and allowed these to pass them without any
harm. About five o'clock in the afternoon they came in sight of the
camp; and, in order not to divide the merit of the exploit with the
Spaniards--who, as they knew, were to go thither at daylight--they
would not wait until the daylight watch as they had planned. Without
taking any rest and unarmed they closed with the Sangleys who numbered
some 1,500 men; and in two assaults they routed the enemy without any
loss save a captain of their nation who fell dead, and some soldiers
who were wounded. The Sangleys left in their camp more than sixty dead
men, and all their provisions and baggage remained in the possession
of the Pampangos; the latter did not follow in pursuit, partly as the
hour was now very late, partly that they might satiate themselves
with the booty. But on the morning of June 7 the cavalry appeared,
who, learning of the defeat, pursued the fugitives until they entered
a region that was rocky and overgrown with thickets, where most of
them perished--some from hunger, and many from the cruelty of the
Negrillos of the mountains. Then, as the alcaldes-mayor of Bay and
Bulacan attacked 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 service--partly 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