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their home and seek out new habitations in other parts. They traveled 

 in pairs, in different directions, until they came to favorable locations 

 where they settled down. From them have sprung all the tribes known 

 to the Bagobo. One pair was too weak to make the journey from the 

 drought-cursed land, and staid at Cibolan. One day the man crawled 

 out into the ruined fields to see if he could not find some one thing 

 alive, and when he arrived there he saw, to his amazement, a single 

 stalk of sugar cane growing lustily. He cut it with his knife, and water 

 began to come out until there was enough for the couple to drink. The 

 flow did not cease until the rains came again to refresh the land. From 

 these two the tribe has again grown until it numbers its members in 

 the thousands. The people have remained true to their belief in the 

 spirits, and each year has found them stronger in numbers, and richer 

 in houses, land, and slaves." 



The genealogy of the Bagobo rulers is traced back through ten 

 generations. The first ruler of whom there is record was Salingolop, 

 during whose reign, it seems, the Spaniards first came to the Philippine. 

 According to the tale 1 "Salingolop" was a man of great and prodigious 

 force, and as tall as the Lauan, which is the tallest tree in these forests. 

 He had three sons called Bato, Sipongos, and Calisquisan, and a 

 daughter named Panugutan. When the Spaniards arrived at Manila, 

 and found that there existed a man so tall and powerful, they sent a 

 battalion of soldiers. They disembarked on the shore of Bimigao 

 near Daron, and ascended the mountain where Salingolop lived. He 

 was not found, because at the time he was on the other side of the 

 mountain hunting wild boars, and the soldiers returned to the shore, 

 taking Panugutan as a hostage. Salingolop, having found out what 

 had happened descended the mountain alone to fight the soldiers 

 which were there. These fired on him, but in vain, because the balls 

 could make no impression. On seeing this, they dropped their rifles 

 and with bars of iron they struck him on the legs, trying to overthrow 

 him. As he fell on the side towards the sea, the noise of the waves, 

 it is said, reached to the Cape of San Augustin. They cut off his head 

 and, as he lay dead, they cut off his legs that he might not arise again. 

 The Spaniards returned to Manila, taking with them Panugutan; she 

 married in Manila a Spaniard, by whom she had two children, who 

 later returned to these parts and were well received, being considered 

 not only as friends but as brothers of the Bagobo." 



Salingolop was succeeded by his son Bato who, in turn, was followed 

 by Boas, Basian, Lumbay, Banga, Maliadi, and Taopan. Until we 

 1 Recorded by P. Juan Doyle, S. J. 



