The First Historic "Cry" Occurred In: Balintawak

The First Historic “cry”
Occurred in Balintawak
Primary Evidence Secondary Evidence
Primary Evidence
+ Guillermo Masangkay’s The “Cry of
Balintawak” (August 26, 1896)
This version is written by the Katipunan
“On August 26th [1896-Z.], a big meeting was held
General Guillermo Masangkay. He is an in Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio Samson, then
eyewitness of the historic event and a childhood the cabeza of that barrio of Caloocan. Among those
friend of Bonifacio. According to him, the first who attended, I remember, were Bonifacio, Emilio
rally of the Philippine Revolution happened on Jacinto, Aguedo del Rosario, Tomas Remigio, Briccio
August 26, 1896 at Balintawak. Correspondingly, Pantas, Teodoro Plata, Pio Valenzuela, Enrique Pacheco,
and Francisco Carreon. They were all leaders of the
the date and site presented were accepted by
Katipunan and composed the board of directors of the
the preliminary years of American organization. Delegates from Bulacan, Cabanatuan, Cavite
government. Below is General Guillermo and Morong (now Rizal,) were also present.”
Masangkay’s version of the “Cry of Balintawak”.
Primary Evidence
+ An account by Guillermo Masangkay, a + In 1928, Gregoria De Jesus Napkil, widow
friend and fellow Katipunero of Andres of Andres Bonifacio, wrote a short
Bonifacio, recounted his experiences as a autobiography, entitled “Mga Tala ng Aking
member of the revolutionary movement. The Buhat”, where she stated, among the other
National Heroes’ Day and the construction of things, that the Cry of Balintawak took place
the “Monument to the Heroes of 1896” was on August 25, 1896 in Pasong Tamo,
based. He stated in his account that the “Cry” Caloocan. Oryang was revered as the muse,
happened on August 26, 1896 in Balintawak. Lakambini of the Katipunan.
His claim became more concrete when his
granddaughter Soledad Buehler-Borromeo saw
Masangkay’s papers, inside the papers it was
stated that the “Cry” did happen in Balintawak
on August 26, 1896
Secondary Evidence
+ According to cartographic researches, a rough + In 1943 map of Manila marks Balintawak
sketch or croquis de las operaciones practicadas in separately from Kalookan and Diliman. The sites
El Español showed the movements of Lt. Ros where revolutionary events took place are within
against the Katipunan on 25, 26, and 27 August the ambit of Balintawak. Upon conducting research
1896. The map defined each place name as sitio in the late 1920s on the toponym “Pugad Lawin”,
“Baclac”. In 1897, the Spanish historian Sastron went through the municipal records and the Census
mentioned Kalookan, Balintawak, Banlat and of 1903 and 1918, could not find the name, and
Pasong Tamo. The names mentioned in some concluded that “Isang… pagkakamali… ang
revolutionary sources and interpretations Daang sabihing mayroong Pugad Lawin sa Kalookan.”
Malalim, Kangkong and Pugad Lawin were not
identified as barrios. Even detailed Spanish and
American maps mark on Kalookan and Balintawak.
Secondary Evidence
+ The Cry of Rebellion in the Philippines happened Here are some reasons why Pugad Lawin is not
in August 1896. There are lot of controversies considered as the place of the ‘cry’.
puzzling the minds of the readers regarding the real
1. People of Balintawak initiated the revolution
place and date of this event. Some accounts
against the Spaniards that is why it is not
pointing directly to Balintawak are associated with
appropriate to call it ‘Cry of Pugad Lawin’.
'The Cry’. Lt. Olegario Diaz of the Spanish Civil
Guards wrote in 1896 that the event happened in 2. The place Pugad Lawin only existed in 1935 after
Balintawak, which corroborates the accounts of the the rebellion happened in 1896. Lastly,
historian Gregorio Zaide and Teodoro Kalaw. 3. The term ‘Pugad Lawin’ was only made up
[citation needed] On the other hand, Teodoro because of the hawk’s nest at the top of a tall tree
Agoncillo based his account from that of Pio at the backyard of Tandang Sora in Banlat, Gulod,
Valenzuela that emphasized Pugad Lawin as the Kaloocan where it is said to be one of the hiding
place where the ‘cry’ happened. places of the revolutionary group led by Andres
Bonifacio.
Sources:
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/ateneo-de-davao-university/philippine-histo
ry/lecture-notes/cry-of-balintawak-or-pugad-lawin/8599383/view
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Pugad_Lawin
https://www.coursehero.com/u/file/46697084/JTA-Position-Paperpdf/?justUnlocked
=1#related
The exact event that transpired
during the Battle of Tirad Pass

