Philippine history : reassessed / Isidro Escare Abeto.

Circumstances Break Pledge

Thus, that most solemn pact of friendship and alliance was consummat cl and sealed with blood. Unfortunately, however, later developments in
the relationship between the Spaniards and the F ili;in0os showed signs that the
pact was only gx xl as a gesture but not in nmeaning and substance. Both sides.
compelled perhaps by unavoidable circums;tances, that for practical purposes

Captain Alonzo Albiquerque marries Chieftain Katuna's daughter.

each of them had to adhere to, failed to comply with their blood-pledge.
Katuna, notwithstanding, holding out with his astuteness and diplomacy, was
credited for the fact that the Spaniards had respected for sometime the lives and
properties of the people in his own territory.
Albuquerque Weds Kaluna's Daughter
Katuna's beautiful daughter, later became the wife of Captain Alonso
Albuquerque, the leader of the Legazpi commission and the protagonist in the
blood compact with Ruler Katuna. Captain Albuquerque and his native wife
had five children - three sons and two daughters - who, in the years that
followed, made up a group of important families in the domain of Chieftain
Katuna.

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