The History of Sulu

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Bureau of Printing, 1908 - Mindanao - 283 pages
 

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Page 242 - America shall have full liberty to enter into, reside in, trade with, and pass with their merchandise through all parts of the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Borneo, and they shall enjoy therein all the privileges and advantages with respect to commerce, or otherwise, which are now or which may hereafter be granted to the...
Page 165 - Caldera, twenty-four leguas farther down in the direction of Manila. Having entered port, they built a fortress and left there a garrison of one hundred Spaniards, with some artillery, provisions, and boats for their use. At this juncture, the governor's second message to General Don Joan Ronquillo arrived, to which the latter replied that he was already in La Caldera, and could not return to the river. Then, without any further delay, Don Juan Ronquillo went to Manila with the balance of his fleet,...
Page 219 - ... bodies of water and in their immediate drainage areas. (xvii) Water used for pipeline testing taken from streams or other bodies of water should be taken in such manner as to minimize harm to the ecology, fish and wildlife resources, or aesthetic values of the areas. When testing water is released, it should be done in such a manner as not to cause erosion and siltation or damage to the ecology of the area. (xviii) Excess construction materials and other debris should be removed from the right-of-way...
Page 56 - Borneo, and the China Sea, and their trade extended from China and Japan, at the one extreme, to Malacca, Sumatra, and Java at the other. Abu Bakr was succeeded by his second son, Kamalud-Din. AlawadDin, the elder son, was weak-minded and was evidently not supported by the ministers of the state. The next three sultans who followed were Diraja, Upu, and Digunung. Their full names are, the Sultan Amirul Umara l Maharaja Diraja, the Sultan Mu'izzul Mutawadi'in 2 Maharaja Upu, the Sultan Nasirud-Din...
Page 172 - Buhahayen, their neighbors, in order to avoid the war and injuries that they were suffering from the latter. Then all turned their arms against the Spaniards, promising themselves to make many incursions into their territory and gain much plunder. Accordingly they prepared their fleet, and appointed as leaders and commanders of it two of the experienced chiefs, of the river of Mindanao, called Sali and Silonga.
Page 171 - Joloans furnish any on account of the war declared upon them. Therefore the garrison urgently requested Governor Don Francisco Tello either to aid their presidio with provisions, soldiers, and ammunition, or to allow them to retire to Manila -a thing of which they were most desirous -since there they gained no other special result than that of famine, and of incarceration in that fort, and of no place wherein to seek their sustenance. The governor, in view of their insistence in the matter; and having...
Page 269 - Koyal order communicated under date of the 23rd of October last, I have the honor to send to your Excellency a copy of the previous record of investigations transmitted by the office of this General Government, together with the report of the office of the secretary, the remittance of which your Excellency requests. The inquiry formulated by the politico-military governor of Sulu, arising out of a resolution of the fishery board of the naval station relative to the order prohibiting foreign subjects...
Page 61 - Moslem attacks certainly had the good political effect of forcing hundreds of Christians up from the coast to people and cultivate the interior of these islands. Due to the enterprise of a few Spanish and foreign merchants, steamers...
Page 163 - Mindanao with cachils 85 and valiant soldiers more than one thousand fighting men in all - and a quantity of small artillery, in order to force the Spaniards to break camp and depart, even could they do nothing else. When the news reached Buhahayen that this fleet was coming to their defense and support, they made ready and prepared to attack the Spaniards, who also having heard the same news were not careless. Consequently the latter turned their attention more to the main fort, and reduced the...