Primary Evidence
Telesforo Carrasco who witness the death Diary of Telesforo Carrasco
of the Boy General Gregorio del Pilar.
+There was an eyewitness account to “We saw the Americans climbing up, only fifteen meters
away, whereupon the soldiers started firing again. The general
what had really happened to the “Boy could not see the enemy because of the cogon grass and he
General” during the first few moments ordered a halt to the firing. At that moment I was handling
of the battle, and it appears in the diary him a carbine and warning him that the Americans were
directing their fire at him and that he should crouch down
of Telesforo Carrasco, one of Goyo‘s because his life was in danger — and at that moment he was
men. Here it is, translated from the hit by a bullet in the neck that caused instant death. I myself
was also hit by a bullet in the hat that caused me no damage.
original Spanish by none other than On seeing that the general was dead, the soldiers jumped up
National Artist for Literature, Nick as if to flee but I aimed the carbine at them saying I would
blow the brains off the skull of the first to run, whereupon the
Joaquín. body of the general was being removed to the next trench…"
Secondary Evidence
August 10, 2018 by Pepe Alas

+ It is safe to assume that Carrasco’s eyewitness
account of Goyo’s death is believable because
Carrasco never intended to have his diary published
in the first place. And he had no beef with the young
general. Carrasco, although a Spaniard, was loyal to
his Filipino allies, to the president, and to our
country. He was not a writer. He must have kept a
diary just to keep his mind busy, to fight boredom,
during those lonely days of trekking and hiding from
their pursuers. It was his children who had his diary
published after his death. They commissioned Nick
Joaquín to translate it into English.
Source:
https://pepealas.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/the-battle-of-tirad-pass-myt
h-and-reality/?fbclid=IwAR2CZoqB3SoJp9TV-k_vlVf5-8lOeitZ7e0R0
MtMjE0qGNdLl_ra7oEO3SQ
The first man who to circle the
globe is Ferdinand Magellan

Primary Evidence
Detail of a 1590 map showing the Victoria, the only ship from
the armada to successfully circumnavigate the earth.
• The Book of Duarte Barbosa: Including
the coasts of Malabar, eastern India,
further India, China, and the Indian
archipelago, Book by Duarte Barbosa and
Ferdinand Magella
• Journal of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage
around the world in 1522, written by
Antonio Pigafetta, Italian gentleman from
Vincenza who survived the trip.
Secondary Evidence
The First Voyage around the World (1519-1522): An
Account of Magellan's Expedition (Lorenzo Da Ponte
Antonio Pigafetta journal “First Voyage
Italian Library) Paperback – November 4, 2019
Around the World
+ On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville
In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, leading an expedition for what was to become the first circumnavigation of
of five ships and over 270 men, set sail from Spain the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain,
in search of the Spice Islands. Three years later, one Magellan, much of the expedition is known through
ship returned to port with just 18 men. Magellan the travelogue of one of the few crew members who
was not among the survivors, having been killed in returned to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta. A narrative and
the Philippines. But the remainder of his party, cartographic record of the journey (including 23
quite inadvertently, had been first to circumnavigate hand-drawn watercolour charts) from Patagonia to
the world.
Indonesia, from the Philippines to the Cape of Good
Hope, Pigafetta's The First Voyage around the World
is a classic of discovery and exploration literature.
Source:
https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/magellan-circumnavigation-
earth
The last Filipino General to Surrender
to the Americans is Simeón Ola

Primary Evidence
Col. Fausto Ola, the hero’s eldest son, and his Said historian Pio Arsenio Mariño Labanan,
brother Thomas have been convincing people chair of the town’s Cultural Heritage and
that their father should be remembered for his Arts.
bravery and love of country worthy of
“Ola had a prolonged resistance against the
emulation and for being the last general to Americans because of his love for Bicol and for
surrender, not Malvar. the whole country,”.
Secondary Evidence
Philippine History: The Philippine
Insurrection (1899-1913)
Simeon Arboleda Ola was the man who has the record in the history as the
last general to surrender in the American Forces. He was born in
Guinobatan, Albay on September 2, 1865. He was the son of Vicente Ola
and Apolonia Arboleda. And because he was the man with critical and
imaginative mind, he studied Philosophy at University of Nueva Caceres
in Naga City. But on 1896, he stopped his studies and joined the local
branch of the Katipunan in his hometown, the province of Albay and later
became a leader. With the help of a parish priest, Father Carlos Cabido,
Ola was able to acquire arms to support his men.
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