Therefore，beforehestartedforMadrid，theProvincialimpresseduponMontoyatoapproachtheCounciloftheIndiesandtheKing，andrepresenttothemthatitwasimpossibletoguaranteetheexistenceofthereductionsagainsttheMamelucosunlesstheIndianswereallowedtoprovidethemselveswitharms。SoFatherMontoya，thoughhewaschargedtopressforvariousreforms，wasmostespeciallyimpresseduponthispoint。
HewastotelltheKingthattheIndianswerenottobeallowedtokeeptheirarmsthemselves，butthattheywouldbekeptbytheJesuits，andservedouttotheIndiansincaseofanattack；then，thatthearmswouldnotcostapennytothetreasury，butbeallpaidoutofthealmscollectedforthepurposebytheCompany；lastly，andthiswasatruestrokeofJesuitpolicy，that，toinstructtheIndianshowtoshoot，theywouldbringfromChilecertainJesuitswhointheworldhadservedassoldiers。OneseesthembroughtfromthefrontiersofAraucania，andfromtheoutpostsofthetrans
Andeantowns，halfsacristan，halfsergeant，instantinprayer，andyetwithalookaboutthemlikeaseriousbullterrier
afittingkindofpriestforafrontiertown，andsuchascouldalonebefoundamongsttheJesuits。
Aboutthistime1639thethirdinvasionoftheMamelucostookplace，andFatherAlfaro，whohadbeenleftinchargeofthemissionsontheUruguayandParana，wasshotbyaMamelucowithacrossbow，andfelldeadfromhishorse。TheGovernorofParaguay，onhearingofit，marchedwithanarmy，and，havingkilledtwoorthreehundredoftheMamelucos，tooktherestprisoners，andcarriedthembacktoAsuncion。There，tothedisgustofalltheJesuithistorians，hemenacedthemwiththewrathofHeavenandletthemgo。