ese methods had been carried so far
that even people of good social position had been so punished. It was
especially undesirable to employ such punishments, as the people of
other nations weeing them would not believe that the reign of liberty,
equality, and fraternity had begun in the Philippines."--P.I.R., 196.3.
[251] Taylor, 47 AJ.
[252] P.I.R., 944.
[253] "I have the honour to inform you that I have been in this town
since yesterday afternoon issuing, in a proclamation, conciliatory
orders to the populace that the people comprised in the uprising
must present themselves and express aversion and repudiation of
it, promising them consideration and pardon as long as they lay
aside arms. In compliance with and following the earlier published
proclamation, they presented two guns and innumerable bolos. I hope
soon for tranquillity among the people there through these efforts. I
ask dispense with assembly of the Junta. _Camilin_, November 30,
1898."--P.I.R., 849.
[254] P.I.R., 849.
[255] _Ibid._
[256] P.I.R. 849.
[257] _Ibid._
[258] _Ibid._
[259] Gregorio Aglipay, an Ilocano Catholic priest who became an
active Insurgent leader. Later he abandoned the Catholic faith and
set up a new church which gained many adherents in the Philippines.
[260] P.I.R., 849.
[261] _Ibid._
[262] _Ibid._
[263] P.I.R., 1231. 2.
[264] Taylor, 62 AJ.
[265] P.I.R., 77.
[266] P.I.R., 47.7.
[267] _Ibid_., 951.3.
[268] Blount, p. 109.
[269] P.I.R., 1006.
[270] P.I.R., 870. 4.
[271] Blount, p. 113.
[272] _Ibid_., p. 111
[273] At Carig, Isabela.
[274] Taylor, 43 AJ.
[275] See p. 731.
[276] The parsonage, or residence of the priest.
[277] Insurgent officers.
[278] Their on commander so reported. See p. 202.
[279] Shortly afterward "elected" governor.
[280] This form of torture is commonly referred to in the Philippines
as the "water cure."
[281] Major Delfin commanded the expedition which took Nueva Vizcaya.
[282] P.I.R., 246. 3.
[283] Dimas Guzman.
[284] Blount, p. 112.
[285] Blount, p. 114.
[286] Blount, p. 113
[287] Blount, p. 114.
[288] A distance of 120 miles.
[289] "The former Spanish Governor of the Province was of course a
prisoner in Villa's custody. Villa had the ex-Governor brought in,
for the travellers to see him, and remarked, in his presence to them,
'This is the man who robbed this province of twenty-five thousand
dollars during the last
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