Having endured this a number of times and having made offers of peace, it finally became impossible to endure such insolence; and the governor had to send the master-of-camp, with seventy soldiers and several native leaders, by sea to fight with those Indians at their village, where they were waiting with twenty or thirty of their boats, with one or two culverins in each boat.  He set out (after having heard mass) on the day of the Feast of the Holy Ghost, which was the third of the month of June in the year above mentioned.  The master-of-camp, having embarked with the soldiers, arrived at the place where the enemy were assembled at twelve o’clock on that day.  When they saw that he was entering the port, they sailed out to attack him with their boats (which were, as I said, twenty or thirty in number), and with a great outcry began to fire their culverins and many arrows.  It was God’s will that they caused no injury to our forces.  Taking note of the order used by the enemy, the command was given for the Spaniards to fasten their boats by twos, and to row slowly toward the opposing forces.  When they were in close proximity, all the arquebusiers began to shoot and to cause injuries among the enemy—­who, not being able to endure the firing, which killed many of them, began to turn their backs and retreat to the land.  When the Pintados Indians who accompanied the master-of-camp saw the enemy in retreat, they threw themselves into the water in pursuit, and caused great slaughter among them; for they are bitter enemies of the natives of this island of Luzon.  And thus they attacked them on land, capturing all their boats and taking two hundred of the natives prisoners; and later they captured two or three hundred more.  On the land there were five or six culverins in a little fort, which was captured.  In this manner were routed those Indians, who had shown so much pride and had so little courage.  On the morning of the next day the master-of-camp came to the city with all the booty, and divided the prisoners as slaves among the soldiers, reserving a fifth for his Majesty.

A few days having passed in peace and rest, there came certain Indians who told the governor that in the province of Capanpanga there were many densely-populated rivers; and that most of the people thereon did not desire to have friendly relations with the Spaniards.  The master-of-camp had to go therefore upon this conquest with one hundred soldiers.  When he had entered the said province, some of the natives retired to forts which they had built, and tried to resist him.  He routed them, and took from them some culverins in their possession and they were left pacified.  While he was subjugating this province, there came news that two ships had arrived from Nueva Espana, sent by the viceroy Don Martin Enrriquez, with a reenforcement of one hundred soldiers, under the captaincy of Juan Lopez de Aguirre.  The governor thereupon ordered the master-of-camp to go to Panay, to send the said ships to this port of Manilla, and to bring back his wife, who was in Cubu.  In consideration of this service the first repartimiento in this island and a river called Bonbon was allotted to him.