B OU N D T O D A P I TA N

JULY 14, 1892

• 10:00 IN THE EVENING WAS JOSE RIZAL’S SCHEDULE TO
LEAVE FORT SANTIAGO.
• 1:00
IN THE MORNING JOSE RIZAL BOARDED THE
FERRYBOAT “CEBU” BOUND TO DAPITAN.
• THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP GAVE HIM PRIME CABIN MARKED AS
“JEFES” WHICH MEANS COMMANDING OFFICER.
 JULY 17, 1982
• THE FERRY BOAT “CEBU” ARRIVED IN
DAPITAN.
• HE MET RICARDO CARNICERO WHO
OFFERED HIM TO LIVE EITHER IN HIS BUST OF DR. RICARDO CARNICERO
HOUSE OR AT JESUIT MISSION HOUSE. – CLAY MADE IN DAPITAN, BY: JOSE
RIZAL (1892 - 1893)
LIFE IN DAPITAN
• RIZAL CARRIED A LETTER
FROM THE SUPERIOR OF
THE JESUIT SOCIETY OF
THE PHILIPPINES, FATHER
PABLO PASTELLS. THE
SAID LETTER IS TO BE
GIVEN TO THE JESUIT
PARISH PRIEST IN
DAPITAN, FATHER FATHER PABLO PASTELLS FATHER ANTONIO OBACH

ANTONIO OBACH
• IN THE LETTER, THE SUPERIOR SAID THAT RIZAL COULD STAY AND
LIVE IN THE PARISH , BUT THERE ARE CONDITIONS PROVIDED:
1. THAT RIZAL PUBLICLY RETRACT HIS ERRORS CONCERNING
RELIGION, AND MAKE STATEMENTS THAT WERE CLEARLY PRO-
SPANISH AND AGAINST REVOLUTION.
2. THAT HE PERFORM THE CHURCH RITES AND MAKE A GENERAL
CONFESSION OF HIS PAST LIFE.
3. THAT HENCEFORTH HE CONDUCT HIMSELF IN AN EXEMPLARY
MANNER AS A SPANISH SUBJECT AND A MAN OF RELIGION.
• RIZAL DID NOT AGREE WITH THESE CONDITIONS.
THEREFORE, RIZAL DECIDED TO STAY AT THE PLACE OF
CAPTAIN RICARDO CARNICERO. CAPTAIN CARNICERO
WHO IS THE WARDEN THAT ASSIGNED TO LOOK AFTER
RIZAL BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.
•  JOSE RIZAL DECIDED TO STAY TO STAY AT THE HOUSE OF RICARDO CARNICERO WHERE
HE WAS TOLD TO OVERSEE HIS ACTIVITIES DAILY. HE ORDERED HIS PEOPLE TO
CLOSELY OBSERVE RIZAL.

• RIZAL WAS GIVEN FREEDOM TO GO ANYWHERE AND EVEN PERMITTED TO CULTIVATE

THE LAND NEAR THE PLAZA.

• AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, RIZAL IS REPORTING TO THE CAPTAIN.

• THE CAPTAIN WAS DELIGHTED WITH RIZAL’S FINE PERSONALITY AND QUALITY AS A
PERSON.

• RIZAL ALSO ADMIRED THE KIND AND GENEROUS SPANISH CAPTAIN.

JULY 25, 1982
• RIZALWROTE TO HIS MOTHER IN HONG KONG ABOUT HIS EXILE IN
DAPITAN.
“IN THESE DAYS OF LACK OF COMMUNICATION, TRAVEL, AND
DEPORTION, I’M GREATLY WORRIED THINKING OF YOU, AND FOR THIS
REASON I HASTEN TO WRITE TO YOU TO TELL YOU THAT I AM WELL HERE
AS IF I WERE ON A VACATION IN THIS POLITICOMILITARY DISTRICT. I DON’T
MISS ANYTHING EXCEPT MY FAMILY AND FREEDOM.”
AUGUST 26,1892
• RIZAL COMPOSED A POEM FOR HIS COMMANDANT’S BIRTHDAY.
AUGUST 30,1892
• RICARDO CARNICERO INFORMED GOVERNOR GENERAL EULOGIO
DESPUJOL THAT JOSE RIZAL WANTED REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
BUT DOES NOT WANT FRIARS TO BE EVICTED.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1892

