VI. MAX DAY A. 



("Inhabitants of the Uplands"). 

 Synonyms. 



(a) Mansaka ("Inhabitants of the mountain clearings"). This 

 name is applied to those Mandaya who formerly dwelt far back in the 

 mountains. Many of this division have recently emigrated to the coast 

 and are now found at the north and east part of Davao Gulf. 



(b) Pagsupan. The appellation by which the members of this 

 tribe, living near the Tagum and Hijo rivers, are known. 



(c) Mangwanga or Mangrangan ("Dwellers in the forests"). 

 A name by which are designated those Mandaya who live in the heavily 

 forested mountains skirting the coast. 



(d) Managosan or Magosan. The members of the tribe living 

 on the headwaters of the Agusan river bear this name. 



(e) Divavaoan. A division which inhabits a small district to the 

 south and west of Compostela. Very little is known of this people, 

 but from the information now at hand it seems that they should be 

 classed as a branch of the Mandaya. 



HABITAT. 



This tribe occupies both slopes of the mountain range which borders 

 the Pacific ocean, from about 9 degrees of North latitude south nearly 

 to Cape San Agustin. Its members are also found in considerable 

 numbers from the head of the Agusan drainage nearly to the town of 

 Compostela, and several settlements of this people are to be found 

 along the Hijo and Tagum rivers, while in recent years a number have 

 established themselves on the eastern side of Davao Gulf. 



Generally speaking, this whole region is extremely mountainous and 

 at the same time heavily wooded. It is only when the Agusan, Hijo, 

 and Tagum rivers are approached that the country becomes more open. 

 On the Pacific coast there are few harbors, for the mountains extend 

 down almost to the water's edge forming high sheer cliffs. Aside from 

 the three rivers mentioned the water courses are, for the greater part, 

 small and unnavigable and a short distance back from the coast appear 

 as tiny rivulets at the bottom of deep cations. 



There is no organisation of the tribe as a whole, since each district 

 has its local ruler who is subject to no other authority. These divisions 

 are seldom on good terms, and are frequently in open warfare with one 

 another or with neighboring tribes. 



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