The two [Dutch] ships that the enemy were expecting were boarded
and burned by the Botunes [106] Indians of the kingdom of Macassar, who
found them anchored and their crews ashore; they killed those who were
on land. But the ship of Malayo, confident in its strength and great
swiftness, attempted to drive away the reenforcements alone--risking
itself because of the great importance of this matter to the Dutch, for
they knew that the soldiers of our presidio were watching the outcome
[of this battle] in order to decide upon the murder of the governor
and the chief officers, in accordance with the plot that they had
made. It fought with our ships for eight hours, and then took flight,
disabled and with great loss. Seven persons were killed in our ships,
including the chief pilot. Accordingly, the reenforcements arrived
in safety, when the said Pedro de Heredia had arrested one hundred
and fifty persons; [of these] he had burned and garroted eleven men,
while many had died in prison, and [only] forty were left alive. These
he sent to me by the same ships that brought, the reenforcements.
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