in the land, to consider their resources. They
were of the opinion that the said pacification thus
commenced should not be abandoned, that those Indians
who were acting so shamelessly should be punished,
and that the said pacification be prosecuted at the
cost of the estate of the said Estevan Rodriguez,
which was pledged for it. With the requisite promptness,
the said governor appointed Don Joan Ronquillo, general
of the galleys, to finish the said pacification, giving
him a sufficient force of men and war-material for
the purpose. While he was preparing to make this
expedition, Captain Toribio de Miranda was despatched
before him, with news of the coming of Don Joan Ronquillo
with assistance and a sufficient force to bring the
undertaking to an end; and to encourage them by showing
them how little hardship they still had to undergo,
and that they should by no means stir from their position.
Although this message was despatched with the greatest
celerity, when he arrived at the port of La Caldera
in the said island, which is forty leagues from the
river of Mindanao, he met there the whole camp and
fleet of Mindanao, which was coming to this city,
after having burnt their fort. The said Captain
Toribio de Miranda, with the orders which he bore,
detained them and made them return to the river of
Mindanao, where Don Joan Ronquillo arrived with his
fleet and army after a few days; upon disembarking,
he began to bring about some good results. At
this time a fleet arrived from the neighboring Terrenate
to help the Mindanaos, who had sent there for assistance.
These were eight hundred men under the leadership
of an uncle of the king of Terrenate, who entered
the river of Mindanao where the Spanish camp was pitched.
At a distance of two leagues from it he disembarked
and built a fort and cavalier, without being disturbed.
When this was discovered by the Spaniards, he was
attacked by them by land and water at once, on November
15. They besieged the enemy’s fort and fleet,
and not only the whole fort but the fleet was won,
with some artillery and the loss of many men on the
enemy’s side, without the loss of any Spaniards.
In this encounter the general of the fleet from Terrenate
was killed. This victory was a very important
one, and with it the whole island of Mindanao lost
courage and were awed. The island was surrendered
peacefully, and is peaceful today. They acknowledged
obedience to our sovereign, the king, whereupon the
robberies and injuries which the Terrenatans were
accustomed to commit in the provinces of the Pintados,
who are your Majesty’s vassals, have ceased.