ricts; neither did the natives desert and flee to
the mountains; neither did he see or know of any such thing while
he was alcalde-mayor, or during the many months after that while
he resided in the said village." The following section treats of
the life of father Fray Pedro de San Joseph (whose family name was
Roxas) prior of Tandag in the time of the above troubles. He was
born in Manila (where he took the Recollect habit) April 21, 1621. He
achieved distinction in the study of moral and mystic theology. At the
completion of his studies he was sent to various villages to preach,
proving himself a successful preacher. In 1635 he was sent to the
island of Romblon, where he worked with good results in spite of the
hostile attempts of the Moros in that district. At the completion
of his term of service at Romblon he was sent to Tandag, where he
had to contend against the Spaniards themselves, on account of their
excesses toward the natives. After the demolition of his convent and
church he returned to Manila, arriving there on May 26, 1650. That
same year he was sent to Taytay in Calamianes, although he desired
to remain in retreat in Manila. His death occurred in the following
year at Manila, to which place he went as his last illness came on.]

Sec. VI

The insurrection in the village of Linao

257. It has been stated above that when the Dutch enemy came in the
year 48 to bombard Cavite, they had treated with certain Indian
chiefs, saying that they would return with a larger fleet in the
year 49. They gave the Indians to understand that they only would
treat them as their friends and not in the domineering manner of
the Spaniards, who (as the Dutch said) treat them as slaves; and
therefore they hoped to find the Indians prepared, so that, having
become well-inclined toward the Dutch power, they might be able to
free themselves from so heavy a bondage. That proposition continued
to spread from one to another; it was agreeable to them all because
of the liberty that it seemed to promise, although it was offensive
to many because it incited the natives to seditious movements. At
that time Don Diego Faxardo, governor of Manila, despatched a decree
ordering a certain number of carpenters with their wives and children
to go to that city from each one of the islands. The effects produced
by that mandate were especially fatal for the village of Palapac in
the island of Hibabao. For they refused to obey the governor, ki