Father Alonso Rodriguez held another mission in a little village called Ugyao, where he baptized twenty-eight persons, among whom was the wife of the chief of the village; she was afterward an instrument for the conversion of many.  He also sojourned in a village called Leite, whence he writes a letter to the father-visitor, which runs as follows:  “The lord bishop was greatly consoled at the aspect of this village.  The Indians seemed to him very tractable, and submissive to the things of our holy faith.  They are continually in the church, morning and evening, frequenting the services to such an extent that the time I spent there seemed like a jubilee.  I noticed among the chiefs much zeal in bringing me pagans that I might baptize them.  During this visit and the next that I made there, I baptized one hundred and thirty-seven persons, who were children and old people.  I was in Alangalang and was much pleased with the people there; indeed, everything in that island seemed to me to be from heaven.  I cannot sufficiently thank our Lord for the signal favor that He has granted me in bringing me to this land, and employing me in this Catholic ministry—­of which I feel myself most unworthy, often acknowledging this before our Lord, with tears and humiliation.  I regard it as most lavish pay for many faithful services that our Lord should consent to employ one in these missions, and that one may behold His mercy toward these new Christians.  I have just visited the people of Ugyao, and to live among them, enjoying the mercies which God conters upon them, seems to me like Paradise.”

Such is the father’s general account; I will illustrate the details by only two instances.  While a father was sojourning in one of those seacoast villages, there arrived in a little boat a solitary Indian, to the astonishment of all, as he had neither feet nor hands.  But God and his good angel aided him to steer the boat, and so he reached that place where the father was, and urgently asked him for baptism.  The reason for this was, that he had heard a Spaniard say that those who were not Christians went to hell.  The father baptized him with great satisfaction, and gave praises to our Lord that He had preserved this man on the sea, and had guided that little vessel and a man who was alone, and bereft of hands and feet.  There were some persons—­especially a Spaniard in whose charge he was—­who earnestly desired that a certain Indian should become a Christian.  This Spaniard sought to convert him by arguments and inducements, and by other efforts; but apparently he became steadily more hardened.  At that time one of our brethren chanced (although it was not without divine Providence) to speak to him of the things of heaven; and all at once that soul turned in earnest toward our Lord.  At his baptism the Spaniard acted as his godfather, and was much gratified at seeing his pious desire fulfilled.