men had been killed by the natives, and that twenty-one remained at “Tandaya in the Felipinas, at peace with the Indians;” that one of the small vessels had been shipwrecked and ten men drowned at the river of Tandaya; and other news.  The other letter was from the captain of the ship sent to New Spain, saying that he had set out too late to return to New Spain, and had taken the twenty-one men from Tandaya, and was going now in search of Villalobos.  Alvarado coasted among many of the islands meeting with various adventures.  He heard that in the “island of Zubu, there were Castilians living, since the time of Magallanes, and that the Chinese were wont to go thither to buy gold and certain precious stones.”  He returned on October 17 to Tidore where he found Villalobos and the other Castilians.  A detailed account of the adventures of one of the two small vessels sent to the Philippines follows.  Reunited at Tidore, the Spaniards began to repair the ship in order to return to New Spain.  Meantime Jorge de Castro was superseded by Jordan de Fretes, and a truce was arranged between the two nationalities.  A ship left Tidore May 16, 1545, for New Spain, but it was unable to get beyond range of the islands, and returned to Tidore October 3 of the same year.  The Spaniards began to desert to the Portuguese, arousing the suspicions of the king of Tidore.  The negotiations with the Portuguese and the discord among the Castilians are minutely detailed.  On February 18, 1546, those wishing to do so embarked in the Portuguese fleet, arriving at Ambon, where a number of them died, including Villalobos.  They left here on May 17, going by way of Java to India.  A list of the surviving members of the expedition concludes the relation. (Doc. ined.  Amer. y Oceania, tomo v, pp. 117-209.)

Expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi—­1564-68

    [Resume of contemporaneous documents, 1559-68.]

Illustrative Documents—­

    Warrant of the Augustinian authorities in Mexico establishing
    the first branch of their brotherhood in the Philippines; 1564. 
    Act of taking possession of Cibabao; February 15, 1565. 
    Proclamation ordering the declaration of gold taken from the
    burial-places of the Indians; May 16, 1565. 
    Letters to Felipe II of Spain; May 27 and 29, and June 1, 1565. 
    Letter to the royal Audiencia at Mexico; May 28, 1565
    Legazpi’s relation of the voyage to the Philippines; 1565.
     [35]Copia de vna carta venida de Seuilla a Miguel Saluador
     de Valencia; 1566. 
    Letters to Felipe II of Spain; July, 1567, and June 26, 1568. 
    Negotiations between Legazpi and Pereira regarding the Spanish
    settlement at Cebu.  Fernando Riquel; 1568-69.

Sources:  See Bibliographical Data at end of this volume.

Translations:  The resume of documents, 1559-69, is translated and arranged, by James A. Robertson, from Col. doc. ined.  Ultramar, tomo ii, pp. 94-475, and tomo iii, pp. v-225, 244-370, 427-463.  Of the illustrative documents, the first is translated by Reverend Thomas Cooke Middleton; the second and eighth by Arthur B. Myrick; the third and fourth by James A. Robertson; the fifth, sixth, and seventh by Alfonso de Salvio.