10.  Concerning the murder of a child by a father, or a father by a child, no precise information could be secured regarding the punishment, because all asserted that they never remembered such a murder to have happened.

11.  In case of the burning of any village or crops, if the incendiary was a chief, he paid for all the damage caused by the fire—­which the chiefs of such town and those nearest it determined—­according to the amount of the damage, even though they did not leave the chief who set the fire one mais of gold.  If the damage did not exceed his property, and he had some property left over, he retained it.  If the incendiary were a timagua, he was executed, and his goods were seized to repair the damage.  If these did not suffice to pay for it, they sold his wife and children as slaves, to pay for the said damage.

12.  Concerning thieves:  If the thief were a chief, he returned the plunder, and was fined in proportion to the theft, according to the opinion of one of the chiefs of the village, whom the other chiefs selected as judge for that purpose.  They say that they ordinarily appointed the oldest and the most intelligent.  The latter could moderate the penalty, which was divided between the judge and the other chiefs, the judge taking one half.

13.  If a timagua or slave committed a theft:  If the thief were a timagua, they compelled him to return his booty, and fined him according to the regulations of the preceding section.  If he had nothing with which to pay, they sold him in another village, in order to pay what he owed, as a penalty for the theft.  If the thief were a slave, his master paid for him, or delivered the said slave to the party, and he was soundly lashed.  If the owner of the said stolen goods caught the thief in the act of such robbery, he could kill or beat him without any penalty.

14.  As for the old men, old women, and witches who committed murders by any of their practices, when it was ascertained that they had killed any person with their witchcraft or tricks, the chief of their barangay, or of the barangay of the murdered man, could kill them with daggers if he pleased; and if these chiefs did not do this, any of the other chiefs could kill the criminals.  Their property was seized, and one half was given to the relatives of the murdered man, and the other half to him who executed the sentence upon such sorcerers and witches.

15.  Insulting words caused great anger among these natives, and it was considered a very grave offense, especially among the chiefs.  They fined the culprits in heavy sums therefor, inflicting this penalty in order not to cause murders, and in the following manner.  The insulted person and he who insulted him named a chief, who must be greater than those in the whole province, to hear this suit, who accepted and decided it.  If either of the two parties refused to conform to the agreement which the judge prescribed, there was a custom among them