THE LEGEND OF DULUM

The "Primitivos habitantes de Cabatuan," a paper sent to the National Library by the President of Cabatuan, Iloilo, in response to Executive Order No. 2 of 1911, names Dulum as the original proprietor of Panay, and Abras as his son who sold it to Jumuad and Jumadap, "ascendientes de la raza visaya," and the same document specifically states that the banks of the rivers were not included in the sale, a legend still current among Aklan Negritos in 1965. Folklore from other Negrito informants - including Journal of East Asiatic Studies, Vol. VIII, Nos. 1-2 (January-April 1959), p. 53