Malaca, and Maluco, and which anchor at La Canela. The only thing to
be feared is that the men from these galleons will enter the island,
doing damage, and making a bad name for us. It would take a miracle
to lose it. The worst thing that I see is that it should be divided
into encomiendas, as otherwise the soldiers will work willingly and
even without further recompense than what they may happen to get. And
accordingly it seems but just that the masters should come and give us
support, or that they should leave us, who are well satisfied with it.

Two or three encomenderos only have sent their attendants; and they
might as well not have sent them, because they have not provided
them with provisions and supplies, but the king has had to furnish
them. If this is all that is necessary, they have done well to stay
at home forgetful, and let us fools labor here for them. And it seems
to me that there has been sufficient deceit, falsehood, and cunning
used with the lord governor with their false excuses. Let them come
or give up, for otherwise I believe there will be no one to continue
the work. Let them build ships and boats; since most of them hold
encomiendas, from which they can pay for them. Of one thing they may
be certain, that so long as I am on the island no tributes shall be
collected there unless in the meantime there shall be another order
from the lord governor; except that I shall have them collected and put
in the treasury to cover the expenses of this pacification; for thus
far I have knowledge of no assent or approval, and therefore I shall
treat it as if left to me. Thus far I have founded no settlement; for,
although the situation of Tanpaca is good and healthful, it is far from
the sea, so that it takes a fragata five or six days to come up and go
down from here. There is no other site of importance, and from now on
until things are more settled it is inexpedient to leave this river; I
shall therefore postpone such an enterprise until a better opportunity.

More than thirty pieces of artillery, although small ones, have been
won from the enemy, and more than five hundred boats have been defeated
and captured; and up to the time of the peace more than eight hundred
people have died or been taken captive.

On the twenty-sixth instant the sargento-mayor came down from exploring
the great lake. He found upon it a village of eight hundred people,
which immediately surrendered peaceably and paid acknowledgme