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She moved to Bontoc with her boy, and then changed his name to Fa-li-kao', her dead father's name. The reason for this last change was because the anito of An-ti'-ko, always in or about Tukukan, could not care for the child in Bontoc, whereas the anito of Fa-li-kao' in Bontoc could do so. The selection of the names of ancestors is shown by the following generations: 1. Mang-i-lot' 2. Cho-kas' 3.
The present name of Mang-i-lot' is O-lu-wan'; this is the name of a man at Barlig whose head was the first one taken by Mang-i-lot'. A man may change his name each time he takes a head, though it is not customary to do so more than once or twice. Girls as well as boys may receive during childhood two or three names, that they may receive the protection of an anito.
Kom-ling' 4. Mang-i-lot' 5 A. Kom-ling' 5 B. Ta-kay'-yeng 5 C. Teng-ab' 5 D. Ka-weng' Mang-i-lot' is the baby name of an old man now about 60 years old; it was the name of his great-grandfather . Numbers 5 A, 5 B, 5 C, and 5 D are the sons of Mang-i-lot' , all of whom died before receiving a second name.
Toyub 1 5 Samuiyu 2 10 Total 13 43 These sementeras produce the low average of 3 1/3 cargoes. The average value of Mang-i-lot's' sementeras, then, is 33 1/3 pesos which is thought to be a conservative estimate of the value of the Bontoc sementera. Mang-i-lot' is rated among the lesser rich men. He is relatively, as the American says, "well-to-do."
Mang-i-lot', an old man whose ten children are all dead, and who says his property is no longer of value because he has no children with whom to leave it, is believed to have spoken truthfully when he said he has the following sementeras in the five following geographic areas surrounding the pueblo: Geographic area Number of sementeras Number of cargoes produced Magkang 6 15 Kogchog 3 5 Felas 1 8
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