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Among articles of barter carried by them were the typical knives and hemp cloth of the west side of the Davao gulf region, showing that they are at least in the line of trade with the tribes we have already studied. According to their own stories, the original home of the tribe was along the river Mapula which flows into the Tuganay near its source.
Apo, the headwaters of the Davao river north and west of the Guianga as well as the headwaters of the Lasan, Tuganay, and Libagawan rivers. In all these regions they extend over the watershed, converging toward the center of the island at the headwaters of the Pulangi river.
About twenty miles up the Tuganay river Governor Bolton encountered a similar group of Ata whom he describes as being very wild. From the headwaters of this river he crossed over near to the source of the river Libagawan where he discovered a hitherto unknown people the Tugauanum. These he believed were mixed Malay and Negrito, with crispy or curly hair and sharp features. See p. 128.
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