to go out to obtain
rice, by orderly means, among the Tanbobos; it was brought from the
village of Bantal and the fort was supplied. This was done without any
resistance, for the village was deserted. One of the principal women,
the mother of Chief Tuy, the friend of Don Luis, brought two baskets
of rice and two sucking pigs. The captain made much of her and gave
her several articles. Having told her that the fathers were coming
to give instruction in the faith, she was overjoyed. She told the
captain of a village called Tulan, whose inhabitants she declared to
be knaves and excellent archers. She visited the fathers, while in
the fort. The captain told Ybarat that he would set him at liberty,
if the latter's children would remain as hostages. As soon as their
father told them this his children said, with great humility, that they
would do as he ordered. The captain did the same with a chief who had
been arrested as a disturber of the peace. The latter gave his only
son, and the youth obeyed with cheerful face and great resolution,
remaining as prisoner in his father's stead. The captain ordered
another chief, who had been arrested, to do the same; but the latter
refused to give his son as hostage. Ybarat requested the captain to
free his children when he should fulfil his word, and the captain,
trusting his word, restored them to him.

On November 16, the captain reached the valley of Dangla. A chief with
his timaguas went out to meet him. The captain received him well and
said that he was coming to treat them well, and brought fathers to
instruct them in the faith, and told them to treat the fathers with
great respect. Chief Ybarat guided them, having done so because the
captain had gained his good-will. The captain asked them for some
provisions, to be supplied for pay and on the account of the future
tribute. They replied that they did not desire pay. They gave two
hogs and two baskets of rice. The first village which he reached was
called Agulan and consisted of eighty houses. It is to be noted that
many little boys and girls were observed in that village who wore
gold necklaces of as good quality as those of the Moros of Manila,
and good enough to be worn in Madrid. When they were asked where
they had obtained these, they replied, "From Balagbac," which was
the customary reply to all such questions.

The captain went to another village called Yrao, which consisted of
sixty houses, at a quarter-legua's distance f