﻿ix. n. 6 Robertson: The Igorots of Lepanto 473 



order that he might be safe from any disease: "Here is an animal that we 

 sacrifice in order that all of you may unite in the same place and use it." 

 That was the old man's prayer. As soon as this caiiao was over the sick 

 man would feel better, and they say that the cahao that they performed 

 acted the same as medicine. This is our strong inheritance from our old 

 men that serves as a reminder to us and that we cannot deny, and this will 

 be handed down again to our children. 



ANGAKI 10 



The township of Angaki comprehends the barrios of Angaki, 

 Cayos, Malideg, Patiacang, Mabalili, and Suagayan. Accord- 

 ing to the manuscript, Angaki was first inhabited in 1836. The 

 first inhabitants came from two small settlements on the moun- 

 tain just west of Angaki, but their fathers and grandfathers 

 had gone thither from other places — a fact that proves that 

 there was considerable movement among the mountain peoples. 

 The first Christians came in 1884. The first gobernadorcillo 1T 

 was appointed by Ramon Tajonera, governor of Abra Province, 



of these idols. These images also are called anitos; for they say that 

 when people die, they go to serve the Batata. Therefore they make sacri- 

 fices to these anitos, offering them food, wine, and gold ornaments; and 

 request them to be intercessors for them before the Batala, whom they 

 regard as God." For other old citations regarding the anito, see Blair 

 and Robertson, ut supra: 6, 146; 12, 181 (Chirino, Relacion, 1604); 40, 

 71-73 (Colin, Labor evangelica, 1663) ; 40, 222, 223 (San Agustin's cele- 

 brated letter, 1720); 40, 333-336 (San Antonio Chronicas, 1738-44). By 

 the early Visayans the anito was known as diwata. Cf. Jenks, Pub. P. I. 

 Ethnol. Surv. (1905), 1, 196-200. 



"Angaki is described by Perez, Igorrotes, 93-107. It is 22 kilometers 

 northwest from Cervantes and has a picturesque location amid small 

 streams and cascades. The township has an abundance of good mineral 

 waters. Considerable weaving was formerly carried on there. The mission 

 established in Angaki was organized by Fray Antonio Blanco, O. S. A. 

 During the Spanish regime a boys' school had a more or less precarious 

 existence. 



11 Montero y Vidal, Archipielago Filipino. Madrid (1886), says of the 

 gobernadorcillo: "Certain native functionaries, improperly called goberna- 

 dorcillos, exercise command in the towns; they correspond to the alcaldes 

 and municipal judges of the Peninsula, and perform at once functions of 

 judges and even of notaries, with definite powers. As assistants they elect 

 several lieutenants and alguacils, proportionate in number to the inhab- 

 itants. Those assistants together with three ex-gobernadorcillos, to whom 

 are referred the duties of judges of cattle, fields, and police, constitute a 

 sort of town council." The recompense was so small that the office was 

 almost honorary, the duties were onerous, and the incumbent of the office 

 ran the risk of annoyances, fines, and imprisonment. Notwithstanding 

 these disadvantages the office was much sought after. The above is taken 

 from Blair and Robertson, ut supra, 17, 329, 330. 



