﻿ix. d, 6 Robertson: The Igorots of Lepanto 503 



from them. When they saw the Igorots they thought that the Igorots had 

 stolen their dog, as it was known that Igorots eat dogs; the Christians 

 persuaded the Igorots to follow them, telling the Igorots that one of them 

 had some work for them to do; they went with the Christians, who had 

 them that night to sleep inside of a strong bamboo fence; when they were 

 sound asleep, the Christians killed every one of them, with the exception 

 of Bocasi, who succeeded in escaping. The Christians buried the bodies of 

 their victims in Santa Lucia." Upon Bocasi's return home, he told his 

 townspeople what had happened to them. Thereupon the people of Besao 

 and Payeo planned a head-hunting trip to Santa Maria; they started for 

 that place, and when they reached the outskirts of the town they saw a 

 young man carrying ears of corn on his head. They killed him and cut 

 off his head, arms, and legs and then returned home again, full of joy that 

 they had avenged themselves for the cruelty of the Christians. From that 

 time on, the Besao and Payeo people stopped going to Santa Maria until 

 the time when Quiiio went to Vigan and was appointed maestre de campo; 

 then the Igorots and the Santa Maria people made peace, with the friendly 

 help of the people from Santa Lucia. 



MURDER OF A YOUNG BOY 



Pasingan and one of his sons, a boy about 7 years old, named Bulay-oc, 

 went to Suagayan River, now in the confines of Angaqui, to fish. While 

 fishing, instantly and without notice, they found themselves surrounded 

 by Busos from Cagubatan."' Pasingan's intentions were to make a stand 

 against the Busos and defend his son, but he saw that it was useless, 

 because he was greatly outnumbered, and that if he did not run away 

 he also would be beheaded. The Busos cut off the boy's head, arms, 

 and legs, and left the body there; when the Busos had gone, Pasingan 

 returned and took the body of his son to Payeo. After three months, 

 the whole town of Payeo went on a head-hunting expedition to Cagubatan; 

 on their way they encountered the Cagubatan Busos, who were also on 

 a head-hunting expedition; fighting began between the two parties, which 

 resulted in a defeat for the Payeo people, 2 of their men being killed, 

 Matel-lo and Yotayot, and their heads, arms, and legs being cut off. 

 When the Cagubatan Busos had gone, the Payeo people went back to 

 the place for the bodies of their companions, which they took back with 

 them to their town, after which they had a mourning canao that lasted 

 about three months. After the termination of this canao, they selected 

 some of their men to go to Cagubatan to recover, through purchase or 

 exchange of gold, putic (jars) , and brass gongs, the heads, arms, and 

 legs of the men that had been killed. They started out, and upon reach- 

 ing Sumadel they found a leg of one of their people; they held a little 



7 ' For relations between the Igorots and other Philippine peoples, see 

 Blair and Robertson, ut supra: 20, 258, 275, 276; 21, 149; 23, 280; 43, 

 77; and 48, 82, 83. For their relations with Spaniards, see 14, 281-326; 

 17, 306; 19, 161, 255; 20, 262-303, 306; 28, 158, 167, 238; 31, 261, 262; 

 37, 245-249; 38, 228; 43, 76, 77; 48, 56, 57, 68, 70, 73, 81-90, 128, 131; 

 50, 170; 51, 49, 56; and 52, 215. 



"See Beyer, This Journal, Sec. D (1913), 8, 94, and Lillo de Gracia, 

 Distrito de Lepanto, 21, for interesting accounts of the customs and 

 beliefs of this place. 