• CAPT.CARCINERO SUBMITTED ANOTHER REPORT TO GOV.
GENERAL DESPUJOL INFORMING HIM ABOUT REFORMS, THESE
WERE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND OF THE PRESS.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1982
• RIZAL WON IN MANILA LOTTERY.
• INFORMANT OF THE SAID EVENT USED THE MAIL BOAT “BUTUAN” TO REACH
DAPITAN.

• LOTTERY TICKET NUMBER 9736 WON SECOND PRIZE AMOUNTING TWENTY

THOUSAND PESOS.

• THE LOTTERY TICKET WHICH WAS NOT OWNED BY RIZAL BECAUSE IT WAS
JOINTLY OWNED BY HIM, CAPTAIN CARNICERO AND FRANCISO EQUILOR A
RESIDENT OF DIPOLOG.
• PHP 20,000 WAS DIVIDED TO THE 3 OF THEM, SO PHP 6,200 WAS THE AMOUNT
GIVEN TO EACH OF THEM IN WHICH RIZAL USED TO:
1. GAVE THE AMOUNT OF PHP 2,000 TO HIS FATHER WHO WAS STILL IN HONG
KONG.
2. GAVE THE AMOUNT OF PHP 200 TO HIS FRIEND BASA, WHO WAS BASED IN HONG
KONG.
3. THE REST HE INVESTED THRU PURCHASING A PIECE OF LAND IN TALISAY TO
BUILD HIS TREE HOUSES, ONE SQUARE TYPE MADE OF BAMBOO, ANOTHER
HEXAGONAL TYPE MADE OF WOOD AND THE LAST WAS OCTAGONAL SHAPE
MADE OF NIPA.
• JANUARY 1893, JOSE RIZAL
TOLD RICARDO CARNICERO
TO STAY IN HIS OWN HOUSE.
RIZAL’S HOUSE WAS
COMPLETED MARCH WHERE
WAS ABLE TO CULTIVATE
LANZONES, MANGO,
MACOPA, LANGKA, SANTOL,
MANGOSTEEN AND COCOA
TREES.
 CASA REDONDA
PIQUEÑA
• CASA REDONDA PIQUEÑA IS A
REPLICA OF THE HEXAGONAL
POULTRY OF RIZAL. RESTORED
TO ITS ORIGINAL HEXAGONAL
FORM WITH SIMILAR MATERIALS
AS THE OTHER HUTS, THE
POULTY HOUSE IS BIG ENOUGH
TO ACCOMMODATE A FEW
DOZEN CHICKENS.
RIZAL AS A TEACHER
• CASA CUADRADA IS
A REPLICA OF THE
PUPILS’ CLASSROOM.
• RIZAL ESTABLISHED IN DAPITAN A SCHOOL. IT BEGAN WITH 3
PUPILS WHO INCREASED TO 16 AND EVENTUALLY 21.

• HE DIDN’T ASK THE STUDENTS FOR PAYMENT BUT INSTEAD ASK

THEM TO HELP IN HIS PROJECTS, FARMS AND GARDEN.

• HE TAUGHT THEMSPANISH, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND HOW TO

WORK.

