Zibu, in the Pintados, where he remained more than
four years, connected with the company which was in
Zibu, going out on all the armed expeditions which
occurred—namely, six times, against the
enemy from Mindanao, Caraga, and the Sanguiles, who
were robbing and harrying those regions, causing much
damage, death, and pillage. He was present at
the taking of the fort of Sagao and the islands of
Caraga, when the natives there rebelled, and refused
obedience to the king. He was one of the soldiers
who distinguished themselves, and climbed to the crest
of the ridge, until it surrendered, and many Indians
were captured, bringing the rebels back to the royal
obedience. On this occasion he received a wound
in the head, from the many stones which they threw.
He served at his own expense and voluntarily, on the
said occasions; and in the said garrison of Zibu he
performed watch and sentinel duty with the other soldiers.
He was present at the rebellion of the Japanese against
this city outside of its walls, and was one of those
who went out to fight against them in the year six
hundred and eight, and in that of six hundred and sixteen.
He was alferez of a Spanish company in this camp,
and served in that capacity in the post at Cavite,
for its protection and defense, when the Dutch had
come with six ships to the harbor mouth of Mariveles,
intending to enter the bay, at the time when Governor
Don Juan de Silva had gone with his royal fleet to
the strait of Sincapura. He was personally present
on the rampart of the curtains of the said fort, which
were breached at four points. He expended much
of his property, maintaining therewith a number of
soldiers of his company on account of the poverty
of the royal treasury. In the year six hundred
and eighteen, he was made captain of infantry of the
company which was in garrison in the said fort of
Cavite; and the next year he was made a second time
captain of another company of this camp, where he
served until it was disbanded. On many occasions
when the royal treasury was embarrassed, he has lent
it a great quantity of money. He is married to
Dona Augustina de Morales, legitimate daughter of
Captain Pedro Navarro and Dona Luisa de Morales, and
granddaughter of Captain Gaspar Ruiz de Morales, one
of the first conquerors and settlers of these islands,
prominent people of rank. During this time he
has rendered other services to your Majesty, all of
which appears more at length from his papers which
he has presented before me. Beside this, command
is given by a royal decree dated at Madrid on the
nineteenth of June, six hundred and twenty-six, countersigned
by Senor Don Fernando Rruiz de Contreras, to the effect
that in every possible way should be furthered the
work for the protection and aid of orphan children
and those lacking support, which was administered
and managed by Brother Juan Geronimo Guerrero in this
city, as that is so pious and charitable a cause,
and it is so necessary to secure its perpetuity and