rom the former village. A
chief gave the Spaniards a cordial reception, and called himself
their friend. He said that he had not gone to visit them because of
sickness. They asked him for some rice, and he gave them three baskets
of it, and two hogs. In this town were seen chased gold necklaces,
and armlets reaching to the elbow, and anklets. Their earrings were
of fine gold.

Thence the captain went to the village of Palan. A chief and some
Indians went out to receive him and carried him a hog and rice. This
chief was Ybarat's brother-in-law. They asked, since the latter was
the friend of the Spaniards, why they also should not be friends of
our people. The captain presented them with some articles and asked
them for rice; and because they did not give it to him, seized it
and paid for it in cloth. That village had eighty houses.

_Tuguey; 112 houses._ The captain went from that village to the village
of Tuguey, crossing a lofty mountain to which the Spaniards gave the
name Altos de Santa Zicilia ["St. Cecilia's Peaks"]. Notwithstanding
the stout resistance of the Indians, the Spaniards entered the
village. The natives hearing the discharge of the arquebuses came to
make peace. They gave six baskets of rice and six sucking pigs. The
captain made the same statements to them as to those above, and they
were satisfied. The village has one hundred and twelve houses.

_Giarin; 40 houses._ Thence the captain went to the village of
Giaren. The inhabitants are excellent archers, and with their bows
and arrows tried to resist the Spaniards' entry. After forcing their
way into the village, the Spaniards assured them with friendly talk,
and gave the people some trifles, so that they lost their fear of
the Spaniards. The village contained forty houses.

_Pao; 40 houses_. The captain went thence to the village of Pao,
which contained forty houses. He used with them the same arguments
as with the others, and they gave two hogs and some rice.

_Balagbac, with 120 houses; another village, of 12 houses._ Thence
the captain went to the village of Balagbac, which consists of one
hundred houses. On the way he passed another of twelve houses, called
Bizinan, dependent on Balagbac. As he was passing that village, the
people shot some arrows at him from a thicket, and, in the camp, it
appeared that a Cagayan, who was acting as guide, was killed; but it
was not ascertained who killed him. The captain informed them of the
purpose of his