Datu Sumakuel and His Unfaithful Wife, Kapinañgan

Before settling in Hantic as paramount Datu of Madia-as or Panay, Datu Sumakuel explored the mountain region back of Oton and Tigbalang, and with him went the priest of Borneo named Bagot-banua who bore the name of being a soothsayer. During his absence, the settlement at Malandug was under the rule of his sacop, Gorong-gorong. The wife of the Datu, Kapinañgan, was young and giddy, and, as a consequence, the treacherous Gorong-gorong became in love with her. She returned this love, but the facts in the case remained a secret between themselves, for the settlers and slaves were busily engaged in the clearing of lands, and the laying up of supplies of dried fish, roots, and tubers, as well as the dried meat of the game which abounded close to the settlement.