The town of Arevalo is the capital of this island of Panay, and
contains more than twenty Spanish citizens. There is one alcalde-mayor
and one corregidor for the river of Panay, besides its body of
magistrates, and a parish which is in charge of an ecclesiastic.
_Oton and Ymaral_: _Doña Lucía_--Doña Lucía de Loarca collects,
from the village of Oton and its tingues, the island of Ymaras,
and the river of Hilo, one thousand six hundred tributes, which
represent six thousand four hundred persons. Otón has instruction,
and one of its two friars visits Ymaras and the tingues. There is no
instruction in Hilo. It needs one more minister. Justice is had from
Arevalo. ... MDCL.
_Xaro_: _Captain Arçeo_--Captain Augustin de Arçeo collects, in
the encomienda of Xaro and its tingues, one thousand three hundred
tributes, which represent five thousand two hundred persons. It is
cared for by one ecclesiastic, but needs another minister. Justice
is had from Arevalo. ... MCCC.
_Araut_: _King_--His Majesty collects, on the river of Araut, two
thousand tributes, which represent eight thousand persons. It has
justice, but no instruction. It needs four ministers. ... MM.
_Araut_: _Captain Juan Pablo_--Captain Juan Pablo de Carrion collects,
on the said river of Araut, two thousand tributes. It has justice,
and two Augustinian friars who instruct it. It needs one other
minister. ... MM.
_Araut_: _Diego López; Lope Rodríguez_--Diego Lopez de Valdepeñas and
the minor son of Lope Rodriguez collect, on the said river of Araut,
one thousand six hundred tributes, which represent six thousand four
hundred persons. They have justice, but no instruction. They need
two ministers. ... MDC.
_Axuí_: _King; Rivera_--His Majesty and Françisco de Rivera collect,
from the encomienda of Axuí, one thousand two hundred tributes,
which represent four thousand eight hundred persons. It is pacified,
and has justice, but no instruction. It needs two ministers. ... MCC.
_Aranguen_: _Captain Sarmiento_--Captain Pedro Sarmiento collects,
along the river of Aranguen, three hundred tributes, which represent
one thousand two hundred persons. It is pacified, and has justice,
but no instruction. It needs one minister. ... CCC.
_Panay_: _King_--His Majesty has along the river of Panay and its
branch, the Mayo, eight hundred and fifty tributes, which represent
two thousand four hundred [_sic_] persons. They have instruction and
justice. ... DCCCL.
_Panay_: _Guarnico; Lievana_--Captain Guarnizo and Ensign Pedro Guillén
de Lievana collect, along the said river, two thousand three hundred
tributes, which represent nine thousand two hundred persons. It has
justice, and one ecclesiastic who furnishes instruction. It needs at
least two more ministers. ... MMCCC.
_Mambusao_: _Rivera; Morales_--Francisco de Rivera and Gaspar Ruyz
de Morales collect, along the branch river Manbusao, one thousand
tributes, which represent four thousand persons. It is pacified,
and has justice, but no instruction. It needs one minister. ... M.
_Yguican_: _Captain Sarmiento_--Captain Sarmiento collects, along the
river of Yguisan, ninety tributes, which represent three hundred and
forty persons. It has justice. ... XC.
_Maharlu_: _Ángulo_--Álbaro de Ángulo collects, in Maharlu,
Damayan, the island of Tablas, and Cabuyan, six hundred tributes,
which represent two thousand four hundred persons. It has justice,
and is pacified. It has no instruction, and needs one minister. ... DC.
_Batán_; _Miguel Rodriguez_--The encomienda of Batán belongs to
Miguel Rodriguez. He collects there, at Moguín, Dunblón, Batón,
and along the river of Hilo, one thousand two hundred tributes,
which represent four thousand eight hundred persons. It has justice,
and is pacified. It needs at least two ministers. ... MCC.
_Aclán_: _Minor son of Antonio Flores_--The minor son of Antonio
Flores collects, along the river of Aclán, one thousand three hundred
tributes, which represent three thousand two hundred persons. It has
instruction and justice. ... MCCC.
_Ybahay_: _Captain Pedro Sarmiento_--Captain Pedro Sarmiento collects,
in Ybahai, Potolanbit, Buracay, and other islets, and along the large
bay and river of La Lupa, two thousand tributes, which represent
eight thousand persons. All of this territory has justice, but no
instruction. It needs four ministers. ... MM.
