In his place, Don Luis sent Captain Clavijo with orders to go on farther in order to discover the mines of the Ygolotes.  Although that captain left the province of Tuy in search of the Ygolotes, he turned back on the way, because he was assaulted by more than one thousand Indians.  The latter wounded his guide, Don Dionizio Capolo, very severely in the face; and it is reported that the captain was forced to return because he had no one to guide him.  After his arrival at the fort, it was determined that the entire camp should return to Manila, as they had no provisions and the soldiers were sick, without making any further efforts for the discovery of the Tuy Ygolotes.

In the year 607, when the Audiencia was governing, two chiefs of that province [Tuy] came to the house of Don Dionisio.  This man had been in all the above expeditions, where he had served with great fidelity.  He took the two chiefs to the Audiencia and said that those chiefs were coming to render homage to his Majesty, and wished to pay tribute, and would make others come.  This was regarded lightly, for the most part, although the Audiencia took care to make much of them and to feast them, in order to get news of their land from them.  Finally permission was granted to Don Dionisio to return with the chiefs to their land, in order that they might bring in more Indians who might wish to come.  He accomplished this so well, that he brought seventeen chiefs, whom he took to the Audiencia.  These were received with the same coldness as the two chiefs, and no more was given them, nor any interest in them displayed.  And inasmuch as a citizen encomendero came with the report that those chiefs were peaceful and belonged to his encomienda—­which was a notorious falsehood, as they lived more than forty leguas from his encomienda, and were hostile, as appeared but a few days ago—­this was sufficient completely to extinguish what little interest the Audiencia had displayed in the matter.

In order that the prevarication of the encomendero may be understood, it is to be noted that about one year ago, the inhabitants of the encomienda of this man and other fellow-citizens of his attempted to make an incursion into the land of these Tuy chiefs, under the leadership of three Spaniards; but the inhabitants of Tuy attacked them and killed more than one hundred, among whom were more than twenty chiefs and the Spaniards.  From that occurrence the encomendero’s falsehood is manifest, as well as the coldness and neglect of the Audiencia, although not of all that body.

Don Dionizio attests that he has gone to the province of Tuy sometimes with seven or eight Indians; and as they were acquainted with him in the past, and knew that he had entertained Chief Ybarat, they have received him very hospitably and entertained him.  They request him earnestly that some officer may go to protect them and receive their submission to his Majesty, and for fathers to teach them.  They