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Dumanágan sent his mother Langa-an to Kaodanan. When she arrived there she said, “Good morning Ebang,” and Ebang replied, “Good morning, cousin Langa-an. Why are you coming here?” “I came to visit you.” So they made her go upstairs and they talked. Not long after they all became drunk and the old woman asked if Aponībalagen had a sister, and they told her that he had one. Soon they agreed on the day for the pakálon.

Not long after they went up to the gate of the town and they agreed on the marriage price when Dumanágan should marry Aponībolinayen. They said the price was the balaua filled nine times. Not long after when they had paid they all danced. Then the people went back home and Aponībalagen and his people went back home also.

Not long after Aponībolinayen was very anxious to eat biw fruit of Tagapolo. So Dumanágan went to get it for her. He arrived where the biw was and he got some, and in a short time he returned to Kadalayapan and he gave the fruit to his wife to eat. As soon as she ate it she became well again. After seven months she gave birth and they called the boy Asbinan. As soon as the boy became large he went to play with the girls.

As soon as Asigōwan of Nagwatowátan noticed the braveness of Asbinan she made balaua, and she commanded the people to pound rice. Not long after she commanded the betel-nuts to go and invite their relatives. The betel-nuts went to all the towns in the world and invited all the people. The next day they oiled the gansas and the people played them and all the people who heard them danced for they liked the sound of them very much. So Asbinan went to attend the balaua. All the people arrived at the place by the spring and a big storm came and wet all of them. Not long after the people who lived in the same town as Asīgowan, which was the town of Nagwatowátan, went to meet them at the spring, to give them dry clothes. They changed their clothes and went up to the town. As soon as they all danced Asbinan saw Asigōwan and he wanted to marry her. So he gave her betel-nut to chew and they told their names, and when they had told their names their quids showed that it was good for them to marry. The father and mother of Asigōwan were Gagᴇlagatan and Dinowágan, but she lived with the alan. Her father and mother did not know her until she made balaua and Asbinan did not know her until the balaua, then he married her at once.

“When I was a young fellow I went to all parts of the world, to every town where the tattooed Igorot live, who were all enemies.

When he arrived at the spring of Lisnayan in the town of Ībōwan he rested and he sat on the high stone and began to play the bamboo Jew's harp and Īgōwan saw him. “Adolan come and see this young fellow and hear him play the Jew's harp.” The harp said, “Īwaginan Adolan, Inalangan come and see your brother, if he is your true brother.” So Adolan went truly to see him and he found that it was a newborn baby who was just beginning to walk. “Where did you come from little baby?” said Adolan. “‘Where did you come from?’ you say. I come from fighting the tattooed Igorot.” “How does it happen that you went to war, for you are only just from your mother's womb?” “‘How does it happen?’ you say. I heard my father saying that when he was young he went to all parts of the world in all the towns,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang to Adolan.

Not long after he gave him betel-nut and they chewed. As soon as they finished chewing they told their names, and Adolan told his Page 163name first and Ībagō wa Agimlang was next to tell his. After that they laid down their quids and they saw that they were brothers. “Now, my brother, Adolan we will go to Pindayan, for I am going to make a big party, for I just return from fighting,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang. “Ala, you go first and I will go to see our brother,” said Adolan.

Not long after he arrived in Pindayan and he made a big party. Adolan and Iwaginan and Īgōwan went to attend the party. Not long after he took Inalingan out of his belt, she was a pretty girl who looked like the newly opened flower of the betel-nut tree. “Where did you get her?” “‘Where did you get her?’ you say. I met her in the place where there are many lawed vines, and when you cut their leaves they smile,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang.

“Now, brother, we are going to chew betel-nut, and see if we are truly relations,” said Dalīwagenan (Ībagō wa Agimlang), and he called Adolan, Īgōwan, and all his brothers and sisters, and his father and mother. He gave them betel-nut to chew, and Dagilagatan and Dinowágan told their names first and Iwaginan was the next, and then Adolan and then Īgōwan, but he said that he was the son of the alan, and next was Agimlang and then the pretty girl. She said, “My name is Inaling who is the little girl who never goes out of the lawed vines, which when somebody cuts they smile.” After they finished chewing the betel-nut and telling their names, they laid down their quids, and the quids Īgōwan and Ginalingan (Inaling) went to the quids of Iwaginan Page 164and Adolan. “Oh, my son, Īgōwan and my daughter Ginalingan, I thought that I did not have any more my daughter and son and that the alan had taken. We did not feed you rice,” said the old woman Dinowágan. “Ala, my son, Agimlang, do not feel sorry, because you heard what your father Dagilagatan said to you, because you met your brothers and sister who are Īgōwan and Ginalingan,” said the old woman Dinowágan. After that they danced for about nine months. After that Īgōwan and Adolan and Iwaginan went home and they did not let Ginalingan go back home.

The alan who saw that Asbinan was a beautiful young boy, said, “If you will not go to look at him, we are going to leave you, for we fear that he is going to die because of you.” Dawīnīsan did not wish the alan to leave her, and she said, “Ala, bring him up on the porch and I will see him.” The alan took him up on the porch, and she went to look at him. When she saw that he was a handsome boy, she said, “I am ashamed, for I did not think he was a rich and handsome boy.” When she saw that the boy appeared to be suffering greatly she went into the house; she changed her dress and went out on the porch, and she looked like the sunshine. When she reached the porch, she rubbed Page 166the boy's stomach, and directly Asbinan sat up. Dawīnīsan said to him, “Come into the house and we will tell our names and see if we are relatives.” So they went into the house and she told him to set down on a golden seat which looked like a fawn. As soon as he sat down he said, “Pretty, young girl, when I see you I am blinded by your beauty. I came here because I wish to marry you.” “Oh, Asbinan! I am ashamed, but I do not want to be married yet,” said Dawīnīsan. “Dawīnīsan, even if you tell me to leave you, I will not do it until you promise to marry me. I will stay with you now,” he said. Dawīnīsan replied, “Even though you should stay here one month, I do not care,” Asbinan said. “Let us chew betel-nut and see if the quids turn to beads with no hole, and lie side by side; or if they lie parallel, then it is not good for us to marry; so we shall see.”

Not long after they chewed betel-nut, and when they laid down their quids they were agate beads, and they laid side by side; so they saw it was good for them to marry. “Ala, now it is good for us to marry and we are related.” Dawīnīsan replied, “Ala, go and tell your mother that if they have everything we want and will pay what we want, you can marry me.” Asbinan said, “Yes,” and he went to his grandmother Alokotán. “Ala, my grandmother Alokotán, what shall we do? Dawīnīsan said that if we have everything they want and will pay it for her, she will marry me.” The old woman said, “Ala, do not worry about that, I will see.”

Not long after they started and took Asbinan, and when they arrived at the house of Dawīnīsan they agreed on the marriage price. Her mother said, “If you can fill our balaua nine times with gold shaped like deer, and jars which are addᴇban and ginlasan, Asbinan can marry our daughter.” Alokotán and the others replied, “Ala, if that is what you say it is all right, and we can pay more.” So Alokotán used magic and the balaua was filled nine times with the things they wished, and there were more golden deer than jars. The father and mother and relatives of the girl said, “Asbinan and our daughter Dawīnīsan can be married now.” When the pakálon was over, Alokotán used magic and she said, “I use my power so that they will not know that they are transferred to Kadalayapan,” and all the houses went to Kadalayapan. Not long after the people who went to attend the pakálon found that they were in Kadalayapan and they were surprised, and the people from the other towns went home when the pakálon was finished.