Provenance: Provenance: A gift from Mr. Abraham Luspo, from the collection of Misamis Governor Manuel Corrales

Literature: Literature: Cristobal, Adrian. The Tragedy of the Revolution. Studio 5 Publishing, Makati. 1997. p. 91.

ABOUT THE WORK

Filed by a correspondent only known as D. A. Navarro, the newspaper supplement details significant locations of the first days of the Philippine Revolution of 1896. On August 25, the map traces the route of the guardia civil under a certain Lt. Ros from Caloocan to Tutuban to Gagalangin, from there to La Loma and then to “Balintauac” (Balintawak). On the following day, August 26, the guardia civil actually engage the rebels at the bridge over the river at “Baclac” (sic Banlat), near Camino Pasong Tamo. On August 27, a column of Spanish reinforcements under the officer Aguirre makes a reconnaissance mission along the same route looking for the rebels. It also reveals where “five prisoners were taken.” The maps contain the names of historic locations and puts them in a context that is still familiar to us to this day. The loyal Katipunero Apolonio Samson gave food and shelter to his fellow members here. He lived in Kangkong in Balintawak. So did Melchora Aquino, nicknamed “Tandang Sora,” the mother of Katipunero Juan Ramos. A thousand members of the KKK took shelter on her property from August 24 to 26—and she would pay dearly for this love of country. The actual “Cry of Pugad Lawin,” as Pio Valenzuela remembered it, was the wooded hill or “peak” near Tandang Sora’s place.