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name of tlie man was Toglai and of the woman Toglibon. Many fruits grew on 

 tlie mountain and tlie forest was filled with game, so that it was easy for them 

 to procure food. After a while they liad many children, both boys and girls, who, 

 when tliey grew up, married. 



One day Toglai and Toglibon told their oldest boy and girl that they should 

 go far away across the ocean, for there was a good place for them. So the 

 two departed and none of the Bagobos saw them again until their descendants — 

 the white people — came back to Davao. The other children remained with their 

 parents and were happy and prosperous until Toglai and Toglibon died and went 

 to the sky, where they became spirits. 



Shortly after their death the country suffered a great drought. No rain fell 

 for three years ; the rivers became dry, and the plants shriveled and died, so that 

 there was no food in the land. The people said: "Manama" is angry and is 

 punishing us, for he has taken away our plants and water; surely we must go to a 

 new place where there is food or we shall die." Two started on the way toward 

 the sunset, carrying with them stones from the Cibolan River, and in a few 

 days reached a good land where there were water and plants, and pigs and deer 

 abounded in great fields of grass. There they settled and in time many children 

 were born to them. Since then they have been called Magindanau because of 

 the stones which they carried with them when they left Cibolan. 



Two others went to the southward and when they found a good land they 

 stopped and made their home. On their journey they carried small baskets 

 called iira-an, and because of this their children are known as Bira-an.^ A pair 

 who went to the northward carried small dolls and thus obtained the name Eto.' 



The tradition accounts for the naming of six other tribes known to 

 the Bagobos, and then coming to themselves it continues : 



One pair only remained at Cibolan. They wished very much to go away, but 

 were so weak from hunger and thirst that they could not walk far. One day the 

 man crawled out into the fields once more to see if he could find some one thing 

 alive, and when he reached there he saw a single stalk of tiibho — sugar cane — 

 growing lustily. He cut a piece from the side and water began to run out until 

 there was enough for the couple to drink. Because of this they called the place 

 Bagobo and the people have since borne that name. 



From the time of the dispersion of the people until about three 

 generations ago the story tellers have little to add. At that time, we 

 learn, the Bagobos had become numerous. Taopan " of Cibolan ruled 

 over all their land. Under his leadership they made frequent forays 

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

 The datu " was noted as a brave warrior, but in addition to this he was 

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

 more than one thousand of his subjects attended the funeral, which lasted 



- A name often applied to the greatest of all spirits, Eugpamolak Manobo. 



' Jlore commonly pronounced Bila-an. 



* The name applied to the Guiangas and Atas living north and west of Daliao. 



°P. Juan Doyle, S. J., gives the following genealogj' for the Bagobo datus: 

 Salingolop, Bato, Boas, Basian, Lumbay, Banga, Maliadi, Taopan, Panguilan, 

 Manip. 



" The Moro name for chief or ruler. Tlie Bagobo name is lagiamoda, but the 

 Moro term is in general use. 



