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- Title:
- Surviving Typhoon Season
- Date Created:
- 2021-04-14
- Description:
- Once the weather cleared briefly, Captain Swan sailed along the southern coast of Mindanao. Villagers pointed to “Mindanao City” situated at a river of the same name. Once there they anchored and fired 7 or 9 guns and were answered by 3 guns fired from shore. Swan fired once and a canoa with 10 rowers approached. In it was Rajah Laut (the Maguindanao Sultan’s brother) who demanded in Spanish who they were. “English,” replied Mr. Smith, a prisoner that had taken at Leon, Mexico. The Rajah brothers wanted English to settle in their realm and bring in trade profits. No longer were the Portuguese their enemy but the Spanish and the Dutch. Swan was granted hospitality that extended for the entire season of westerly tempests. Ramadan month began on July 21 in 1686, so Rajah Laut explained he would not entertain Swan with dances and the usual pastimes as it was a solemn time. The “city” was about a mile long and narrow. It followed the winding river bank which when swollen from tempests required movement by canoes. The English ate boiled rice, scraps of fowl or bits of buffalo from the Rajah. More about food during the second colonial century to come.
- Subjects:
- Charles Swan Mindanao (Philippines) Rajah Laut Philippines -- History -- 1521-1896 Ramadan
- Exhibition:
- Dampier 1686
- Source:
- I am taking this post as an opportunity to greet Muslim friends during the 2021 Ramadan that started yesterday, April 13.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Surviving Typhoon Season", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll203.html