A Gentleman of one of them was slaine by an Indian, rashly leaping on shoare. These Indians haue Iron Launces, with a head or tongue a handfull and halfe long. They haue also shields, Bowes and Arrowes. In making peace each man takes two or three drops of bloud of his arme or brest and mixe both in some Vessell together, which is drunke with Wine and Water. Many Paraos came to the Spaniards with a white flag in the Prow, in token of peace, and the Admiral erected the like in her Poope to signifie their leaue to enter. These Indians are clothed, but bare∣foot. The Spaniards demanded prouision, which the other promised, but gaue only to the Cap∣tayne a sucking Pigge and an Egge. These people are very timorous, perfidious, and therefore suspicious. The Ilands beare Hogges, Goats, Hennes, Rice, Millet, Potatoes, Pome-citrons, [ 10] Frisoles, Cocos, Plantans, and many sorts of Fruits. They weare Bracelets, and Earings, and Gold Chaines, and whithersoeuer the Fleet went, was shew of Gold in the Land, whereof they digge but for necessary vses: the Land is their Money bagge.
The Fleet departed hence, and two dayes after came to the Port of the Ile Tandoia, where a small Riuer enters; vp which they went in Boats, and came to a Towne called Camungo. There they were well entertayned, and had victualls set them: which whiles they were eating, an Indian spake some Spanish words, and asked for Antonie Baptista Villalobos, and Captaine Cabeça de Vaca: for which the Lord of the place was angrie with him, and hee appeared no more. The next day the Spaniards returning found them armed, threatning them if they came on shoare. They minding not to deale cruelly, Martin de Goyte was sent to discouer some conuenient har∣bour, [ 20] who saw the Citie Tandaya, and other Townes of other neere Ilands, and hauing gone six∣tie miles found the great Bay where was Cabalia a Towne well inhabited. Thither went the Fleet, and the Inhabitants fled. Onely Camatuan the sonne of Malataque a blind man, chiefe of that place, came to them, whom they detayned thinking thereby to get some prouision; but in vaine. He sent forth Souldiers which brought him fiue and fortie Hogs, leauing in lieu somwhat for exchange, and dismissing Camatuan, who had taught the Captaine the names of the neigh∣bouring Iles and of their Gouernours. Hee brought them to Mesagua two and thirtie miles off, and then was sent away apparelled and ioyfull. The Iland Masagua hath beene frequent, but then had but twentie Inhabitants, which would not see the Spaniards. They went to another Iland where the people were fled with their goods. Then went they to Butuan which is subiect [ 30] to the Ile Vindena or the Ilands Corrientes. The winde draue them to Bohol, where they ancho∣red. The next day they saw a Iunke and sent a Boat to it, which wounded some of their men. They had Arrowes and Lances and a Base, and two brasse Peeces. They cryed to the Spaniards abordo, abordo. The Spaniards sent out another Boat better fitted, which tooke eight, the rest were slaine or fled, hauing fought valiantly. In the Iunke they found white sheets painted, Silke, Almayzarez, Callicos, Iron, Tin, Brasse, and some Gold. The Iunke was of Borneo, and so were these Moores. All was restored (their intent being to get friends, and the Bur∣neois satisfied.
The Captaine sent the Saint Iohn to discouer the Coast of Butuan, and learne where the Ci∣namon was gathered, and to find some good Port in fit place to build. The Burneois told the [ 40] Captaine the cause of the Indians flight, that about two yeeres before some Portugals bearing themselues for Spaniards, had comne thither from the Molucas, and hauing made peace with them, set on them and slue aboue a thousand Indians, the cause of that depopulation. This the Portugals did to make the Spaniards odious, that if they came thither, they might not be admit∣ted. The Captaine sent a well furnished ship to search the Coast, which came to a place where the Borneo Gouernour said he had friends, and leaping on shoare hee was slaine of the Indians. The Saint Iohn returned from Buthuan, which said, they had seene the King, and two Iunkes of Moores in the Riuer at anker, and that the Iland was great and rich, and exchanged with them fine Gold for Testons, one for six in equall weight. They bought Wax of the Moores but had Earth inclosed in the Cakes; they also incensed the Indians against the Castilians, which would [ 50] haue made purchase of them, but were forbidden by the King. They said, they had there seene Wax, Cinamon, Gold, and other precious things.
On Easter Euen the other ship returned to their great ioy, which had thought her lost, hauing staid twentie dayes longer then her limited time. They had sailed about the Iland Igla the space of six hundred miles: and in their returne came to Subo a well peopled Iland, and plentifull of all things. The Captaine determined to goe thither to buy prouision, or else to force them. For Magelane had beene there; and the King, and most of the Inhabitants were baptised, and ac∣knowledged the Catholike King; Magelane also dying in their defence, and thirtie other Soul∣diers in Matan. They also had broken league and slaine some of Magelane Souldiers. On Fri∣day April twentie seuen, the Fleet arriued at the Port of Subo, and one came from King Tupas [ 60] to them, saying, that Hee with ten chiefe men would come to them. The Captaine expected them a whole day and the next, in which space the Ilanders hid their goods in the Woods. The third day the Captaine sent his brother Andrew and the Camp-master, to admonish the King in the Malayan tongue, to receiue them, as Vassals of the Spanish King. Which not succeeding, hee resolued to vse force. The Indians out of other Ilands had assembled together to the number of