[35] Alonso García came from Córdoba to Manila, in 1622; he was sent to the Cagayán missions, where he died as here related. Onofre Palau was a native of Valencia, but entered the Dominican order at Manila, in 1620. In the following year he made his profession, and was sent to Cagayán, where he died with García. (See Reseña biográfica, i, pp. 294, 373.) [36] i.e., "Island of Fishermen," indicating the occupation of nearly all the 50,000 inhabitants (of Chinese race) of the group known as Pescadores Islands, west of Formosa, and under the jurisdiction of that island (which has been, since 1895, a possession of Japan). The location of the Pescadores is such as to make them of strategic importance, and Japan is now (1905) fortifying them. [37] The Chinese refused to allow the Dutch to trade with them unless the latter would depart from the Pescadores, but permitted them to occupy Formosa. The Dutch settled there in 1624, at Tainan (formerly Taiwan) near Anping, remains of old Dutch forts still existing at both places; and this island was their headquarters for trade with Japan and China. See Basil H. Chamberlain's account of Formosa in Murray's Handbook for Travelers in Japan (4th ed., New York and London, 1898), pp. 536-542; Davidson's historical sketch in Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. xxiv, pp. 112-136. [38] One of the small islands in the bay of Kelung. [39] Francisco Mola was born in Madrid, and there made his profession as a Dominican, in 1600. He came to the Philippines in 1611, and spent many years in the Cagayán missions; afterward having charge of the mission in Formosa. After 1643 his name is not mentioned in the provincial records, as he returned to Spain about that time. (Reseña biográfica, i, p. 339.) [40] Juan García Lacalle entered the Dominican order at Manila, in 1602; he spent many years in the Cagayán missions. [41] Apparently a misprint for 1611. Sanchez remained in the Cagayán missions until his death, which must have occurred about 1640. The missionaries brought by him in 1626 numbered sixteen, sketches of whom are given in Reseña biográfica, i, pp. 375-381. [42] A play upon words, the Spanish hierro ("iron") having almost the same pronunciation as yerro ("error"). [43] Both these missionaries came to Manila in the mission of 1609. Fray Francisco labored in the villages of Balete and Polo--the former being originally a village of Japanese, formed in 1601 by Tello from that of Dilao, near Manila, but again restored to Dilao in 1626. Fray Francisco went to Japan in 1623, and was burned at the stake on August 17, 1627. Fray Bartolomé served in a hospital (probably that at Los Baños), went to Japan in 1623, and met the same fate as befell Fray Francisco. See Huerta's Estado, pp. 395, 557. [44] He had come to Manila in 1618, and labored in the Cagayán missions and the Babuyanes. [45] In this band were twenty friars; for sketches of their lives, see Reseña biográfica, i, pp. 381-390.