Blood Compact Between Sikatuna and Legaspi

Location: Tagbilaran City, Bohol  
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Former status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1941

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

BLOOD COMPACT BETWEEN SIKATUNA AND LEGASPI

ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MARCH 1565, CAPTAIN GENERAL MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGASPI’S FLEET ANCHORED ALONG THIS SHORE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, LEGASPI MANIFESTING TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE ISLANDERS, ENTERED INTO A BLOOD COMPACT WITH DATU SIKATUNA FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSURING FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SPANIARDS AND THE NATIVES. A FEW DROPS OF BLOOD DRAWN FROM A SMALL INCISION IN THE ARM OF EACH OF THE TWO CHIEFS WERE PLACED IN SEPARATE CUPS CONTAINING WINE, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FOLLOWERS OF BOTH, EACH CHIEF DRANK THE POTION CONTAINING THE BLOOD OF THE OTHER. THUS, DURING THIS PERIOD OF COLONIZATION, A BOND WAS SEALED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIVE PRACTICE, THE FIRST TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE BETWEEN SPANIARDS AND FILIPINOS.

Current status: Delisted

Basis of delisting: Resolution No. 04, S. 2005 – Adopting the recommendation of the Panel resolving the Site of Blood Compact between Sikatuna and Legazpi

Delisted by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Date delisted: 2005

Ang Sandugo

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

Location: Loay, Bohol (Region VII)

Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site

Status: Level II - Hisotrical marker
Marker date: 2006

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG SANDUGO

SA LOOK NG HINAWANAN, LOAY, NAGANAP ANG SANDUGO SA PAGITAN NINA MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI AT DATU SIKATUNA NG BOHOL SA LOOB NG BARKONG SAN PEDRO NG ESPANYA, 25 MARSO 1565. ISINAGAWA SA PAMAMAGITAN NG PAG-INOM NG ALAK NA INIHALO SA DUGO MULA SA HIWA SA DIBDIB NG DALAWANG PINUNO. NAGING SIMULA NG PAGKAKAIBIGAN NG MGA ESPNAYOL AT MGA BOHOLANO AT KRISTIYANISASYON NG PULO.