_Bugason_: _Pedro Guillen_--Ensign Guillen collects, in Bugason, two
hundred and fifty tributes, which represent one thousand persons. It
has instruction and justice. ... CCL.
_Antique_: _Serna_--Alonso de la Serna collects, from the encomienda
of Antique, five hundred and fifty tributes, which represent two
thousand two hundred persons. It has justice and instruction. ... DL.
_Amiagao_: _Minor son of Flores_--The minor son of Antonio Flores
collects, in Amiago [_sic_], three hundred tributes, which represent
one thousand two hundred persons. It has instruction and justice,
and is pacified. ... CCC.
_Bongol_: _Augustín Ossorio_--Augustín Ossorio collects, from
the encomienda of Bongol, three hundred and fifty tributes, which
represent, two thousand four hundred persons. It is visited by a
religious, and has justice. ... CCCL.
_Tibagua_: _Captain Estevan Rodríguez_--Captain Estevan Rodríguez
de Figueroa collects, from the encomienda of Tibagua, one thousand
two hundred tributes, which represent four thousand eight hundred
persons. It has justice and instruction, and is pacified. ... MCC.
_Caraco_: _Pareja_--Christóval de Parexa collects, from the encomienda
of Caraco, six hundred tributes, which represent two thousand four
hundred persons. It has no instruction, but is pacified. It needs
one minister. ... DC.
_Bago_: _Albaro Pérez_--Albaro Pérez collects, along the river of Bago,
three hundred and fifty tributes, which represent one thousand four
hundred persons. It has no instruction. It is pacified and has justice.
It needs one minister. ... CCCL.
_Ynavaga_: _Herrera_--Francisco de Herrera collects, along the river
cf Ynavaga, five hundred tributes, which represent two thousand
persons. It has no instruction, but has justice and is pacified. It
needs one minister. ... D.
_Hilo_: _Trigo_--Hierónimo Trigo collects, along the river of Hilo,
one hundred and fifty tributes, which represent six hundred persons. It
has no instruction, but has justice, and is pacified. ... CL.
_Hilo_: _Ysla_--Gaspar de Ysla collects, along the said river, two
hundred tributes, which represent eight hundred persons. It has no
instruction, but has justice. One minister might care for this and
the above encomienda. ... CC.
_Hilo_: _Mendía_--Martín de Mendía collects, along the said river,
five hundred tributes, which represent two thousand persons. It has
no instruction, but has justice, and is pacified. One minister is
needed. ... D.
_Cuyo_: _Captain Juan Pablo_--Captain Juan Pablo collects, in the
island of Cuyo, one thousand tributes, which represent four thousand
persons. It has neither instruction nor justice, and needs two
ministers. ... M.
Thus, in the island of Panay and its jurisdiction, are twenty-five
thousand eight hundred and ninety tributes, or sixty thousand _[sic]_
souls. It has at present eighteen ministers, and needs twenty-five
more, which will make in all thirty-eight _[sic]_ with whom it will
be well instructed. In regard to justice, it is quite sufficient
throughout the island.
_Lumbán_: _Sauzedo_--The island of Lumbán belongs to Phelippe de
Sauzedo, and has five hundred tributes, or two thousand persons. It
is in the jurisdiction of Balayán. It has no instruction. It needs
one minister to instruct it. ... D.
_Mindoro_: _Sauzedo_-The encomienda of Vaco y Mindoro belongs to
Phelippe de Sauzedo. It has seven hundred tributes, or two thousand
eight hundred persons, it is in charge of one religious, and is under
the civil jurisdiction of Balayán. The opposite coast of this island
has neither instruction nor justice. ... DCC.
_Batangas_: _Francisco Rodríguez_--The encomienda of Batangas belongs
to Francisco Rodríguez. He collects there one thousand four hundred
tributes, which represent five thousand six hundred persons. It has
sufficient justice and instruction. ... MCCCC.
_Bonbon_: _The mariscal Gabriel de Ribera_--The encomienda of Bonbon
belongs to the mariscal Gavriel de Rybera. He collects there four
thousand tributes, which represent sixteen thousand souls. It all
has sufficient instruction, and its justice is administered from
Balayan. ... MMMM.
_Balayan_: _Cauchela_--The encomienda of Balayan belongs to the
accountant Cauchela, and his Majesty has there six hundred tributes,
which represent two thousand four hundred persons. It has one
alcalde-mayor, who is the judicial chief of the district. It has
instruction, which is administered by one ecclesiastic. ... DC.
