and they gave nothing. He did not stop there. A chief went with Don
Francisco of his own accord to Buguey, where he found its inhabitants
stationed in the passes with the same preparation of arms. The people
making an effort to fool him with some bundles of grass, he begged
them for rice in return for money, but they refused him. He seized by
force two chiefs, and took them with him. These men, having seen the
injury done him by the inhabitants of Tuy, took it upon themselves
to guide the expedition to the hamlets where Don Luis had been before
going to Dangla. Don Francisco tried to get rice in Dangla, offering
to pay for it; but as they refused to sell it to him, he seized a
chief. He entertained this chief and his wife and had them sleep near
him. When morning came, the chief offered that if Don Francisco would
allow him to go to the village, he would bring him rice; but as soon
as he was at liberty he took flight, and had the village put under
arms. The inhabitants went out to meet Don Francisco armed with spear
and shield, so that he was obliged to fortify himself during one night,
as they insolently molested the Spaniards.

_Balabat; Pao; Palali; Lamot; Nacalan_. Don Francisco went to the
villages of Balabat and Pao. The two chiefs in his custody escaped
from him there. Thence he went to the village of Palilamot, which
he found under arms. From this latter place he went to the village
of Nacalan, which he found deserted. In that place he embarked in
certain small boats on Thursday, the twenty-ninth, and voyaged along
the river until the thirty-first of August. On that date he reached
three small villages, which he found deserted and their approaches
strewn with straw.

He reached some farms on the first of September, where Don Luis had
been, opposite Yugan. He offered several Indians pay to guide him,
but they refused. On the third of September, Don Francisco reached
a river, that of Cagayan. Embarking on it, he reached the settlement
of Purao, where he seized some supplies. On the sixth of September he
reached the presidio of San Pedro y San Pablo [St. Peter and St. Paul]
where he found some Spaniards from the province of Cagayan. Continuing
his voyage in search of Don Luis, along the said river, he reached
the city of Nueva Segovia. [52] It is understood that he was sent
from Manila to look for Don Luis, since throughout his journey he
proceeded on the road that he had taken, without stopping to attend
to any