s had done for them without remembering that
the Indians had killed a religious. As they did not remain in their
villages, the notice of our method of procedure spread to the most
hidden recesses of the mountains. In the year 1650 father Fray Joseph
de la Anunciacion was elected provincial; and at the beginning of
the following year, while making his first visit to the province
of Caragha, he arrived at Butuan where he learned that the Indians
were having some trouble with the soldiers. But they were very mild
in telling them of the Recollect fathers. He became encouraged at
that, and having placed his confidence in God, directed himself
to the village of Linao. He entered the mountains, talked with the
Indian chiefs, and exhorted them to become peaceful and return to
the vassalage of his Majesty. He obtained that in a very few days,
and left that region in the utmost peace.

269. At this point we must reflect upon what was insinuated above. I
said that the king our sovereign wrote to the father provincial of
Philipinas ordering him to see to it that his religious did not rouse
up the Indians, since they ought, on the contrary, to take part in
calming their minds. His royal letter is dated May 27, 1651, and
in regard to it I mentioned that at the same time when his Majesty
ordered it, he was obeyed in the village of Linao, and with that
statement is already given the proof. I add to this that on the tenth
of July of the above-mentioned year, while the father provincial,
Fray Joseph de la Anunciacion, was in Manila, he wrote to our father
vicar-general informing him of the visit to Caragha. Among other
things (which do not concern the matter) he wrote the following,
which is very suitable for our purpose: "I made the first visit to
the province amid remarkable sufferings and contrary winds, and thus
spent about one year there. But I considered that labor as well spent
because of the fruit that was obtained from it; for God was pleased
by my assistance to reclaim more than six hundred tributes in Linao,
who had revolted and were disturbed, without greater cost than one
decapitation and some punishments of little importance. All was
left as quiet as it had been before, and it has been increased by
some tributes. The only thing that especially troubled me was, that
I could leave no more than one religious in each mission, while some
missions were such that two were not sufficient. These are so separated
from one another th