The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; 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, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 36]

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THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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iards, the Chinese in Manila, fearing evil to themselves, and hearing of their intended expulsion from
the islands, undertake to flee from the Parian and
other neighboring settlements, blindly endeavoring
to save their lives. The Jesuit missionary at Santa
Cruz hastens to the governor, to secure pardon for
these poor fugitives; and other priests second his
efforts. Meanwhile, the other Sangleys in the Parian are so terrified that many are drowned in trying
to swim across the river, others commit suicide, and
most of those who remain flee to the hills. The
Spaniards in Manila, in fear of an attack by the
Chinese, are ready to slay them all; and a repetition
of the horrors of the Chinese insurrection in I639 is
averted only by the prudence and good sense of Governor Manrique de Lara, who, with mingled sternness and humanity, calms the fear of the Chinese and
the anger of the Spaniards. Granting protection to
all who return to Manila by a certain day, he allows
a specified number to remain there for the aid and
service of the Spaniards, and obliges the rest to return at once to China. The fugitives who do not
come back to Manila are hunted down and slain by
the Spanish troops, aided by the natives. The two
chief leaders of the Sangleys in their flight are executed in public, and those who remain in Manila are
kept in the Parian under heavy guards of Indian
troops; afterward these Chinese are set at forced
labor on the fortifications of Manila and Cavite,
thus taking a great part of that burden from the
shoulders of the natives. The same ambassador sent
by Kue-sing returns to Manila in April, 1663, this
time with news of that corsair's death, and a request
from his successor for an amicable arrangement be