for the mines, but is compelled to retreat, being assaulted by more than a thousand Indians.  In 1607 many chiefs from Tuy come to Manila and offer their submission to the Spaniards; but the Audiencia take no interest in the matter, and pass it by.  Later, those chiefs send requests to Manila for protection and religious instruction.  The richness and fertility of their country is described; and an interesting account is given of the gold-mines in the adjacent mountains, and the primitive mining operations conducted by the natives.  These are Igorrotes, of whose appearance and customs some mention is made.  As they are pagans, and lukewarm even in idolatry, it will be easy to make Christians of them.  There is great reason to believe that the Igorrote country abounds in gold.  To this account are appended several others bearing on this subject.  One of these relates the circumstances which induced Dasmarinas to explore Tuy; another is a copy of the warrant and instructions given to him by his father the governor.  These are followed by a curious document, apparently written by Vega on behalf of himself and others interested in the conquest of Tuy and the Igorrote gold country, and addressed to some high official in Spain—­perhaps Lerma, the favorite of Felipe iii.  It contains further stipulations, in matters affecting the interests of these parties.  A suitable reward shall be given, in the form of small shares in the galleon’s cargo, to the officers and men who serve in the expedition to Tuy; and these must be used only in certain specified ways.  These promoters ask for authority to appoint the officers and soldiers necessary as garrisons in the conquered country, and to fix the pay of these men, which shall be provided from the royal treasury.  If they have important despatches to send to Spain, they wish to send them directly from the Pacific coast of Luzon, rather than via Manila.  If they shall succeed in pacifying those barbarous tribes, they expect permission to allot those natives in encomiendas, at their own pleasure.  They also ask for commutation of the royal fifth of gold to one tenth.  Still another list of stipulations is given, also over Vega’s signature.  The promoters of the Tuy scheme demand that answer be made to it by return mail; otherwise, they will be released from all obligations.  The cost of this conquest should be borne by the royal treasury.  Vega commends himself and his associate—­some man of affairs—­as heads for this enterprise, and urges that the royal sanction be speedily given to it.  The boundaries of the province of Tuy are declared; and certain stipulations are made regarding the encomiendas to be allotted therein, also the authority to be granted to Vega, and the privileges to be accorded to the soldiers.