Before me: 

Rafael de Sarria, notary

Deposition.  Then, on the day, month, and year aforesaid, the said purveyor-general caused to appear before him Ensign Domingo Martin, in order to take his testimony.  He took oath in due form of law, and promised to tell the truth.  When questioned in accordance with the above order, the witness said that he went in company with Captain Guerrero to the bank of the river of Sioco to get water; and that when they arrived there they fired an arquebus-shot from the witness’s caracoa, and that, after they had fired it, there came to the aforesaid bank an Indian, the chief of the river, who was a friend of the Spaniards and paid tribute to the aforesaid Captain Guerrero.  When he reached the caracoa, he told the witness and Captain Guerrero that he had told the Dapitan Indians (who had gone to Jolo with fowls for the commander), that they should warn the Spaniards that a large number of ships were being gathered in the river of Mindanao; and that a very great number of men was to depart in them to go against the Spaniards in Jolo and to plunder Pintados.  The said chief also said that he had told the said Indians that if they did not warn the said Spaniards he would have them beaten with sticks; and that he would be on the watch, and that he would warn the Dapitan chiefs and Captain Guerrero of what happened.  This he declared to be the truth, under the oath which he had already taken; and he affirmed and ratified it, and signed it; and he said that he was about twenty-eight years old.

Domingo Martin Juan Juarez Gallinato

Before me: 

Rafael de Sarria, notary

These agree with the originals, which are in the possession of the purveyor-general, who signed here with his name; and it is exact and accurate.  And to the fact that it was accurately copied, corrected, and made to agree, were witnesses:  Ensign Juan Rodriguez de Santa, and the royal ensign Pedro Mendez de Sotomayor, and Francisco Hernandez.  Done in Dapitan, on the fourth day of the month of June in the year one thousand six hundred and two.

Juan Juarez Gallinato

In testimony of which, I have affixed my name and the customary rubrics.

Rafael de Sarria, notary

Letters to Felipe III

Sire: 

Don Pedro de Acuna, [57] to whom your Majesty granted the favor of sending him to govern this land, arrived here with a very considerable reenforcement of troops.  This and his arrival are so important and timely that I think there must follow many results beneficial to the service of God and of your Majesty, as also the correction of important matters—­which have greatly needed it, as I have informed your Majesty at greater length in a report and letter that treats of this matter, and of the great and urgent necessity for your Majesty to command that the town and fort