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Two-fifths of their population of 7,600,000 belong to the leading tribe, the Visayans, and one-fifth to another, the Tagalogs.

From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)

As a result of this the society gained much credit and power, and undermined the forces which were in existence, especially the native regiments of Tagalogs.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis

Tagalogs planting rice to the sound of music.

From The Friars in the Philippines by Coleman, Ambrose

Spain first occupied the place in 1855 and garrisoned it with several hundred Hokanos and Tagalogs.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt

A somewhat elaborate system of regulations concerning inheritances is described, also the status of children by adoption, which usage is widely prevalent among the Tagalogs.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander