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THE LAPULAPU SUPERSTITION SHOULD NOT BE OFFICIALIZED

THE LAPULAPU SUPERSTITION SHOULD NOT BE OFFICIALIZED
Guillermo Gómez Rivera
May 6, 2013
(2) LA SUPERSTICIÓN LAPULAPU. Del artículo de Trizer D. Mansueto del Inquirer del 26 de abril 2013. “Pigafetta escribió: “Viendo la situación era desesperada, Magallanes mandó a algunos de sus hombres que quemen...” las chozas de los naturales. “Por eso, se lanzaron todos hacia abajo sobre nosostros y tiraron contra la pierna izquierda del capitan con flechas envenenadas.” Con el veneno de culebras afectando su cuerpo, Magallanes ordenó la retreta. Sin embargo, la retirada venía ser lenta. Además de atajar la lluvia de lanzas de bambú, vadeando en botas sobre aquella costa Mactanense de lodo pudiera haber agravado la situación de los españoles. Esto dio a los “defensores” (los naturales) la oportunidad de atacarlos. Especificamente dirigiendo su atención a Magallanes, al que los naturales identificaron como el cabeza, “muchos se volvieron hacia ella haciendo que se cayese, dos veces, el casco...” Siguió Pigafetta: “Pero él, (Magallanes), quedó firme como un buen caballero... Así luchamos por más de una hora, rehusando retirarnos más atras...” Pero el fin le sobrevino a Magallanes: “Un indigena echó una lanza de bambú al rostro del Capitán, pero éste inmediatamente lo mató con su lanza.” Él queria desenvainar su espada, “pero antes de hacer eso :todos se echaron sobre él”. Y Trizer Mansueto, y no Pigafetta, concluye: “Herido por un machete, Magallanes cayó boca-abajo. NÓTESE QUE AQUI no hay NI UNA MENCIÓN de “Silapulapu” o “Calipulaco” en lucha contra MAGALLANES según Pigafetta. Hemos italizado lo escrito por Pigafetta. El resto es de Trizer Mansueto. Y por lo que se dice, es claro que se hizo UNA EMBOSCADA y no una batalla.
(2) THE LAPULAPU SUPERSTITION: From Trizer D. Mansueto’s, Inquirer, April 26, 2013, article: “Pigafetta wrote. "Finding the situation hopeless, (Magellan) sent some of his men to burn the natives” huts to terrify them. “So they charged down upon us that they shot the captain through the right leg with poisoned arrows.” With the snake venom taking its toll on his body, Magellan ordered a retreat. However, the pullback was slow. Besides fending off the raining bamboo spears, wading through the muddy shores of Mactan on boots must have also aggravated the situation of the Spaniards. This gave the defenders the chance to pounce on them. Specifically directing their attention at Magellan, whom the natives saw as the leader, “many turned upon him that they knocked his helmet … twice.” Pigafetta continued: “But he (Magellan) always stood firmly like a good knight … . Thus did we fight for more than an hour, refusing to retire farther.” The end finally came for Magellan. “An Indian hurled a bamboo spear on the captain’s face, but the latter immediately killed him with his lance.” He wanted to draw out his sword but before he could do this, the natives “all hurled themselves upon him.” And Trizer D. Mansueto, not Pigafetta, concludes: “Wounded by a kampilan or cutlass, Magellan fell face down. LET US PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF “SILAPULAPU” OR “CALIPULACO” fighting Magellan FROM PIGAFETTA. We have italicized all that Pigafetta wrote. The rest is written by Trizer Mansueto. And it is clear that the encounter was an AMBUSH. No such thing as a battle.
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Guillermo Gómez Rivera LAPULAPU was alrady an old man when Magellan arrived. The so-called Battle of Mactan was really an "Ambush at Mactan".
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