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Palawanos of both sexes, were taken to Cagayan de Jolo until the 
years 1899-1900, a time of misrule for the island in whose southern 
part the Moro dignitaries were owners of life and lands especially 
the obstinate and rebellious Salip Yasen of Culasian, afterwards 
taken to Alphonso XIII where he died. He was a powerful and 
warlike chief and recognized neither the Sultan Bataraza nor the 
Filipino Governor of the island. Finally he declared war against 
his own chief during the latter part of 1900, but without results. If 
I am not wrongly informed I think the incentive which provoked 
the hostility between these two Moro dignitaries, was the outcome 
of a slave trade. 
TAGBANUAS KNOWN AS PALAWANOS 
After the Apurahuanos who, as has been said before, are the most 
numerous, follow the Palawanos, a tribe inhabiting the southern 
part of Palawan and which name they have taken. They occupy 
the east and west coast, embracing the rancherias of Tigman, Cala- 
tegas, Punta Separacion, Aramaysan, Paniquian, Tagasao, Lada, 
Ipolot, crossing the rancheria of Bono-bono celebrated as the official 
residence of the Sultan Bataraza; around the point of Bulilian 
crossing to the rancheria of Culasian also known as the chosen 
residence of Bataraza and in the interior of which lived the trouble- 
some Datto Tumay. Here occurred the fight in March, 1904, under 
the command of our Governor, Captain Miller, to recover the 31 
guns and some revolvers which had been stolen by the Moros from 
the 48th Company of Scouts in an expedition for geographical 
purposes. From this place the Palawanos inhabit the rancherias 
of Ira-an and Tagbuaya. From hence are the rancherias of 
Quinlugan, Paniquian, Alphonso XII, Malined, Buyata, Tumar- 
bong, Ihuahig, Isugud and Aramayoan—all the rancherias on 
the western coast being occupied by Palawanes and Moros. The 
Tagbanuas Palawanos, properly speaking, differ from the Apura- 
huanos only in dialect, in some of their minor customs, and in the 
manner of eating; otherwise, these two tribes are almost identical 
save in the use of writing. This tribe has no mark or known 
characters, for this reason they have adopted the Arabic and Tag- 
banua characters. The Islamites use the Arabic character; those 
influenced by the Apurahuanos use their characters. 
THE Civic HIERARCHY OF THE PALAWANOS 
Datto, Moro authority, a kind of Governor of the district, which 
embraces a certain number of rancherias. 
