But I can overthrow Silapalapa," ran the Matan chief's message, "if I can have your help.
The expedition arrived at Matan just before the dawn of the morning.
So he set out from Zubu to Matanat midnight, with sixty men, in corselets and helmets.
The massacre atMatan caused the Spaniards to lose credit in the eyes of the natives.
This chief had declared with native spirit that Matan would never submit to the Spanish King.
Warned by the natives of Cebú, those of Matan fled.
The inhabitants of Matan had always been hostile to the Spaniards, "saying that they would kill us, or at least would drive us away by hunger.
Meanwhile news came from Baybay, where many of the former inhabitants of Matan and Gavi had sought refuge, of hostile excursions against the town of Mandam, an ally and friend of the Spaniards.
An attempt to reduce Matan fails, except in irritating its people.
In the Matan districts there is an extensive and most valuable iron-mine, producing pure metal without any admixture of ore: it is fully equal in quality to the best Swedish iron.
There are no towns of any importance between Matan and Pontiana.
The city is no more than fifteen miles from the mouth of the rivers; its site is on the junction of the Matanand Landa rivers.
Matan belongs to the rajah of that name: he had the title of Rajah of Sukadana, until driven out of the latter place by the Dutch, seventeen years ago.
The campo China contains about two thousand souls, and lies on the left bank of the Matan river, abreast of the palace; the campo Buguese, on the right bank of the Landa; and the campo Malayu adjoins the palace.
Matan is under an independent rajah, who was formerly styled Sultan of Sukadana; but about seventeen years ago the Dutch burnt down his city.
Eden in describing the island ofMatan confuses the Pigafetta narrative.
At that point we entered a channel between two islands, one of which is called Matan and the other Subu.
From a post fluttered a banner of brown paper inscribed with the legend, Se matan lechonas (Little pigs kill themselves).
Near to the Island of Zebu is another island called Matan which had two chiefs, one of whom had recognized the authority of Spain, while the other having energetically resisted it, Magellan resolved to impose it upon him by force.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "matan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
