The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 13]

1604-i605] CHIRINO'S RELATION 8I
goodly number of them received communion. Having fulfilled our obligations as to confession, we set
out to visit some of the pagan villages, in all of which
we found the people well disposed. Those who most
attended our preaching were the inhabitants of
Panglao, a small island almost adjoining this; all
the people came very willingly to hear about the
things of our holy faith, and soon began of their own
accord to build a church. As the first-fruits of Christianity there, we first baptized the sons of the chiefs,
in order that they might open the door for the others.
Their parents were greatly pleased at this, in token
of which they held a feast that same day, with dancing and other festivities. This little island we visited
again, at which time a considerable number of adults
as well as a hundred children received baptism. The
chiefs besought us to leave there someone who might
instruct them, that they might thus learn more
speedily all that was necessary. For this purpose we
took from the island their brightest boys, so that they,
after receiving instruction, might teach their people.
Thus we shall be able to supply, to some extent, the
great need of men from our Society, until our Lord
shall multiply our number. During a visit that was
made to the village of Lobo, an important event occurred which served to overthrow their errors and
remove some great fears with which the devil had
inspired them. An alguazil learned that in a little village near by there was a chief who kept in his house
many small horns and little jars full of charms, and
other instruments, which served for casting lots, for
determining if in sickness sacrifice should be made to
the devil, and for deciding other matters. Father Gabriel Sanchez resolved to go in person to take away