Summary of the First Document

The story begins with the exodus of 10 Bornean datus from their homeland due to theoppression of Datu
Makatunaw. The 10 datus are as follows: (1) Dato Pote [Datu Puti], (2) Dato Lubay, (3) Dato Bangcaya,
(4) Dato Paiburong or Payburong, (5) Dato Somacuel, (6) Dato Domangsil, (7) Dato Domalog or
Domaloglog , (8) Dato Padoginog , (9) Dato Domongsol , and(10) Dato Balensusa.
They landed on the mouth of the river Sinaragan and landed where they first encounteredthe Aetas who are the
natives of the Island. Datu Puti expressed his desire to discuss with theirchief Datu Marecudo
concerning the buying of land for the settlers and the two sides met on themouth of Jalauor river, in a place called
Dagame
. The Borneans proposed to buy land by barteringto Marecudo a golden hat ( sadoc) and a golden wash-
basin. Marecudo’s wife Maiuantiuan however refused to acknowledge the sale unless she was given a necklace

(colintas) so long itwould reach the ground. Datu Puti and his wife Pinangpang consented to her wishes and requested

in turn for the aetas to give them “a cavan of crabs, a wild pig with long tusks, and a full grownwhite deer with long horns.” With
the barter complete, Marecudo declared that all the ancestors ofthe Borneans could settle wherever they pleased, either on the
coasts or on the mountains.
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Ibid., ii.

In the next section, Datu Puti, Balensusa and Domangsil decided to return to Borneohowever, upon reaching the Taal river
(presumably Pansipit river in present day Batangas), thelatter two datus decided to settle in the area and became the
primogenitors of the Tagalogs. DatuPuti meanwhile sailed back to Borneo, although what happened to him was never specified.

ROSTER OF CHIEFTAINS AND WARRIORS 1. CHIEFTAIN MAMAGTAL of Buglas (now

Negros Island). 2. ALIMONSAY, wife of Chieftain Mamagtal. 3. DATU KAMATEL, ally of
Mamagtal. 4. MATNUHAY KALANTIAW, the first Filipino lawgiver. 5. IKONG
KABUNSOL, father of Matnuhay Kalantiaw. 6. TADYA BUNGSALAN, Kabungsol's wife,
mother of Kalantiaw. 7. KING BALANTAD, head of the Binanua-an tribe of Negritoes
in Guiual (now Guimbal), Province of Iloilo. 8. TIMWAY MARIKUDO, king of the
Sinugbohan tribe of Negritoes in Talisayan (now San Joaquin), Prov. of Iloilo. 9.
MANIWANTIWAN, wife of Marikudo. 10. PULPULAN, Marikudo's father. 11. DATU
PUTI, head of the Brunei datus who landed in Panay. 12. DATU SUMAKWEL, head of
the Confederation of Madyaas. 13. DATU PAIBURONG, head of the settlement of
Irong-irong (now Iloilo). 14. DATU BANGKAYA, head of the settlement of Aklan (now
Capiz). 15. DATU BALENSUELA and DATU DUMANGSIL, they established their
settlements at places surrounding Taal Lake. 16. DATU PADOHINOG, DATU
DUMANGSOL, DATU DUMALUGDOG and DATU LUBAY, are assistants of Datu
Sumakwel in the Confederation of Madyaas. 17. DATU ITUM or ITIM and DATU PULA
are two younger brothers of Datu Puti. 18. PINANGPANGAN, Datu Puti's wife. 19.
KAPINANGAN alias ALAYON, Datu Sumakwel's wife. He had three other wives whose
names were unknown. 20. PABULANAN, Datu Paiburong's wife. 21. KATARUNG, Datu
Bangkaya's wife. 22. KABILING, Datu Dumangsol's wife. 23. LAKANYE ILOHAY
TANAYON, wife of Datu Labawdunggon who killed Sultan Makatunaw. She is Datu
Paiburong's daughter. 24. TAKMO BUAYA, a native chieftain of Leyte.