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Not long after the pretty girl came from the middle of the field to get her star dress; she saw Aponitolau sitting on it. "You, Ipogau, you must pardon us, for we came to steal your sugar cane, for we were anxious to chew it." "If you came to get some of my sugar cane it is all right.
For the present we shall take their point of view and shall try to reconstruct the life in "the first times" as it appears in the tales. At other times these places are referred to as Sudipan the term by which spirits are supposed to call the present earth while the actors are referred to as Ipogau the spirit name for Tinguian.
Then they finished what they built, their house. "My wife," said Kaboniyan, "give me the coconut oil, that I oil my spear, for I go to see those Ipogau who are sick." When those Ipogau who were sick were in their house, his spear fell in their house. "What is the matter with you, Ipogau?" said Kaboniyan.
The salaksák clucked, who flew where they dug, where they made those poles stand, with which they made the house. Since they have the bad sign again, they say to the others those who make the poles stand "We are very tired always to dig and dig, and to make stand and make stand those poles, we go ahead to make the house," and they placed their lumber and they went one family of the Ipogau.
'Ala, I shall go down to the Ipogau, He truly went down to them, 'What is the matter with you? 'We are all sick who live in the same place, said those sick ones. It is best that you make Pala-an, since you have received their igam, for that is the cause of your illness, After that they made Pala-an, and they recovered from their sickness, those who lived in the same place.
The best thing for you to do is to sit down, for I wish to know your name, for we Ipogau have the custom to tell our names. It is bad for us if we do not know each others' names when we talk." Not long after he gave her betel-nut and the woman chewed it. As soon as they chewed, "Now that we have chewed according to our custom we will tell our names."
They gave; he put in his mouth the one who commanded them he spit out. After that it is as if nothing had happened to the family. The Ipogau are digging where they make stand the poles of their houses. "You go to give the sign," said the master of the sign to the siket. Siket went. "Why do we have a bad sign? We remove the poles," said the Ipogau, and they removed that there might be no bad sign.
Three spirits now appeared in quick succession, and discussed with the old men the advisability of adopting the Americans as Ipogau. Finally the leader Ilabdangan called them to the mat before him and told them their names, and also recited a list of their relations.
"Why do not those Ipogau who are making Sayang start the balaua correctly?" said the spirits above. Those anitos who are married, who are Kadaklan and Agemem, say, "It is better that you carry the pig." Then truly they carried the pig up the river, those two Ipogau who are married. "Ala! you walk and walk until you arrive at Sayau, for a person who lives there is making Sayang," said the spirits.
"What is the matter with you, you say, and there is nothing which we do not do for our sickness, and we are never cured," said those Ipogau. And Kaboniyan answered, "How can you become cured of your sickness when you have a bad sign for that which you made your house? The reason of your sickness is because you do not make Sangásang.
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