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. 2]

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THE PHILIPPINE IS LANDS

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some of whom gave millet and rice... and
others gave earrings of little weight... and
this was the first gold that was given in these islands
to his majesty." All the natives of these islands have
no idea of honor among themselves, always being
ready to take advantage of each other's misfortunes
as was apparent by those of Cebi, who were friendly
to the inhabitants of Mandam, robbing and sacking
that town, when its people fled from the raiders of
Baybay. The master-of-camp having returned from
his expedition among the friendly villages, set out
for Baybay, under guidance of Simaquio. This latter
guided them, not to the chief city, where the prisoners from Mandam had been taken, but to the small
and unimportant village of Caramucua, which was
found deserted. At the town of Calabazan the Spaniards were duped by the few natives found there, who
claimed to be natives of Cebu, and asked the invaders
to wait two days and they would bring the chiefs of
this town to make peace and friendship. The two
days having elapsed, and no natives appearing, the
Spaniards marched inland, being deserted by all the
natives of Cebu, who said that "these were their
friends, from which it was quite apparent that they
were all hand in glove with one another." A three or
four leagues' march resulted only in the killing of a
few hogs, the firing of the native huts, and the capture and hanging of several natives. The only salutary result of the expedition was the return of a number of the inhabitants of Cebui who had migrated to
Baybay because they did not wish to acknowledge the
Spanish rule; asking pardon of Legazpi, these natives of Cebui were permitted to return, but the same
favor was denied those from Matan and Gavi. Le