?>.3 trip to Mt. AppofromDavao?. Mindanao,?. I.,A distance of about 
of Itejor «k~ A.H.arh», Sur^on 
unitnil 'r* q'niTD Provincial Treasurer and Fletcher L.Koiioi juomi 
°any £ yJSftbj.otoMh. trip «•» Jgo^ 
an almost unknown mountain, and to make * D 0 ’ 
animals and plants for the National Museum, Washington, D.C. 
The morning of June 14 th we left Davao, in a wall sail oo.t for 
Ta^ulava a town on the coast south of Appo, we arrived there at 4 
o’clock P.N., and sent immediately to Santa Cruz, 
for carriers they arrived sometime during the night and in t “ e 
iZ Se packed our rations and other articles in packs of aboU* «» loj. 
each and turned them over to the carriers, who W 0 jr» Tfr«XX »uppXlg|L wi ^ 
bajouea and we were soon ready to start. It having £iUn*? , e ^k ^ally 
the trail was very bod, the first four miles were across * Gradually 
rising plain the top of which was very one thousanci feet above se.level 
After crossing a river which was very swift but a^where we 
feet wide we had another gradual rise for about two mile.. w- 0 r ® „ 
reached Datto Tuncolling’s place at i o’clock P.M., 
the night . Alt itutde ib5o feet. We recieved « "arm welcome nerev/.iretne 
pecpel are all Bagobos; The dat,to has. a large ad^of 
toms and plenty of dishes; he keeps four wives, has about ten 9^ 
horses and about a thousand followers. He is chief °* J 1 * not'•toes 
They gaves us chickens, eggs, green corn, tomatoes and sweet potot 
bo we-were able to save our rations. At nitght they gayeo a big dune 
which was quite picturesque and typical of all fnier ^ . 
music was all made with thier tom toms, ( large cas^ iron drams with.a 
large brass knob in the center ), it was more noise than music bjitdid 
very well the first time one heares them. Here we were told tbay marry 
at the age of twelve years; Whan there Is a couple -who wishes tpm marry 
they obtain the consent'of their parents and they decide what they 
shall rocieve at the wedding.If the contracting Pities are what 
would be considered wemlthy' they have a; swell affiar and the presents 
consists of horses, cattle and■numbers pf tom-toms as a house 01 
importance ranks according tc the number of tom-toms tne * fc v Q 
thSstrtjemiOwaobarerbpghoemdalibeofoyhs feJM^rvBibiie«oK<»in 6 hbQldhJLai.®o^b 
of these tom-toms are by no means of the least value. Now sb °uld ohocou 
Of true love be rough and the boy’s father not consent to.the union, then 
with the consent of the girls father the boy leaves home ontTgoea to 
live with' his fathen-in-lQw where he works.hard and is almost equal to 
a slave until the girl’s father sees fit'to start them out in life lor 
themselves. Some of these people worship, idols and one can see ; number 
of saucers placed around both in and out of the house for the purpose 01 
feeding the"gods; every few days something is placed in them for the gods 
uoeat so they will hot bother the people. - 
once every year there is a big fiesta (feast)most always after thoyhaive 
their rice, it corresponds somewhat to the American thanksgiving; they 
have plenty to eat and drink large amounts of "beno H .The 
woman dance the first night,, the men the second and the fiesta lasts •- - 
about three days/ Should the datto dio they have a celebration lasting 
five days or more; then his remalno are put in a box-coffin and left 
in the house, every one goes away and the house with the dead lord in 
sole possession is abandoned to decay and fall to pieces. The deceased 
Datto * s eldest son inherits all his property and is made datto in his 
fathers place. 
On June iGth we left the ciatto’s and prooeded on our way up the 
mountain..The march was vary difficult on account of the heavy rains • 
On account of the lay of the mountains we .were- compelled to proceed up 
a river bed about three miles, it was narrow- and vary swift,the 
banks were canyon like and of solid rock a hundred feet high'in.places, 
we had to cross from side to side very often. It tcck uo six hours to 
cover the distance and it was 4' o’clock P.r. when we arrived at Datto 
fling ah’s place, this datto is a oub-dat1 0 under 'Tuncoilirig. Altitude 
here was 335o feet. 
On June i7th Governor Bolton and Mr. Sharp saw it would be impossible 
for them to reach the summit and return to Davao by the 20th to,meet 
the coast .guard boat 00 they bade us good byb and . started on thier 
return trif>. 
