So two by two the children of the first couple left the land of their birth. Their descendants, still dwelling at that place, are called Baraan or Bilaan, because of the women’s baskets. When they found a good spot, they settled down. Two children of Toglai and Toglibon went to the south, seeking a home, and they carried with them a women’s baskets (baraan). Their children still live in that place and are called Magindanau, because of the stones which the couple carried when they left Cibolan. After a long journey they reached a place with broad fields of cogon grass and an abundance of water, and there they made their home. Two went in the direction of the sunset, carrying with them stones from Cibolan River. “Surely,” said the people, “Manama is punishing us, and we must go elsewhere to À nd food and a place to dwell in.” All the waters dried up, so that there were no rivers, and no plants could live. Soon after that there came a great drought which lasted for three years. After the first boy and girl left, other children were born to the couple but they all remained at Cibolan on Mount Apo with their parents, until Toglai and Toglibon died and became spirits. Nothing more was heard of them until their children, the Spaniards and Americans, came back. When they were old enough, the boy and the girl went far away across the waters seeking nice place to live in. Their first children were a boy and a girl. In the beginning there lived one man and one woman, Toglai and Toglibon.
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