542 NATIVE TEIBES OF THE PHILIPPINES. 



names — Bangot, Buquil, Tadianan, Beribi, Durugmun, Buctulau, Tiron, 

 and Lactan. The Manila journals speak of ]VIanguianes of Paragua 

 (Palawan). These have naught to do with those of Mindoro, since on 

 Paragua this title in its meaning of "forest people"" is applied to all 

 wild natives of unknown origin. 



Ilangulangas^ see 2Lniguangas. 



Manohos. — A Malay head-hunting people, sedentary, chiefly in the 

 river valle}^ of middle Rio Agusan (district of Swigao), as well as at 

 various points in the district of Davao (Mindanao). A considerable 

 portion have been converted through Jesuit missionaries; the rest are 

 heathens. The correct form of the name is Manuba, or, ))etter, Man- 

 Suba; that is, "river people." The name in earlier times was fre- 

 quently extended to other heathen tribes of Mindanao. [On the 

 relationship of Manobos with Indonesians, an allophyllic branch of 

 the white race, see remark of Brinton on Quatrefages and Hamy in 

 American Anthropologist, 1898, Vol. XI, p. 297.] 



Mardicas.\ — In the war between Spain and Holland (seventeenth 

 century) the mercenaries from the Celebes, Macassars, and the Moluccas 

 were so called. 



Maritimos. — The Remontados. who inhabit the islands and rocks on 

 the north coast of Camarines Norte. [The island of Alabat, on the 

 east coast of Luzon, is peopled b}' Negrito half-breeds, called Duma- 

 gat and jNIaritimos. — A. B. Meyer.] 



Mayoyaos. — A Malay head-hunting people, who inhabit the south- 

 west corner of Lsabela and the northwest angle of Nueva Vizcaya. 

 The Mayoj'aos belong, without doubt, to the Ifugao linguistic stock. 



Mestizo. — Mixture. Mestizo Peninsulo, Mestizo Espanol, Mestizo 

 Privilegiado, mixture of Spaniards and natives; Mestizo Chino, Mes- 

 tizo Sangley, Mestizo Tributante, or mixture of Chinese with natives. 



Mindanaos., see Maguindanaos. 



2fontaraz^ Montesinos. — Collective name for heathen mountain peo- 

 ples and also for Remontados. 



2fo)iteses. — (1) Collective name in the same sense as Montaraz; (2) 

 Spanish name for Buquidnones and Buquitnon. 



Jifor'os. — Mohammedan Malays in the south of the archipelago, .south- 

 ern Palawan, Balabac. Sulu Islands, Basilan, western and partly the 

 southern coast of Mindanao, as well as the territorio illano and the 

 Rio Grande region and the Sarangani islands. Various subdivisions 

 have been recognized: Maguindanaos, Illanos, Samales, Joloanos, etc. 



[In the sixteenth century, 1521-1565, the Moros of Brunei (Borneo) 

 propagated Islam among the brown race of the Philippines.] 



Brandos. — Heathen tribes inhabiting the wilds of Panay and Ccbu. 

 Buzeta and Bravo regard them as Visa3'a Remontados gone wild. Baron 



