September, 19 13. Wild Tribes of Davao District — Cole. 



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come to this last mentioned ruler we learn little more of importance, 

 but at the beginning of his rule, we learn that the Bagobo had become 

 a powerful people. Under his leadership they made frequent forays 

 into neighboring districts and returned with many slaves and rich loot. 

 The data 1 was noted as a brave warrior, but in addition to this he was 

 a wise and just ruler, greatly beloved by all his people. When he died 

 more than one thousand of his subjects attended the funeral which 

 lasted ten days. On the last day the house was decked, inside and out, 

 with red and yellow flowers; many valuable gifts were placed beside 

 the corpse, and the place was then abandoned. 



He was succeeded by his son Pangtlan, whose administration, like 

 that of his father, was firm and just. Upon his death he bequeathed 

 the leadership of a united people to his son Manib. The new data did 

 not prove to be a great warrior and his decisions in matters of dispute 

 were not always just, so that bad blood arose between the people of 

 Gibolan and Talun. He was unable to quell the disturbances, and 

 finally open warfare broke out, petty chiefs of other districts throwing 

 off his control and ruling as data. This was the condition which con- 

 fronted the present ruler, Tongkaling, when he found himself ruler of 

 Cibolan. 



The claims of leadership over all the Bagobo had never been relin- 

 quished, but the actual power of the datu outside his own district 

 amounted to little. Tongkaling soon established his right to the name 

 of a great warrior, and his people so prospered under his rule that 

 upon the advent of the Americans he was much the most powerful 

 among the several chiefs. Under the administration of Governor 

 Bolton, Tongkaling was officially recognized as head of the Bagobo, 

 and with this added prestige, he has finally succeeded in gaining recog- 

 nition from all the chiefs except those about Santa Cruz, but his actual 

 control over them is still very slight. He has been a consistent friend 

 of the Americans, but has jealously guarded his people against outside 

 influences, so that they are much less affected than those of other 

 districts. For this reason we shall, in this paper, use Cibolan as a 

 type settlement, but where radical differences occur in other districts 

 they will be noted. 



1 The Moro name for chief or ruler. The Bagobo name is lagatmoda or matanem, 

 but the Moro term is in general use. 



