Bontok
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Neither of them could make out a word in the poor village we had just passed through, nor anywhere else on the road in the Bontok country.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
North of Bontok are the “Tinglayan,” the “Tinggian” or “Itnig,” the “Kalinga,” and “Apayao” areas, and perhaps others.
From The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon by Barrows, David Prescott
Among other things shown us by Father Clapp was a circle of highly polished boulders, said traditionally to be the foundation of the house of Lumawig, the Deity of the Bontok.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
We spent two days at Bontok very quietly and agreeably.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
We now made on, having crossed into Bontok sub-province, and by midday had reached a point on the trail above an Igorot village called Ambawan.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
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