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. 36]

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tacked them with their troops, hardly a Sangley
could escape who did not perish either at their hands
or those of the Negrillos.
Up to the twenty-fourth of June the troops, both
cavalry and infantry, remained in active servicepartly to put an end to the remaining fugitives, partly to keep the retirade occupied in case of any disturbance in Manila, since it was a place near that
point to which the Sangleys resorted on such occasions. After that date the troops gradually withdrew,
his Lordship showing great kindness and many favors to the Pampangos. To those who had shared in
this exploit he granted exemption from paying tributes; and, honoring them by the confidence which
he had in their fidelity, he gave up to them on the
twenty-sixth the guard-room in the palace-with
which they left service well content and full of courage for greater enterprises.
Afterward, the regiments from Pangasinan and
Ylocos entered Manila, brought by General Don
Felipe de Ugalde. After they had been mustered
in Manila, so that the Sangleys could see the force
that had been provided against Cot-sen, they were
ordered to return to their own country so that they
could attend to the cultivation of their grainfields;
for, as they were nearest to us, they could easily be
summoned for an emergency. The same orders were
given to the Pampangos and to the men from the
provinces of Bay and Bulacan; also that they should
keep the picked and trained men separate, so that
these might be found ready without confusion or disturbance at the first warning.
The cavalry, a suitable number for 600 horses,
were finally assembled by General Don Francisco