[_Tuley_]: _King_--The lowlands of Tuley belong to his Majesty. Six
hundred whole tributes are collected there, which represent two
thousand four hundred souls. It has no instruction, and needs one
minister. ... DC.
_Calamianes_: _Sarmiento_--The islands of Calamianes belong to Captain
Sarmiento. Tribute is levied, although not in all parts--about two
thousand five hundred, counting the negrillos. Four ministers are
needed for the whole encomienda. It has no justice. ... MMD.
_Calilaya_: _King; Torres_--Calilaya and Marinduque is a corregidor's
district by itself. Half of the encomienda of Calilaya belongs to
the king, and the other half to Torres. There are one thousand two
hundred tributarios, or four thousand eight hundred persons. It
has had instruction, and there are many Christians. It has
justice. One ecclesiastic attends to the instruction. It needs two
ministers. ... MCC.
_Galvan_: _Medrano_--The encomienda of Galvan belongs to Medrano. It
has eight hundred tributes, or three thousand and some souls. It has
had instruction, but has none now. It is visited from Batangas. It
has justice, and needs one minister. ... DCCC.
_Mahuban_: _King_--Mahuban belongs to his Majesty. On this coast of
Manila he has eight hundred tributes, which represent more than three
thousand persons. It has never had instruction, but has justice from
Calilaya. One minister is needed. ... DCCC.
_Casiguiran_: _Francisco Garçia_--The encomienda of Casiguiran lies
on the same coast opposite Manila. It belongs to Françisco García,
who collects there five hundred tributes, which represent two thousand
persons. Half of it is hostile, and more than half has neither justice
nor instruction: One minister is needed. ... D.
_Balete_: _Juan Martín_--The encomienda of Balete belongs to Juan
Martín Picon. He collects the half of five hundred tributes, for
the other half is hostile and without justice or instruction. The
magistrate of Calilaya administers justice to one-half of it alone. It
needs one minister. ... D.
Thus Calilaya has five thousand five hundred tributes, or twenty-two
thousand persons, who have but little instruction. Nine ministers are
necessary now, so that it may have some instruction. With the nine
ministers it will have sufficient instruction; but it has adequate
justice.
_Marinduque_: _Poyatos_--The island of Marinduque, belonging to Captain
Poyatos, has seven hundred tributarios, or two thousand eight hundred
persons. It has justice, and needs one minister so that the people
may be instructed. ... DCC.
_Batan_: _Captain Esguerra_--The encomienda of Batan belongs to
Captain Esguerra, who is his own deputy. This said encomienda has one
thousand tributes, or four thousand persons. It has one monastery,
containing four Dominican friars. ... M.
Thus in the city of Manila, along its coast and the coast opposite,
and in the provinces of Pampanga, Pangasinan, Ylocos, Cagayan,
La Laguna, Camarines, Masbate, Zebu, Panay, Balayan, and Calilaya,
which is all of Luzon and the other Philippinas Islands settled,
there are one hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and
three whole tributes. Each tribute includes husband, wife, and
excepting the sons, the children. Therefore there are six hundred
and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and twelve souls in the said
provinces, besides the religious of the convents of Manila. One hundred
and forty ministers--twenty of whom are ecclesiastics, seventy-nine
Augustinians, nine Dominicans, and forty-two Franciscans--are divided
among the provinces to instruct the natives and administer the holy
sacraments. It appears from this relation that there is a lack of
ministers through the departures above noted. It shows that one
hundred and sixty-one more ministers are needed to furnish adequate
instruction. These should be sent very soon, and even a greater number,
for when they arrive here, one-fourth of these will have died. His
Majesty has thirty-one encomiendas in the said provinces. Private
individuals have two hundred and thirty-six. Of these, however, from
many of those in Cagayan and some in other districts no tribute can
be collected, because they are not pacified, while others are quite
worthless or of slight importance.
The said provinces have twelve alcaldes-mayor, each with his deputy;
and, in addition, are three who are their own deputies. In some
of these districts it is impossible to go to administer justice,
because of their distance from the capitals where the alcaldes-mayor
live. This must be carefully looked into and these needs supplied.
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TABLE
Whole tributes 166,903
Souls 667,612
Number of religious 140
Religious still needed 161
King's encomiendas 31
Those of individuals 236
Alcaldes-mayor 12
Deputies 12
Other deputies 3
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