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Tribe V. THE BONTOC IGOROTS. 
SYNONYMY. 
The Bontoe Igorots are so sharply differentiated from their neighbors that they 
have never been confused with any other tribe. Many of them apply to them- 
selves and their neighbors the name Ipukao or Ifugao. This name means “people” 
and is also applied by them to the short-haired inhabitants of Quiangan and 
Banaue, who are most certainly tribally distinct from them. Inasmuch as it 
has never been used in literature as a designation for the people of Bontoc, but 
has been so used for the short haired inhabitants of northwestern Nueva Viz- 
caya, it seems to me best to retain the commonly employed name Bontoe /gorots 
for the Bontoe people and to reserve the designation Jfugaos for their short 
haired neighbors. 
I know no other synonymous designation for this people. 
HABITAT. 
The Bontoe Igorots are separated by the lofty Polis range of mountains from 
the Ifugaos on the south and southwest, and there has been no intermarriage 
with this tribe, with whom they have been at war for a very long time. 
The line between their territory and that of the Kalingas and Tingianes on 
the east and north is not so sharply drawn, and there has been some intermar- 
riage with the people of both these tribes, notably with the Tingians of Guinaan, 
Balatoc, and Balbalasan. 
Captain Nathorst gives a list of the border rancherias of Bontoc visited 
by him and characterizes their inhabitants as follows: 
AMBOAN. Southeast, bordering on Nueva Vizcaya. Bontoe Igorots. 
Baruig. East by south, bordering on Nueva Vizcaya. Bontoe Igorots. 
Lias. East by south, bordering on Nueva Vizcaya, Bontoe Igorots. 
BALANGAO. East by south, bordering on Nueva Vizcaya, Bontoc Igorots. 
-LuxBo. East, bordering on Cagayan or Isabela. Kalingas (?), Igorots. 
MANGALI. East, bordering on Cagayan. Comprising six large barrios. 
Kalingas. 
Tatoctoc. Kast, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas, Igorots. 
TANGLAC. Northeast, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Jgorots. 
Liciic. Northeast, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Igorots. 
BALANTEY. Northeast, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
Boio. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
Satecsec. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
_ CALOGNEY. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
Damison. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
DALUGEN. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
Bo-ox. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas. 
PATIQUIAN. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Igoro(s. 
Linas. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Igorots. 
BANENG. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Jgorots. 
SesEcAN. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas and Bontoe Jgorots. 
TALALAN. North, bordering on Cagayan. Kalingas, Tingians, Bontoe Igorots. 
BALBALASAN. North, bordering on Abra. Tingians, Kalingas, Bontoe Igorots. 
PascuaL. Northwest, bordering on Abra. Tingians, Kalingas, Bontoe Igorots. 
INNANUNGAN. Northwest, bordering on Abra. Tingians, Kalingas, Bontoc 
Igorots. , 
