me
aboard and informed the general that the Indians of that district,
although they had risen, were maintained in their insurrection with
great difficulty, and that without making pacts or contracts, desired
to surrender to the piety of the king, according to the arrangements
that he had already discussed with the chiefs. Consequently, in his
opinion, the men could disembark without the slightest fear.

25. A council of war was called to discuss the matter. The said father
vicar, and the father chaplain, Fray Bernardino de la Concepcion,
were given a vote with the others, as was right. All were of the
opinion that the general should land with all his soldiers in order
that he might place himself in a position of defense for whatever
might happen. But that was unnecessary, for the Indians received
him with the greatest proofs of surrender, and from that time the
village of Lingayen, which is the capital of the province, was one of
the most safe villages. The rebels who were there fled, as they were
fearful of punishment. But at that same time, the sedition was very
much alive in the rest of the province; for Malong treated those who
refused obedience to him with the utmost rigor unless they had forces
with which to resist him. This rigor was seen in his native place
Binalatongan, which he reduced to ashes, and allowed his soldiers to
sack, as the Indians fearful of the Spaniards opposed his purposes. In
Ilocos and Cagayan, the provinces lying next to Pangasinan, was
another Indian Don Juan Manzano, who acted as Malong's agent, and
who was general of his armies. He burned villages, killed Indians,
and reduced everything to the most fatal pass, because he claimed
that they denied obedience to our king.

26. On that account, Ugalde knew that the sword would be necessary
in order to cut the gordian knot of so obstinate an insurrection. He,
believing that since the Zambals were so valiant and were especially
experienced in the mountains, where the rebels had their haunts, they
could be of great use to the army, wrote the father prior of Bolinao
to procure a goodly levy of them, and send them out as soldiers,
with the assurance that he would give them help. That famous hero
went through the villages of Zambales with the greatest diligence,
and collected about three hundred of the most faithful, valiant,
and well-intentioned Indians. They, furnished with their accustomed
arms, and the above-mentioned Don Antonio Dacap, being