Identifier: strangepeoplescu00evan (find matches)
Title: Strange peoples & customs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Adelaide Bee
Subjects: Children Missions
Publisher: Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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if they have enough for to-day. A BRAVE CAPTAIN You would enjoy seeing Manila, with itswide streets, and its quaint old walled city,and its wide green Luneta, or plaza, wherethe people stroll in the cool of the eveningto hear the band play. From the first, Manila has been the chiefcity of the Philippine Islands. In the begin-ning, though, it was only a poor little townof bamboo houses standing up on high polesto keep out of the water in the rainy season.But after the Spaniards came, better housesbegan to be built, and some of the low landwas filled. In the year 1590 the wall wasbegun; and when it was finished, it was a greatprotection to the city. This wall is still standing, though in thesedays it serves only to remind the people ofother times. The city of Manila extends fararound it. The part of the city inside thewall is called Intramuros. When we get ona street car marked Intramuros, we know itwill go dashing in through a gate in the wall,and after running through a number of nar-
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(252) UNDER DIFFERENT NATIONS 253 row old streets, will go out through anothergate into the Manila of to-day. Not long after this wall was finished, aDutch captain came with two ships to ManilaBay. He wished to trade with the natives.The Spaniards did not want him there, buthe would not go away. So by and by therewas a battle. One of the Dutch ships, theConcordia, was taken, and its captain andcrew were made prisoners. Six of these prisoners were only boys. Theywere put into convents to become priests.There were thirteen men, and the Spaniardssaid these men must die. But before theywere killed, they must declare that they be-lieved in the Catholic religion. Twelve of themen finally said they did, so they were buriedin a cemetery when they were put to death.But there was one man. Captain Biesman,who would not say it, and after he was killed,his body was thrown into the sea. All honor to brave Captain Biesman! Hesuffered and died for what he thought to beright; and we know that angels w

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