A huge number of lowland residents who suffered much abuses from the Spaniards deserted the pueblos and exodused to the hills. They came to be known as cimarrones, remontados, vagamundos and criminals.
The first recorded Moro raid occurred on October 18 where Maguindanao raiders sacked the shipyard at Bagatao, Magallanes killing 200 people, captured 400 natives and 30 Spaniards.
The Real Astillero de Bagatao or Royal Astillero of Bagatao was established by Governor General Juan de Silva in Calaguimi, Magallanes. A shipyard that where warships and other small sea vessels were built and later on sailed to Mexico and sold for huge profit. Some of the known galleons built here are the San Felipe and the Santiago used in the battles at Playa Honda in Zambales against the Dutch around 1616-167.
The 1st exploration dispatched by Legazpi from Panay landed in Hibal-ong, Magallanes. The Sword and the Cross, represented by Capt. Luis Enriquez de Guzman and Fray Alonzo Jimenez who later on held the first mass in the island of Luzon.
