At first some resistance was made; but gradually the natives became completely panic stricken, and fled without striking a blow.
Until nightfall the two parties continued to hunt, and shoot down, a large number of the natives.

Then they returned to the castle.
They now had a consultation as to the terms which they should grant the natives; for they had no doubt that victory had declared itself, finally, in their favor Some were for continuing the strife until the enemy were exterminated; but the governor of the island was opposed to this.
"In the first place," he said, "mixed up with the Ternate people are all the natives of this island, and to exterminate them would be to leave us without labor, and to ruin the island.

In the next place, the havoc which has been already wrought in our plantations is such that it will take years to repair; and the longer this fighting goes on, the more complete will be the destruction.

I think, then, that we should grant them the easiest terms possible.
They will be only too glad to escape, and to get back to their own land, and will be long before they invade us again." "I think," the officer who had arrived with the reinforcements of soldiers said, "it would be well, senor, if you were to consult with the priest who is on board.

He is a man who has the ear of the council at Goa.