ey, with five
hundred houses_. Don Luis afterward arrived at three villages, one of
sixty houses, another of thirty, and the third of five hundred. There
were no people there, but he learned of two provinces, one called
Danglay and the other Guamangui; and that inhabitants of the above
villages had gone to join those of the said provinces, although before
that time they had been hostile to them.
The chiefs of Sicat, Barat, Tuy, Bugat, and Bantal begged pardon
of Don Luis for the past, promising peace and the payment of the
tribute in products of the land. They took oath according to another
custom--each chief taking a candle in his hand and Don Luis one in
his, and saying that so would he, who failed to keep his promise,
or who broke his promise in whole or in part, be consumed even as
that candle was consumed. Then they extinguished the candles, saying
that just as that candle expired and was consumed, just so would he
who broke his promise be slain and perish. Then the tribute for that
year was conceded to them, whereat they were very happy.
_Acknowledgment: Tuy; Sicat; Ybarat; Bugay; Bantal._ On July 29,
the village of Tuy paid its acknowledgment, consisting of seven
little trinkets of gold in the shape of necklaces; that of Sicat,
three maes of gold and two canutos of rice; Barat, six little gold
trinkets in the form of necklaces of the value of four maes, and two
canutos of rice; Bugay, thirteen small gold necklaces valued at eight
maes, a small string of beads, and two canutos of rice; Bantal, five
small gold necklaces valued at three maes, and two canutos of rice.
_Dangla Province_. On the thirty-first, Don Luis left Tuy, going
down the valley, following the course of the principal stream,
a large river, which at Cayan gives a passage to the province of
Dangla. The chiefs of the province came to see him, whom he informed
that the inhabitants of Tuy, Bantal, and other villages, accepted the
peace. They took the oath, with the ceremony of the egg, and rendered
acknowledgment in small gold necklaces of the value of eight maes,
and ten _bandines_.
_Japalan; Tugai; Bayaban; Balayan; Chiananen; Yabios; Bayalos; Banete;
Lamot; Bolos._ From the second of August until the eighth of the same
month, Don Luis remained in the villages of Japalan, Bugai, [_sic_],
Bayaban, Balayan, Chicananen, Yabios, Bayocos, Banete, Lamot, and
Bolo. The chiefs of these villages and the Indians rendered homage,
took the oath as the ot
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