W3 Flashcards
On Friday, April twenty-six,_______, a chief of the island of Matan, sent one of his sons to present two goats to the captain-general, and to say that he would send him all that he had promised, but that he had not been able to send it to him because of the other chief____________, who refused to obey the king of Spagnia
Zula
Cilapulapu
This people always had chiefs, called by them___________, who governed them and were captains in their wars, and whom they obeyed and reverenced. The subject who committed any offense against them or spoke but a word to their wives and children, was severely punished.
datos
• In addition to the chiefs, who corresponded to our________, there were three castes: nobles, commoners, and slaves
The commoners are called aliping namamahay.
The slaves are called aliping saguiguilir.
knights
In these three classes, those who are maharlicas on both the father’s and mother’s side continue to be so forever; and if it happens that they should become slaves, it is through
marriage
They had laws by which they condemned to death a man of _____________who insulted the daughter or wife of a chief; likewise witches, and others of the same class.
low birth
In the case of a child by a free married woman, born while she was married, if the husband punished the adulterer this was considered a____________; and the child entered with the others into partition in the inheritance
dowry
•__________are given by the men to the women’s parents.
It the latter are living, they enjoy the use of it.
Dowries
