g the Indians took place
last year (1598) caused by the bad treatment of the encomenderos
and collectors, and from the warlike nature of the natives of
that province. The place being of so great importance, I sent the
master-of-camp, Pedro de Chaves, with one hundred men to restore peace
and punish them. He subdued and pacified them. Immediately after this,
I sent Captain Diego de Chaves as alcalde-mayor to punish the Indians
who were the instigators of the said rising, and he executed twelve
of the headmen. Today the province is quiet, peaceful, and tractable
by land and sea, so that a single soldier may go through it alone;
while formerly it was necessary for ten or a dozen to go in company,
and even then there was little security.

[_In the margin_: "Have ... master-of-camp notified to go upon the
first occasion to fill his office."]

_That a relation of the expedition to Camboxa, and the state of that
kingdom, was sent last year (1598), and it is now sent again._

XI. In a letter dated November 15 of last year (1598), which I sent
your Majesty by way of Malaca, I gave your Majesty a detailed account
of the condition of the kingdom of Camboxa with these islands, and the
expedition which Captain Joan Joares Gallinato made to the country, by
order of Don Luis Perez Dasmarinas. I also told you that the same Don
Luis went to finish it in person at his own cost, with my concurrence
and agreement, and at the advice of the royal Audiencia. The relation
of the condition of that kingdom I sent to your Majesty with a copy of
the agreements. Don Luis having left prematurely, and the winds being
quite contrary, he made a harbor, and is now on the coast of China in
the harbor of Pinal, near Canton--crippled, and without ships, arms,
or munitions to continue his expedition. The admiral's ship of his
fleet was lost on some shoals on the coast of Chincheo, and a fine
crew of forty-five Spaniards were drowned. A galliot, which he also
had with him, arrived at Cagaian, where the crew received all good
provision. Repairs were made and the men supplied with what they
needed. The vessel set out on its voyage to Camboxa, before hearing
of the loss of Don Luis, and nothing else is known of it. Don Luis
is continually sending from there for assistance in ships, men,
arms, and munitions, of which there is a great scarcity. Although
he has endured so many hardships, and hunger, and nakedness, when
I consider on my side the straits in whi