The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

| fish, potatoes, a sort of fig half a foot
| long, sugar cane and other similar pro-
! auctions. Their houses are OF wood,
! covered with planks, over which leaves
! OF their fig trees, four feet in length,
! are spread. They have tolerably de-
! cent rooms. with rafterS and window
| fl ames. and their beds are pretty soft,
! being made of very fine mating Of the
palm tree laid upon straw. Their only
| arms are a lance. tipDed with pointed
| nShbone. The inhabitants of these is
| lands are poor, but very deXtrouS, and,
| above all. Of thieving: for this reason
we gave the name De los Ladrones (of
| the thieves to the islands.
The 18th of March, at sunrise, we
! found ourselves near an elevated land,
800 leagues from the islands De los
! Ladrones. we soon discovered it TO
! be an island. It is called Zamah NOW
J Lamar, one of the Philippine islands,.
Behind this island is another not in
habited. and we afterwards learned
that its name is Humunu. Here the
! ca plain general resolved on landing the
next day to take in water in greater
security, and take some rest after so
! long and tedious a voyage. Here like
| wise he caused two tents to be erect
/ ed for the sick and ordered a hog to be
! killed.
we left the island (Which is now
called Suluam), on March %, and steer
ed west southwest between four is
lands called Cenalo, Huinangan, Ibus-
son and Abarien. On Thursday, March
IS. we saw two large boats proceeding
towards Us. which were full of 'Deo-
pie. The king was in the largest, under
sort of canopy formed of mating
Pigafetta here describes the meeting
of Magellan and the king of the island
ers. who received the SoaniardS with
tains OF the fleet were invited to par
take ot feast with the natives, and
the Latter were also received aboard
the Spanish vessels. Pigafetta pro-
ceeds:
The Spaniards now proceeded south
eastwardly, sailing between five islands
called Ceylon (noW Leyte), Bohol, Can
digan. Baybay and Gatigan, and on
April : entered the port of Zubu (now
Zebo)
The inhabitants of these Islands,
says Pigafetta, ARE addicted to pleas
ure and idleness. Their houses are
constructed with beams, planks and
reeds, and are, like ours, divided into
apartments. They are raised on posts,
so that beneath them is an empty
space, which serves as a farm and
poultry yard, in Which they keep their
hogs, goats and fowls.
lie hlIlS 10 Gill
brace the Christian faith, Sunday, the
18th of April, was fixed for the cere-
mony. About 40 of us landed, exclusive
of two men, armed cap-a-pie, who pre-
coded the royal standard. at the in
slant of our landing the vessels fired
general salute, which did not fail to
alarm the islanders. The king and his
subjects were baptized. The king re-
ceived the name of Charles, after the
10 To
from the mother of the emperor; the
princes spouse that of Catherine and
the queen of MaSSana that of Isabella.
On that day we baptized altogether
more than 500 persons, men, women
and children
Pigafetta relates how the natives
were taught to shout Viva la Castil-
la, in honor of the king of Spain. On
one of these islands the Spaniards met
with resistance on the part of the ma
tIves, and Magellan lost his life. On
April q. 60 of them left the ships,
armed with helmets and cuirasses.
I'VE found the islanders, continues
Pigafetta, 1,500 in number, formed
into three battalions, who, immediate
~ on our landing, fell upon US, making
horrible shouts. Two of these battal-
ions attacked us in the flank, and the
third in front. Our captain (Magellan)
The musqueteers and cross bowmen
fired from distance the space of half
an hour without making the least i'm
preston on the enemy" This only
made them more bold and furious
Some even threw spears headed with
iron at our captain general, who, to
intimidate and cause them to dispense,
ordered away party of our men to
set fire to their houses. The sight of
the flames served only to increase
their evaporation. They seemed pres
emily to increase in number and i'm
petuosity. A poisoned arrow struck
the captain in the leg, who, on this.
ordered retreat in slow and regular
order; but the majority of our men
took to flight precipitately. so that
only seven or eight remained about the
captain. AS they knew our
captain, they chiefly aimed at him, SO
that his helmet was twice struck from
his head; still he did not give himself
up to despair, and we continued in a