RELACION DE LAS YSLAS FILIPINAS Flashcards
RELACION DE LAS YSLAS FILIPINAS*
By
Miguel de Loarca
where the chief settlement of the Spaniards is.
City of Manila, and the island of Luzon
it is the finest and richest of all the islands discovered
City of Manila, and the island of Luzon
was the first to be settled, and served as the starting point for the conquest of all the others
island of Cubu [sic Cebu]
I shall commence with the island of Cubu and those adjacent to it, the _______.
Pintados
There are two kinds of people in this land, who, although of the same race, differ somewhat in their customs and are almost always on mutual unfriendly terms.
those who live along the coast
those who live in the mountains
The inhabitants of the _______
cannot live without the fish, salt, and other articles of food, and the jars and dishes of other districts
mountains
Those who live in the ______
cannot live without the rice and cotton of the mountaineers.
coast
natives — are not acquainted with the art of writing, they preserve their ancient lore through _______
songs
- that is mourning
Larao of the dead
One of the observances which is carried out with most rigor is that called _______.
This rule requires that when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe some restrictions
larao
when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe the following restrictions:
No one shall _______ with any other during the time of mourning, and especially at the time of the burial.
quarrel
when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe the following restrictions:
Spears must be carried point ______, and daggers be carried in the belt with hilt reversed.
downward
when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe the following restrictions:
No ____ or _______ shall be worn during that time.
gala or colored dress
when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe the following restrictions:
There must be no ______ on board a barangay when returning to the village, but strict silence maintained.
singing
the ________ who is held in honor goes through the village and makes announcement of the mourning.
timaguas
when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must observe the following restrictions:
They make an ________ around the house of the dead man;
and if anyone, great or small, passes by and transgresses this bound, he shall be punished
enclosure
- one of those who serve without the dwelling
slave
has not the means to pay - his owner pays for him; but the latter takes the slave to his own house, that he may serve him, and makes him ______.
ayuey
The first man who waged war, according to their story, was _______
the son of that Anoranor
Panas
grandson of the first human (parents: crossed out in MS.) beings.
Panas
Panas declared war against _________, on account of an inheritance; and from that time date the first wars, because the people were divided into two factions, and hostility has handed down from father to son.
Mangaran
______ - was the first man to use weapons in fighting.
Panas
There are three cases in which these natives regard war as just:
The first is when an Indian goes to another village and is there put to death without cause;
the second, when their wives are stolen from them; and
the third is when they go in friendly manner to trade at any village, and there, under the appearance of friendship, are wronged or maltreated.
Just wars