The one who was discussed least was our father Baraona, for he was
always humble by nature, and very free from pretensions, as he always
thought of himself with great humility. But, as our Lord regarded
him as provincial, He so managed affairs that votes were cast in his
favor without special effort, and he was elected as provincial. On
the last of October, then, endeavor was made, since there was nothing
to do, to have the voting fathers return to their provinces and
that the good of the province should be attempted, after deciding
on a far-reaching reformation; for our father Baraona had excellent
intentions, and to judge from these, it is to be believed that he would
direct all things in the sight of God. In his own person he visited
the province of Bisayas, which, as it was his own, he regarded with
especial love. That visit was not a small exploit, when one considers
the voyage. He always traveled at small expense, going in a champan,
like any other and very ordinary religious. He was the one who sent
most religious to España. Among them were the father visitor, Fray
Agustín Mejía, who, arriving afterward at Perú, was there adopted and
esteemed as his zeal and devotion deserved; the father definitor,
father Fray Felipe Tallada; father Fray Andrés de Ocampo, prior of
Macabebe; father Fray Baltasar Andrés; and father Fray Francisco de
Cuéllar. All died except father Fray Felipe Tallada, who afterward
returned to the province of Pampanga, where he was a fine linguist.

In the following year of 1618, with these religious he sent father
Fray Alonso del Rincón (then prior of the convent of Manila) to España
as procurator, in order to give account of the affair in España; and
to bring back religious, for death was rapidly thinning the ranks of
those who remained. He had good success, as we shall see.

After the good result with the Dutch at Octóng, which we have described