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(Caragans) who were not Muslims at all. The Karagas, who professed themselves to be owners and lords of the seas, carried out on the Island of Puro “the most criminal acts that one can imagine.” Then they proceeded to Ogmuc after they were through with Baybay and other coastal towns which they left devastated. The Kaugmukanos were quick and that was to their great advantage. Still their efforts were useless to counteract the enemy’s barbarism. The Karagas took 90 captives and they left the fields splattered with human flesh and cadavers. Father Cristobal Jimenez, the Jesuit who ministered here, was earlier warned by a one of the residents that the raiders were on the fringes of Baybay. So accompanied by a lay-brother of the Society of Jesus, they headed for the forest with a good number of newly baptized natives who went along. They remained there for three days, barely surviving only on wild fruits. The next attack came in 1608, this time, by the Sanguils. They came in ships like the Karagans, passing the strait of Panao(n) island at a time when the sea current was favorable for passage commonly known to sailors as tuig. The Sanguils first attacked the settlement of Ogmuc, plundering and destroying it From here, they proceeded to Carigara which was being erected at that time as a cabecera for Leyte. Fortunately, most of the church furnishings, sacred vessels of the Fathers, their personal belongings and furniture of the house had already been transferred.