body is found in Brasil,
in Florida, among the Scythians of Asia, and the Britons of Europa,
and even among the Moros of Africa, those nations are very remote from
our Pintados; and so remote an origin cannot be conceded to the latter.

400. The large island of Mindanao took its name from a large lake
(which is called Danao in the general language of these islands)
which is found in that island, and into which many rivers flow. The
same thing has happened in that island as I have said of the others,
namely, that its first owners and settlers must have been the
ones who are now found on the uplands and in the fastnesses of the
mountains and the crags. Since they are inclined to the mountains,
they allowed the foreign traders to settle their seacoasts and rivers,
as they were found uninhabited and defenseless; and when the latter
had taken possession of the best of the territories and districts,
the true owners were unable to expel the foreigners, since the latter
were the more powerful and civilized.

401. From this fact comes the variety of tribes that have been found
in that island of Mindanao: such as the Caragas, the Butuans, the
Cagayans, the Dapitans, the Mindanaos, the Malanaos, besides the
Tagabalooyes, Manobos, and Lutaos, and a great number of blacks,
like those of whom we have already written. Of all of them, when
we consider their first origin, there is no other inference than
that it was in the neighboring islands of Borney, Macasar, or the
Malucas, considering not only the Mahometan rites and their manner
of dressing, but also the bonds of sympathy existing among them. For
to this day they maintain their friendship and trade, and unite for
the protection of one another, although they are not all Mahometans,
and most of them are infidels, atheists, and total barbarians.

402. If we consider their more immediate origin, the Caraguenos have
the first place. They are so called from Caraga or Caraghas, which was
formerly the name of all that coast which extended north and south
from the point of Surigao to that of San Agustin, and then, turning
toward the west, extended from Surigao and ran through Iligan and
as far as Dapitan, until in later times a division of districts was
made. The Caragas are the oldest people in that island, and without
the protection of any foreigners have maintained their location and
their valorous courage--which was well known in former times, by
the Visayans and even by all the isl