Indian Antiquary Vol 52

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
NOVEMBER, 1923
intelligence I had of them, if ever I could come among the French, English or Hollanders” (Ibid., 342-3). Williain Finch says that in 1608 the Malabars took or sunk 60 Portuguese vessels, captured an Ormuz ship and 3 frigates. Soon after they took 16 out of a fleet of 25 vessels from Cochin and had 50 frigates and galleots out on oruise. In January 1609 they took 30 rich frigates bound for Diu. "They are good soldiers and uarry in each frigate 100 soldiers and in their gaileots 200" (Foster, Early Travels, p. 129).
Portuguese and Spanish. 171. In 1598 a kind of filibustering expedition, consisting of Spaniards and Portuguese assisted by the Japanese residents, restored to his throne the rightful king of Cambodia, but in 1599 # Malay Mussulman, Ocune Lacasamana, supported by the Cambodia mandarins and the King's stepmother, excited & counter-revolution and killed the Portuguese leaders, Captains Blas Ruys de Kernan Gonzales anà Diego Belloso, together with a number of their compatriots, Spaniards and Japanese. De Morga remarks "Neither did Blas Ruys du Hernan Gonzales and Diego Belloso deserve to enjoy the fruits of the labour of their expeditions and victories, since they were changed into a disastrous and cruel death when it appeared that they held them most secure and assured to them, for their designs and pretensions were not so adjusted to the obligations of conscience as they ought to have been ” de Morga, 92-93).
172. The imports of silver from Mexico to the Philippines for trade with China caused the Chinese to suppose that it was procured from mines in the Philippines themselves. The Spanish being suspicious of a Chinese attack on this account, in 1603 made an indiscriminate massacre of the Chinese in the islands (Brinkley, X, 178).
173. In 1613 the Portuguese seized four of the Imperial (Mughal) ships, one of which was the Remewe, said to be carrying three millions of treasure and two women bought for the Great Mogul," and in the cargo of which the mother of Jahangir heid a large interest. This act of pirauy led to war (Ormi, Hist. Frag., p. 346 ; Smith, Hist. of India, p. 380 ; see paras. 210, 215 below).
- Malays. 174. In 1599 the Spaniards having given up their settlement at Caldera in Mindanao, the Jolo men and the people of Bunahayen armed a number of vessels to make an expedition against the coasts of Pintado to plunder and make captives." They were joined by the people of Tampacan and mustered 50 vessels with more than 3,000 men. They plundered Panay and other islands, carrying off much booty and 800 Christian captives. In 1600 they attacked the Spanish settlement at Arevalo, but were repulsed with great loss though the Spanish Commander, Captain Juan Garcia, fell in the fight, a victim to his own reckless courage (de Morga, 141). This is the first instance I have come across of the Malays raiding for slaves.
175. In 1602 the Spaniards sent an expedition from Manila to Jolo to check the piracy of the inhabitants and that of the Mindanaoans, but it returned unsuccessful in 1603. The Mindanaoans indeed raided inore freely, attacking Luzon itself and capturing a number of prisoners, among whom were many Spaniards. Some of these they allowed to go on parole to Manila to obtain their ransoms. At last the Viceroy managed to collect a fleet, which put them to fight, the pirate boats " lightening themselves by throwing into the sea goods and captives, so as to run more swiftly” (de Morga, p. 213).
Chinese. 176. In the year 1600 the Chinese pirate Liang-punhau, who belonged to the Tankia or Thanhu (i.e., the Boating) Race and was in allianoe with the Japanese, was defeated and kilied by the Governor-General Chin-Sui, one hundred vessels being sunk in the fight and 1,600 pirates killed or drowned. For this success “the Emperor ordered a thanksgiving,