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you as far as the house of Lingan," in order that there they may 

 make the cloth or clothes necessary for wrapping the child according to 

 the usage of the Earth World.'' 



Ling-an actually furnished to them the cloth and the seamstress to 

 make the swaddling clothes for the child — and then they continued their 

 journey unto the house of Ambumabbakal. The latter said to them: 

 "Take this cloth and this pair of fowls, male and female, and do not 

 return to live at Kai-ahang but go to Otbobon." And Ambumabbakal 

 accompanied them to the house of Ngilin a MaiigoiTgan " and said to 

 the latter: "It will be well if we beseech the buni" to take pity on these 

 poor people, considering the great distance that still remains to them 

 unto Otbobon, and keeping in mind also the great heat that prevails." 

 So they did, saying: "Ye huni, take pity upon these unhappy ones and 

 shorten for them the distance." The prayer was heard, and after two 

 or three days they found themselves at the end of their journey. 



The peopling of Ifugao land. — Having arrived at Otbobon, they built a 

 temporary hut on fertile land. Later they constructed a good house, 

 and it was just after it was finished that Bugan gave birth to a healthy 

 boy; and the fowls also procreated. 



The child grew a little, but there came to him an unlooked-for sickness. 

 Then Kabigat remembered that Ambumabbakal had advised them to offer 

 fowls to their ancestors in case any sickness should come upon them. So 

 they killed a rooster and a hen, and offered them to Ampiial, Wigan, and 

 their other ancestors. The child recovered and began to grow very robust 

 and plump. They named him Balitiik. Bugan conceived again, and she 

 gave birth to a strong girl, to whom she gave the name of Lingan. These 

 children grew up, and, having attained a marriageable age, were married 

 like their parents, and gave origin to the Silipanes."' 



Their parents, Kabigat and Bugan, had a second son, on whom they 

 placed the name Tad-ona, and then another daughter, whom they called 

 Iniike. She and Tad-ona did what their parents and brother and sister 

 had done, and gave birth to Kabigat, the second, and Biigan, the second. 

 These latter two, imitating the preceding ones, were united in wedlock 

 and begot sons and daughters who peopled the remainder of the Ifugao 

 region." 



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Establishment of religious ceremonies. — Upon their marriage Tad-ona 

 and Iniike did not offer pigs or fowls to the buni as was customary. This 

 being observed by Liddum from Kabiinian, he descended and asked them: 

 "Why have ye not offered sacrifices?" They answered him that they were 

 ignorant of such a custom or ceremony. Then Liddum returned to Ka- 



*^ The goddess of weaving. 

 "Or Ngilin an Maknongan (?). 



" Deities which the Ifugaos believe to be their ancestors. 

 "The people of Alimit Ifugao. (Plate I,) 



" Tad-ona and Inuke are recognized as common ancestors by all the 

 Kiangan Ifugaos, and the myths about them are legion. 



