This book will help to establish the fact that it has been erroneous to teach American diplomatic history as a series of incidents belonging to a particular administration, a particular President, a particular Secretary of State or a particular diplomatic agent. Rather, American diplomatic history should be understood as a continuum of interests centered about the North Atlantic and always essentially related to a European context.
Americans and the American government were not isolationist minded in their policies in the mid-nineteenth century. There were broad outlines and objectives for which the American government and its representatives abroad constantly worked ; these activities did involve the United States in the affairs of other nations ; and these objectives can be discerned in studying the daily activities of the Belgian Legation from 1830 to 1850.
Introduction 11
Chapter 1
Lolo Edward "Bante" Primo, the Mambonong 15
Chapter 2
Lolo Nardo Bato 49
Chapter 3
Lolo Saturnino W. Dino 69
Chapter 4
Lola Agustina Etop 79
Chapter 5
Lola Rosita Milliano 99
Chapter 6
Lolo Marcial Monang 115
Chapter 7
Lolo Melanio Billit 149
Chapter 8
Lola Lucia Puga 159
Chapter 9
Lola Juana Willy 167
Glossaries 175
Nabaloy terms 175
Nabaloy terms for rituals 190
Animals, birds, reptiles, insects 194
Kabunians, spirits and personalities in stories 196