10/21 On continuing the pursuit he met in Talacon a party too large to attack. At 7 A.M.of the 26th the town was again attacked by criminals, who killed the tax collector, and others who burnt some houses, among them that of the local presidente, and his stables, in which he lost two horses. I report this for your information." [255] Evidently tax collectors were not popular in Tarlac. I do not think that the people of the province would have committed such barbarities by themselves. For this reason the silence of General Macabulos is suspicious; to speak frankly, it encourages the rebels. |