at his Majesty has ordered from your Lordship by his royal decree;
and I shall also add a description of some customs of the natives,
in order that, since they are his Majesty's vassals, he may know of
the barbarous life from which he has delivered these natives, and of
the civilized manner in which they now live under his gracious sway.

Chapter First

_Of the island of Cubu, and of the other islands under its
jurisdiction_.

_Island of Cubu_. The island of Cubu, the first to be settled by
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, has a circuit of nearly a hundred leagues
and a length of about fifty leagues, for it is very narrow. At the two
extremities it is, at the widest place, about twenty leagues wide. One
extremity, the one lying toward the north, is called Burula. The
other extremity, which we call Las Cabecas and the natives Sanbuan,
lies at the south; for, as is inferred, this island runs nearly north
and south. One cannot sail very close to the island; because all
along the coast where the town of Cubu is situated are to be found
bays that curve in different directions. On the other and western
side of the island the land lies almost northeast and southwest. The
entire island contains about three thousand five hundred Indians,
living in different, and for the most part small, villages. Here
I shall mention only the principal ones, for the others are small,
numbering only from eight to ten houses.

_Jaro_. Jaro is under the charge of an encomendero who also holds an
encomienda elsewhere; the village is inhabited by five hundred Indians.

_Daraguete_. Daraguete is also an encomienda, with two hundred Indians.

_Penol_. El Penol is also an encomienda, with two hundred Indians.

_Jaro_. Jaro is likewise an encomienda, with two hundred Indians.

_Temanduc_. Temanduque is also an encomienda, with five hundred
Indians.

_Temanduc_. In the same province of Temanduque another encomendero
has seventy Indians; and it is also an encomienda.

_Barile_. The village of Barile is another encomienda; it is inhabited
by four hundred natives. It is also an encomienda.

_Burugan_. The village of Burugan has about seventy Indians. It is
also an encomienda.

_Candaya_. The province of Candaya has three hundred and fifty Indians,
belonging to two encomenderos. It is also an encomienda.

No Spaniards are to be found in any of the principal encomiendas,
in all this province, although fourteen of them possess holdings
therein. Th