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Ajx(i/ao.s.~\Viivlike head-hunters, having their own hingiiajri^ jind 

 dwelling in the northwestern portion of the proviiue of Cagayan 

 (Luzon) and the adjoinino- portions of Ilocos Norte and Alu-a. Buzeta 

 and Bravo report that they are not full-blood Malays, but mixed with 

 Neg-ritos. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Spanish authors 

 have such mixtures ready made. Dark hair is a mixture of Negrito 

 blood; clear skin or yellowish is the result of crossing with Chinese or 

 Japanese. They are partly Christianized. Some Spanish authors 

 declare their language to })e Mandaya, but this is improbable. 



Variants: Apayos, Apoyaos. [Consult also Vol. VIII, folio series 

 of the Royal Ethnographic Museum in Dresden, by A. H. Meyer, with 

 A. Schadenburg.] 



Arqxis. — A Malay language, spoken by a peaceable pecjple. They 

 live near Nacsiping and Tubang (Luzon). They are heathen, but a 

 portion of them have been converted to Christianity. With these new 

 Christians the village of Aripa has been founded. 



Aids (also xitdas,Itaas). — (1) A powerful people of unknown origin, 

 who occupy the head waters of the rivers Davas, Tuganay, and Liba- 

 ganum, and their country extends in the eastern portion of the pntv- 

 ince of Misamis (Mindanao) to the home of the Buquidnones. Little 

 is known about the Atas; they appear to be a mLxture of Negi'itos and 

 Malays. They have a language of their own. Their name means 

 "dwellers in highlands." Variants: Ataas, Itaas. (2) A mixture of 

 Bicols and Negritos in Camarines Sur. [On the confounding of Atas 

 with Aetas, consult A. B. Meyer. 1899, p. 18. The Atas are not pure 

 Negritos. — Tr.] 



Ate. — Name which the Tagbanuas of Palawan (Paragua) give to the 

 Negritos. 



Atta. — Dialect spoken ))y the Negritos of the province of Cagayan 

 (Luzon). 



Baganis. — No people is known under this name, as .Moya enone- 

 ously asserts: it is the title conferred on every Manobo wan-ior who 

 has slain seven enemies. 



Bagobos.^A heathen and ])loodthirsty people of Malay derivation 

 and with an idiom of their own. Their home is at the foot of the vol- 

 cano of Apo (Davao, in Mindanao). There an- detached Christian set- 

 tlements of them.' 



Balu{/as.—{i) Collective title for dark mixed people of Malay and 

 Negrito race, derived from the Tagala word baloga, "black mixed 

 one." Balugas are to be found in several portions of central Luzon. 

 (2) Some authors identify ^tas with Balugas. Camar.a .alls the 



'[See A. B. Meyer (1899, p. 18) referring to AH>nni .le las .liferentes Ram- .U- Min- 

 danao, Fotografias del R. P. Algue, S. J., and Sriia.k'nl.niv, Zeit.><clirift fiir Ktl.n.»- 

 logie, 1885, No. 1. The latter observed cros.sl)ree<ls Ix'tween Malays and N.^ntos 

 among the Atas in the sonthea.st of Mindanao; in the former, two hait-hn-iMls, .Vta.s 

 are represented, and a Bagubo, from Monnt Apo. with enrly luur.-TRANsi.AToi..] 



