Moreover, no one of them is pleased that Captain Bartolome Vaez Landero may be the commander.

He is a Portuguese, who came here from Macan through the agency of Governor Diego Ronquillo, and remained here to protect this land with two ships, well equipped with artillery, in the service of your Majesty.

On seeing this controversy, I proposed to the president on St.John's day that I and my sons, with our weapons, would go with the soldiers to serve in this expedition.

The captains who are candidates are satisfied to have me for their general, and the Portuguese captain and his men are even more pleased.

The president says that we shall deliberate upon what should be done, and still he has not come to any decision with me.