d it will be
known later. Up to date about two hundred Bisayan Indians have died,
most of them from diseases. Don Pedro Cotoan died while en route from
Jolo to Sanboangan, in order to take back the Bisayans, who are a most
cowardly race. Those who have done deeds of valor are the Caragas,
and the Joloans tremble at sight of them. Don Pedro Almonte remains as
governor and lieutenant for the captain-general at Sanboangan, with one
hundred and fifty Spaniards, as has been reported. Captain Jines Ros is
to stay as castellan in Jolo with one hundred and eighty men--Captain
Sarria being fortified in the stronghold with eighty men, and Jines
Ros on the beach in a stone tower that is already eight stones high,
with one hundred men. Captain Marquez is going to Buaren with fifty
Spaniards, although no succor had been sent to Don Sebastian from
Manila. All that has been supplied to excess is truly wonderful,
for the winds have brought (and it is incredible) many champans,
with more than twenty thousand baskets of rice, innumerable fowls,
and pork, veal, beef, and cheeses from Zebu, which have made a very
excellent provision.

They ask for Father Martinez [and] Alexandro [25] at Jolo [and] Father
Carrion at Buiaon, but without an associate. I say that, following
even to the end of the world, I do not know to what to compare these
Moros of Samboangan. They have paid all their tributes. This is a brief
relation. I pray your Reverence to pardon me and commend me to God,
for indeed what I desire is necessary. Sanboangan, April 23, 1638. [26]

APPENDIX: RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE SPANISH
REGIME

Laws regarding religious in the Philippines. Felipe II,
Felipe III, Felipe IV; 1585-1640.
Jesuit missions in 1656. Francisco Colin, S.J.; 1663.
The religious estate in the Philippines. Juan Francisco de
San Antonio, O.S.F.; 1738.
Religious condition of the islands. Juan J. Delgado, S.J.;
1751-54
Ecclesiastical survey of the Philippines. Guillaume le
Gentil; 1781.
Character and influence of the friars. Sinibaldo de Mas; 1843.
The ecclesiastical system in the Philippines. Manuel Buzeta
and Felipe Bravo, O.S.A.; 1850.
Character and influence of the friars. Feodor Jagor; 1873.
The Augustinian Recollects in the Philippines. [Unsigned;]
1879.
Present condition of the Catholic religion in Filipinas. Jose
Algue, S.J., and others; 1900.