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The Philippines a Century Hence

Note 1 — Jagor’s Prophecy

Charles E. (Charles Edward) Derbyshire translation

An encomendero was a Spanish soldier who as a reward for faithful service was set over a district with power to collect tribute and the duty of providing the people with legal protection and religious instruction. This arrangement is memorable in early Philippine annals chiefly for the flagrant abuses that appear to have characterized it.

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