at its contact the dying man returned to his senses, confessed very
slowly, and received the other sacraments with fervor; and had even
twenty-four hours left in which to bewail the carelessness of his life,
as he did. All held that event as a miracle worked by St. Nicholas,
for whom the sick man and the religious had great devotion.

265. That fatal news having reached the city of Manila, a general
revolt was feared as in the former year of 1631, when our churches
were burned, our convents pillaged, our sacred images profaned,
and our ministers seized and killed. In consideration of that,
Governor Don Diego Faxardo sent Captain Gregorio Dicastillo to
Tandag with a small band of Spanish infantry to join Bernabe de la
Plaza, alcalde-mayor and captain of that fort, so that they might
try all means to reduce the insurgents. They went to Butuan where
they established their military headquarters. A general pardon was
published with the warning that those who did not submit would bring
upon themselves the full rigor of the war. But many of the Indians who
presented themselves were hanged, and there were very few of those who
descended the mountains to surrender who were not made slaves. The
very persons who were under greatest obligation to fulfil the word
that they had given in the name of their king broke that word.

266. Our whole convent of Linao was consumed by fire, except
two chalices and some vestments from the sacristy, which three
Indians were able to carry out. They presented themselves with it,
thinking that they would thereby secure their freedom; but they were
immediately thrown under the heavy yoke of slavery. With such acts
of injustice, although the rebels were subdued by that expedition,
their hearts were more obstinate than ever. The city of Manila and
its environs were full of slaves. The Butuan chiefs who were the
mirror of fidelity, suffered processes, exiles, and imprisonments;
and although they were able to win back honor, it was after all their
property had been lost. Some heedless individuals blame the superior
officials with what their inferiors have done, and the excesses and
abuses of others are considered to be done by the influence of the
superiors. But the uprightness and honesty of the royal Audiencia
of Manila can be seen in what they did. For after two years of
imprisonment of one of the Indians whom that expedition prosecuted,
his property was confiscated. Another was tortured and condem