cay's daughter; he joined Corralat in alliance
with the Spaniards. In January, 1649, Pedro Duran de Monforte went
with an armed fleet to northeastern Borneo, to punish its people
for aiding the Joloans in their raids; the Spaniards plundered
several villages, burned three hundred caracoas, and carried away
two hundred captives. The expedition was accompanied by Jesuits, who
afterward opened successful missions in Borneo. The insurrection of
1649-50 spread to Jolo and Mindanao, but was quelled by the Spaniards
(see Vol. XXXVIII). (Combes, Hist. Mindanao, col. 269-348, 425-498;
Murillo Velarde, Hist. de Philipinas, fol. 149-153. Cf. Concepcion,
Hist. de Philipinas, vi, pp. 205-281; Montero y Vidal, Hist. pirateria,
i, pp. 182-189, 212-231.)]

[In 1653 Don Sabiniano Manrique de Lara succeeded to the government of
the Philippines.] One of his first undertakings was to establish peace
with the ruler of Mindanao, Cachil Corralat, whom it was expedient to
assure for the sake of the tranquillity of the Pintados Islands--which
were more exposed than the others to the incursions of their armed
fleets, since Manila had not enough soldiers and vessels with which
our people could go forth to hinder the operations of the Moros. The
governor sent as his ambassador Captain Don Diego de Lemus, and Father
Francisco Lado of the Society of Jesus, who were very kindly received
by the Moros; and he gave them to understand that no one desired
peace more than he did, since the warning was still fresh that had
been given him by the war which was waged against him by Governor Don
Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera in person--which had obliged Corralat
to wander as a fugitive through the lands of his enemy the king of
Buhayen, exposed to many perils. It seems as if the desire which
Corralat showed to maintain the peace might be regarded as sincere;
for if he had chosen to avail himself of the opportunity afforded by
the past years, when all our forces and power were fully occupied in
resisting the cruel invasions of the Dutch, without doubt he could
have made great ravages in the villages of the Pintados Islands;
and therefore this must be attributed to an especial providence
of the divine mercy. All [these dealings with the envoys] were
cunning measures of the shrewd Moro to lull [91] our vigilance with
feigned appearances of peace, for never was he further from pursuing
it--partly through greed for the booty of slaves, a great part of
which bel