• HIS CLASS STARTED AFTER LUNCH UNTIL 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON

•IN HIS LETTER TO BLUMENTRITT, HE ONCE SAID:
“ONE CAN JUDGE THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR STUDY
WHEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR ME;
THEY WORKED IN ORDER TO STUDY.”
RIZAL AS A PHYSICIAN
CASA REDONDA
•A REPLICA OF THE OCTAGONAL CLINIC
OF RIZAL. RECONSTRUCTED WITH
SIMILAR MATERIALS AS THE MAIN
HOUSE, IT NOW STANDS AS A REMINDER
OF THE NUMEROUS MEDICATIONS
PERFORMED BY RIZAL DURING HIS EXILE
IN DAPITAN. IT WAS ALSO HERE WHERE
HE REMOVED HIS MOTHER’S CATARACTS.
•  HE PRACTICED MEDICINE IN DAPITAN AND GAVE THE PEOPLE FREE
MEDICINES.

• AUGUST 1893 - HER MOTHER, HER SISTER TRINIDAD AND HIS

NEPHEW ANGELICA ARRIVED IN DAPITAN. THEY LIVED WITH HIM
FOR ALMOST ONE AND A HALF YEAR.

• HE OPERATED SUCCESFULLY THE EYES OF HIS MOTHER.

• HE HAD MANY PATIENTS NOT ONLY IN DAPITAN BUT FROM THE
NEIGHBORING TOWNS AS WELL.
 CASITAS DE
SALUD
• REPLICAS OF THE HOSPITAL
HOUSES OF RIZAL AND
COMPOSED OF TWO LITTLE HUTS
WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 70
SQUARE FEET. EACH HUT, ONE
FOR MALE AND THE OTHER FOR
FEMALE, COULD ACCOMMODATE
TWO PATIENTS.
• THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN WENT TO HIS
CLINIC AND REMOVED HIS CATARACT WHERE HE WAS PAID PHP 500.
THE MONEY HE RECEIVED WAS USED TO PUT UP LAMPS IN THEIR
STREETS.

• WHEN HIS MOTHER LEFT WITH TRINIDAD, HIS TWO SISTERS MARIA
AND NARCISA TOGETHER WITH HIS NEPHEWS ARRIVED IN DAPITAN.

• UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FATHER COULD NOT TRAVEL TO DAPITAN

BECAUSE OF HIS DETORIATING CONDITION.
• RIZAL TOLD BLUMENTRITT IN A LETTER THAT HIS FATHER
“WAS GROWING WEAKER AND WEAKER BY THE DAY”

• TO HIS SISTER JOSEFA HE SAID:

“TELL OUR FATHER THAT I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM; I HOPE WE
SHALL SEE ONE ANOTHER VERY SOON. KISS HIM THE HAND FOR ME.”
RIZAL AS A SCIENTIST
• RIZAL FOUND MINDANAO AS A RICH VIRGIN FIELD FOR
COLLECTING SPECIMENS. TOGETHER WITH HIS STUDENTS THEY
EXPLORED ON JUNGLES AND COASTS TO SEEK FOR SOME
SPECIMENS WHICH WILL BE SENT TO EUROPE AND IN RETURN THE
EUROPEAN SCIENTIST WILL SEND THEM SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.

• DURING HIS 4-YEAR STAY IN DAPITAN, HE WERE ABLE TO BUILT UP A

RICH COLLECTION OF ONCOLOGY WHICH CONSISTS OF 346 SHELLS
REPRESENTING 203 SPECIES
•HE WAS ABLE TO DISCOVER RARE SPECIES NAMED
AFTER HIM. THESE WERE THE:
1.FLYING DRAGON (DRACORIZALI)
2.SMALL BEETLE (APOGONIA RIZALI)
3.TOAD (RACHOPHOROUS RIZALI)
 RIZAL AS A
BUSINESSMAN
•  RIZALENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH RAMON CARREON.
• THETWO MADE PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN FISHING,
COPRA, AND HEMP INDUSTRIES.
• HEMP INDUSTRY WAS RIZAL’S MOST PROFITABLE
BUSINESS, HE MENTIONED IT ON HIS LETTER TO
BLUMENTRITT.