Here lies a nearly-extinct creek that played
an important role amidst the days of the Philippine Revolution. Long before the
Spaniards have reached and discovered the "Ciudad-Municipal de Pasig"
in the year 1573, a thriving Muslim community (Barangay) was already been
established along this creek, ruled by Rajah Lontok and Dayang Kalangitan of
the Sultanate-Kingdoms of Tondo and Namayan (The present-day Metro Manila).
The creek was given the name "Bitukang
Manok" (Tagalog for "Chicken Gut"), due to the serpentine shape
of its waterway. Among its early