ere was a village of Lutaos, called Maolo, and,
desirous to chastise that settlement and obtain information about that
coast, he sent Sargento-mayor Itamarren--who, finding it deserted,
set fire to the village, killed four Moros, and captured two others,
the only ones who waited for the attack.

Notwithstanding these provocations, and others that were directly
offered to Corralat in the environs of his fortifications, it was
impossible to draw him out into the open country. Having constructed a
number of rafts, on which were placed pieces of artillery, the governor
went aboard the largest of them, and with the aid of the vessels
cannonaded the fort of Corralat for the space of four hours, but he
defended it well. It was evident that the difficulties of assaulting
it were insuperable, and that the artillery was operating with but
little result, on account of the condition of the sea; accordingly it
was decided to retire to the bar of Buhayen. The squadron went to La
Sabanilla on the seventeenth of February; here Esteybar received orders
to return to Molucas, and he proceeded to Zamboanga. Notwithstanding
the well-known valor of this chief, and the injuries inflicted on the
Moros during the two months of the campaign, this retreat gave much
satisfaction to Corralat, since it freed him from [the danger of]
going as a wanderer through the hills, as on previous occasions.

The valiant Esteybar had been replaced as governor of the military
post of Zamboanga by Don Fernando de Bobadilla--a chief no less
courageous and resolute--with the same titles and preeminences as the
former. Corralat, in order better to secure his dominions against the
aggressions of the Spaniards, made Namu, king of Buhayen, establish
a fort at the mouth of the river, the opposite shore of which was
likewise fortified by Corralat; he entrusted to Marundin the defense
of the bar of Simuay, and to the Basilan chiefs Ondol and Boto the
construction of a fortification at the entrance of the estuary of
Zamboanga. Don Diego Zarria Lazcano took the place of Bobadilla,
the former remaining at the head of the armada.

The datos Linao and Libot of Jolo, and Sacahati of Tawi-Tawi, with
thirteen vessels, scoured the coasts of Bohol, Leyte, and Masbate. Near
Luban they put to death father Fray Antonio de San Agustin, who on
account of his ailments could not retreat to the interior of that
island as did the rest who were going with him in their vessel. A
squadron s