"people of the uplands." According to him,
they are Malayan Moros, but Montero y Gay (Blumentritt's Tribes of
Philippines, Mason's translation) says that they are heathen. It should
be observed that Retana is not always a safe guide in etymological
and ethnological matters.

[49] This entire sentence is, like many others of Combes, of loose and
vague construction. Apparently what he means is, that the Lutaos had,
like the Javanese, a polite and a vulgar tongue; and that the former
more closely resembles the Sanskrit (since he implies that the Lutaos
came from India).

[50] The Spaniards, mindful of their own struggles with the Moors of
Spain (Moros) called all Mahometan peoples Moors.

[51] See Vol. XXXVI, p. 174, note 33.

[52] A classic allusion, occasioned by the marine life and habits of
the Lutaos.

[53] Paguian Tindig is equivalent to "just king." In their literal
sense, both words signify "he who causes persons and things to pass
by the right path." (Pastells and Retana's Combes, col. 727.)

[54] Elsewhere written Limansacay; see Vol. IV, pp. 241-278, the
account of Gabriel de Ribera's expedition against the Mindanaos
in 1579.

[55] Such was the first outbreak of hostilities which caused the
rebellion of the Moros of Jolo against Spain, and originated the
piracy of that small archipelago, which wrought so much ruin, and
caused so much bloodshed and depopulation among the Visayan and
Tagalog islands. (Pastells and Retanas Combes, col. 658.)

[56] Regarding the introduction of Mahometanism in those islands,
see Vol. IV, pp. 150, 151, 168, 178.

[57] A common name for the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), a fruit
of delicate flavor and highly prized; this tree grows in Jolo and
Mindanao. (Official Handbook of Philippines, p. 316.)

[58] Becoquin: "A sort of cap made with a piece of cloth." When the
Joloans made a treaty with the Jesuit Lopez, they ratified it by an
oath taken "on the becoquin or cap of Tampan, one of the old-time
ministers of their deceit.... When the princes of Jolo swear by this
becoquin, using this ceremony, it is the strongest oath that they can
take, and that which is most respected." (Combes, Hist. de Mindanao,
col. 478, 785.)

[59] The limocon (Calcophups indica) is a species of turtledove with
red feet and beak. It is very beautiful, its plumage being green on
a white background. See Delgado's Historia, p. 830.

[60] There are offerings and sacrifices among the Mindanao heath