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.' : iQne hog: was killed in tJie forenoon and; 'tlie ■ other in the^ afternoon 

 of; the third; day. On: that same afternoon a large, shallow :pit, about 

 3 meters ;Squ3r6 and. 1 meter deep, was dug on the plateani where. tire 

 ceremonies of. the. previous mornings had been held. The ceremonies 

 of the fourth, fifth, and sixth mornings took place around this pit, 

 and were all alike. From two to three hundred young and middle-aged 

 warriors with spears and shields danced a mimic battle and sang songs 

 of vengeance from sunrise until about 7 o'clock. At the same time 

 two old priests sat in the center of the- pit, where a sinall fire was 

 built, and performed a religious Ceremony over some of the meat of 

 the hogs killed on the third day. The warriors danced and sang them- 

 selves into a frenzy disquieting to look upon. Some women and children 

 who had gone up to the plateau on the fourth morning ran, away in 

 fright when the dance reached its height. After this ceremony the 

 men returned home thoroughly exhausted and did little or no work on 

 that day. 



■ CONCLUSION. 



The completion of the vengeance ceremonies likewise completes the 

 observances connected with the munhimwig hurial. The people believe 

 that the souls of men buried by this ceremony lead most unhappy 

 lives. They are forced to wander about, for a time at least, among the 

 war gods and great evil deities of the Sky World (Ad Day a) and the 

 Upper World {Ad Eabunian) . It is far from being an honor to have 

 one's head, taken. In. fact, to the Ifugao, it is the greatest of. all mis- 

 fortunes. 



PART III. THE BUraAL OF AilGUYUN."^ 

 AlIGtJTUN'S DEATH AT KIAnGAN. 



Aligiiyun, of the district of ISTagakaran in Kiaiigan Ifugao, was a 

 soldier in the constabulary company stationed at Kiangan. He was 

 killed while on duty. May 3, 1910, by a prisoner in the guardhouse 

 who had secretly obtained a weapon. This prisoner had determined 

 to escape and would have killed anyone who barred his way had he 

 not been immediately shot by one of the other soldiers. 



The killing of Aliguyun was therefore not done for revenge; in 

 fact, his murderer probably did not Imow who he was nor where he 

 was from. However, it so happened, that the prisoner himself was 

 from the district of Kurug, which is about 10 or 12 kilometers distant 

 from ISTagakaran, the home of Aliguyun. Old feuds existed between 

 nearly all the clans in this area, and Nagakaran and Kurug were not 

 exceptions. 



Since the suppression of head-hunting in Ifugao, it has become a 



™ By Roy Franklin Barton. 



