ribute ordered to
be collected by his Majesty, namely, ten reals. You shall send a
census of the people, and a description and plan of their location,
and a relation of the special features of the district, together with
the nature of ports, rivers, grain-fields, and any products that may
be mentioned.
_Title of lieutenant of the captain-general of Don [Luis] of the camp
of the Philipinas._
From the same document it appears that Gomez Perez Dasmarinas appointed
his son, Don Luis, as his lieutenant of the captain-general, two
days before, in order to send him with authority on this expedition,
as appears from the title itself, dated July first, one thousand five
hundred and ninety-one, and which was drawn before Juan de Cuellar,
government notary. The writ for it does not accompany the present,
because of its prolixity.
_The villages reporting gold from the Ygolotes_
Although not stated in the relation, for the sake of brevity, the
natives were asked from how many villages they obtained the gold
that they paid as a recognition, and deposited. They replied that
it was obtained from one village in the mountains of the Ygolotes,
where gold was bartered; and that there were thirteen villages. This
is to be noted so that one may understand how widespread everywhere,
and among people that we do not know, is the knowledge of gold mines
among the Ygolotes.
_Doctor Juan Manuel de la Vega_
_Additional conditions and stipulations in regard to the conquest and
pacification of the province of Tuy, and the discovery of the mines
of the Ygolotes._
Most potent Sir:
Inasmuch as the conditions contained in the present paper, additional
to those which were given over our signatures in a former paper, seem
to us advisable and necessary, in order that the end desired in the
conquest and pacification of the province of Tuy and the mountains
of Ygolotes may be better attained, and his Majesty better served,
we add these others.
1. First, inasmuch as many clauses of the first conditions entreat
his Majesty to order the governor and captain-general, the Audiencia,
and the royal officials, to observe, and that exactly, the requirements
therein set forth; and inasmuch as by not doing so, the pacification
and exploration will not be obtained without the imposition of a
larger fine; and inasmuch as it is advisable to prevent mischief,
when the remedy is so remote: in order that no occasion may be taken
from this, as some i
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