The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

116 SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND ITS PEOPLE

fers to remain a celibate, she says that since she has
been so much used to doing things in her own way she
is afraid that no husband could please her, and that
probably she would be unable to please a husband.
THIE SCIIUCKS
The founder of the Schuck family in Sulu was Herman
William Frederick Schuck, a German sea captain, once
a member of the German consular service. In 1864,
while sailing his brig Queen of the Seas to Celebes from
Singapore, he put in at Jolo for water and provisions.
Those men of his who went ashore told him that the
people were agreeable, and that the sultan wanted to
see him. He called on the sultan, who encouraged him
to establish himself at Jolo. Captain Schuck after a
time decided to make Jolo his headquarters, and from
there hle continued to sail to Celebes and Singapore.
But he soon got into trouble with the Spaniards because
of his dealing directly with the sultan of Sulu. They
accused him of interfering with their ban against the
importation of firearms for the use of the Moros. On
one of his trips to Singapore his ship was seized by a
Spanish gunboat; and he was compelled to put in at
Manila, where his ship and his goods were confiscated.
Representations were made to the Spanish government
by the German government, and Captain Schuck was
finally allowed to settle at Jolo under the protection of
the sultan, damages being paid to him by the Spanish
government.
He became a prosperous merchant and planter, and
the Spaniards in time were glad to cultivate his friendship. It is said that he induced the sultan to ratify
the treaty of 1878 with Spain, when Carlos Martinez