayen to Bay of M...

These people are generally considered to be the aborigines of the Philippines, and perhaps at one time inhabited the entire group. The invasion of the Malays dispossessed them o...

Batangas, Bulacan, Bataan, Camarines Norte, Cavite, Laguna, Manila, part of Nueva Écija and Tayabas, the districts of Infanta, Morong, and part of Principe, also the Island of C...

Hospitality is a characteristic of the Tagal. According to his means he keeps open house on religious feast-days or on family festivals, and readily invites to his table at any...

The Pampangos are close neighbours of the Tagals. They inhabit the rich and fertile province of Pampanga and a large part of that of Tarlac. There are also some detached colonie...

The Zambales are a small and unimportant tribe of the Malay race, with some admixture of Negrito blood. They inhabit part of the province of Zambales from the River Nája down to...

This is an important, and to me, the most interesting of the independent or partly subdued races of the Philippines. They are a fine, hardy, industrious, and warlike race, well...

A small tribe living about Caranglan in the South Caraballo. They were formerly fierce and warlike, but have been pacified and converted to Christianity. They had a separate lan...

A small tribe, living in a strip of country stretching across the great loop formed by the Rio Chico de Cagayan just before it enters the Rio Grande. They are peaceful and indus...

A tribe of savages inhabiting the mountains of Guinayangan in Tayabas, from whence they raid the Christian villages and drive off cattle. Nothing is known about their origin or...

In 1603, the Chinese in Manila, under Eng-cang, rose against the Spaniards, and entrenched themselves in the suburbs. The Spaniards failed in the first assault with heavy loss,...

This name is given to the group of six considerable islands lying between Luzon and Mindanao, and also to the race inhabiting them. Beginning at the west, these islands are Pana...

Appearance--Dress--Look upon Tagals as foreigners--Favourable opinion of Tomas de Comyn--Old Christians--Constant wars with the Moro pirates and Sea Dayaks--Secret heathen rites...

The island of Palawan, or, as it is called by the Spaniards, La Paragua, is situated between the parallels 8° 25' and 11° 30' N. lat. The capital, Puerto Princesa, was founded i...

Mindanao is of a very irregular shape, which it is not easy to describe. It has some resemblance to a winged skate, with a long tail, one of the Raiidæ, which is common in Manil...

In another part of the book I have given a description of the Visayas in their own islands, and have spoken of their enterprise and industry as manifested in the extent of their...

A small tribe living on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Apo, about the head-waters of the River Digos, which runs into the Gulf of Davao, a little north of the Ensenada de Cas...

These terrible pirates who have for centuries laid waste the coasts of the Philippines and the adjacent islands, with fire and sword, carrying off tens of thousands of Christian...

These people live in the very centre of Mindanao on the high peaks of the cordillera. If a straight line be drawn on the map from Nasipit, on the Bay of Butuan, to Glan, on the...

Relapse into savagery--Moros the great danger--Visayas the mainstay--Confederation of Lake Lanao--Recall of the Missionaries--Murder and pillage in Davao--Eastern Mindanao--West...