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- Title:
- Fewer than Needed
- Date Created:
- 2021-02-27
- Description:
- Navarrete wished for a larger and constant contingency of missionaries. Likewise the colonial government pleaded for Spanish soldiers. Annual figures reveal how limited and slow was the impact of Spanish soldiers on native cuisine during this era. Our current focus begins in 1665 and the figures for soldiers before it hardly differ from 1670 and 1672. (The exception was 1663 when Governor-General Salcedo arrived with 700 paid soldiers.) The 2,200 minimum military force of pure blooded Spanish was not met. The total figure of Spanish soldiers in Manila were 708 in 1670 and 667 in 1673; Fort Santiago 86, 81; Cavite 225, 211; for both years Cagayan 155, Calamianes 73, Caraga 81, Cebu 145, Oton 169. The annual number of new soldiers wanted was 300 but on the average only 156 came and there were years such as 1686-1688, 1692-1693 when no soldiers arrived. The majority sent were convicts not career military. In the 1650s soldiers from Cavite and Manila roamed the countryside robbing indios because they had not been paid in years. For decades soldiers ate on credit at the Parian or lived with indio women. Like friars, soldiers succumbed to tropical climate and illness. There were clearly limits to indios experiencing Spanish cuisine during this period.
- Subjects:
- Domingo Fernandez Navarrete O.P. Philippines -- History -- 1521-1896 Spain -- Colonies -- History, Military Spain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social life and customs
- Exhibition:
- 100 Minus 8
- Source:
- A “morion,” meaning Spanish metal helmet. It was used in the 15th to 17th centuries and had variations. Jorge Barrios, photographer. Museo del Carmen, Maipú, Santiago de Chile. Public domain.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Fewer than Needed", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll188.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Public domain
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/