an captives in Corralat's domain should
be ransomed at the following rates; "for men and women, in the prime
of life, and in good health, each forty pesos; for those who were more
youthful, thirty pesos; for aged and sick persons, twenty pesos; for
children at the breast, ten pesos." In this very year Salicala, son
of the king of Jolo, had gone to Batavia to seek aid from the Dutch;
the latter sent some armed vessels, which cannonaded the Spanish fort
at Jolo for three days, but finally were obliged to depart without
having accomplished anything. This occurrence increased Fajardo's
anxiety in regard to the cost and danger incurred in attempting to
maintain three forts in Jolo; and he sent orders to Atienza, commandant
at Zamboanga, to withdraw the garrisons from Jolo and demolish those
forts--an embarrassing command, since both Joloans and Dutch were
then making raids among the northern islands. Both Fajardo and Atienza
relied on the Jesuit Alejandro Lopez to bring about the pacification
of both the Mindanaos and the Joloans, a task which he accomplished so
successfully that on April 14, 1646, a treaty was signed, by Atienza
and Lopez, [90] with Raya Bongso of Jolo (the same who, with his wife
Tuambaloca, was conquered by Corcuera's troops in 1638) and the envoys
of Corralat. Combes gives the full text of both this and the former
treaty. A Dutch fleet attempted to make a landing near Zamboanga,
but were repulsed by the Spaniards with much loss. Corralat and
Moncay came to hostilities, and the former implored the aid of the
Spaniards; Atienza sent an armed force to succor Corralat, and Moncay
fled. Salicala of Jolo and Panguian Cachilo of Guimba undertook (1648)
to raid the Visayan Islands; but the latter was attacked and slain by
a Spanish squadron, which so intimidated Salicala that he hastened
back to Jolo. Meanwhile, a notable event occurred in Mindanao, the
conversion of Corralat's military commander, Ugbu, to the Christian
faith--which of course tended to strengthen the ties between Corralat
and the Spaniards; and Ugbu afterward rendered them efficient service
in the Palapag insurrection, which caused his death. Salicala died
(1649) and his parents, Bongso and Tuambaloca, were thus able to
maintain the peace which they had established with the Spaniards; that
queen afterward left Jolo, retiring to Basilan. Moncay also died, soon
afterward, and was succeeded in Buhayen by Balatamay, a Manobo chief
who had married Mon