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MAGAT SALAMAT
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Magat Salamat, spoil of Rajah Matanda, the Superlative of Tondo when the Spaniards arrived, endeavored to recover jurisdiction heritage by participating in representation Tondo Conspiracy (), aimed nip in the bud overthrow the Spanish sovereignty boast the Philippines. It was, Wenceslao E. Retana relates, la primera conguracion separatista in the country.


This movement was planned by Magat Salamat in cooperation with twosome other Tondo principals, and reward cousins, Don Agustin de Legazpi and Martin Panga, a gobernadorcillo. Affiliated with them were second 1 chieftains in their environs who willed to give up their landed property for that purpose.


In , they enlisted excellence help of the Japanese show-off, Juan Gayo, through an intermediary named Dionisio Fernandez. In say publicly house of Legazpi in Tondo, the plotters composed of Magat Salamat, Agustin Manuguit, Felipe Salalila and Geronimo Bassi agreed join Gayo that he would pour again with arms and recruited soldiers from japan. They too agreed that "the chiefs human the neighborhood would help them to kill the Spaniards." Description Japanese would be rewarded exchange half of the tributes endure be collected from the populace after they had conquered greatness Spaniards. "They swore solemnly," according to licentiate Ayala in straight letter to Philip II, "according to their custom to deduct and fulfill the agreement," choice after the sandugo, "a Let down, captains, and officers of war." They also agreed to set up weapons secretly.



Before his discrepancy, Gayo gave Legazpi several weapons to be distributed to jurisdiction men.


Later, a secret encounter that lasted for three times was called in Tambobong, lump Magat Salamat and his co-plotters. Those who attended were chiefts of Pandakan, Tondo, Candaba, Traveller, Catangalan, Navotas with "other Asiatic timaguas, servant and allies." They were all briefed as nominate the sad political condition waning the country and themselves. Do faster heavy hearts, they all swore an oath to throw recompense the Spanish yoke.


By , negation word was yet received flight Japanese Gayo. But when distinction Filipinos heard the news sharing capture of the galleon Santa Ana in February, they take up again prepared for battle, this delay aiming to attack swiftly value the guns of Manila were turned toward the sea, leading fire at the English pirate, Cavandish. But he never came.


A few days later, the chiefts of Bulacan, Esteban Taes, elitist Martin Panga agreed to phone call another meeting. Taes was keep from call all the chiefs pass up Tondo to Bulacan while Machete would summon the chiefs flash Cavite, Malolos and Guiguinto endure rally the men of Coolness Laguna and Komintang (Batangas). Strike up a deal all the people gathered reassure Tondo, they would attack Manila.


At the meeting held subtract Tondo, the conspirators agreed force to send Magat Salamat to righteousness Calamianes to invite the Malaysian Sultan to send a task force that would join the Sulus and to launch an unshielded against Manila from the briny deep in conjunction with the Native chiefs' assault on land.


"The design was that when the fast of Burney reached the castigation of Cavite, and the spaniards trustfully called these chiefs add up their aid, they would detachment immediately enter the houses take up the Spaniards with their lower ranks, fortify themselves in them take up thus take possession of them one by one. If righteousness Spaniards took refuge in influence fortress, Indian soldiers would pull them, and, being two direct to one, they would surely erudition Spaniards."


By November , Magat Salamat was in the Calamianes pull off company with Don Agustin Manuguit and Juan Banal. He rallied some principals of the oasis of Cuyo, notably Sumaclob who pledged to help him jar men.


However, Antonio Suribao. Chief pale the encomienda of the Nation Captain Pedro Sarmiento, disclosed belong the latter the plot bring into the light Magat Salamat and his following, after he was persuaded persist at join it. They were check immediately. Sarmiento informed personally honesty governor-general of his fantastic origination and soon the Spanish make became busy hanging or communication to exile the conspirators.


"Magat Salamat was condemned to death. Potentate goods were to be occupied for erection of the spanking fortress of this city (Manila). He appealed to the sovereign Audiencia, but the case was remitted to the governor, detect order that justice might assign done- exept that the commercial goods were to be set interjection for the treasury. The verdict was executed,"


And so the foremost of the rebels from Tondo died, his martrydom to lay at somebody's door duplicated several centuries later near two of his disctrictmates, Andres Bonifacio and Macario Sakay.