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LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWand even invited him personally to join their cause.“He really came to talk to me. He said ‘Uncle, come joinus.’ But I replied I can’t. It’s difficult for me because I had smallchildren to care for. I also didn’t want to bring them with meto the mountains. So who would take care of them here?”During the time of Martial Law, the military were suspiciousof the Mandahinogs, according to Tatay Malindahay. Themilitary put the Mandahinogs in the watch list because theywere suspected of being members of Jabbar’s band. Even theirgenerosity, such as offering chicken to the military as a signof gratitude, was misinterpreted and dealt with suspicion.But at nighttime, Tatay Malindahay said, the military wouldsteal the chickens and the dogs of the residents. Those, hesaid, were only a few of the military abuses during the time ofMartial Law. His personal ordeal was when he was collaredby a soldier.“My wife was almost in tears when she saw me beingcollared by a soldier upon learning I’m a Mandahinog. Heasked how I was related to Jabbar, and so I answered that he’sa nephew, but that I did not join his group. The soldier wouldnot believe me and said I was a liar.”This incident almost prompted him to join Jabbar sinceeven his brother who was the barangay captain of Kalipaywas also suspected.“We Mandahinogs immediately had a meeting and Isuggested that we join our brothers in the mountains. Thebarangay captain told me to calm down, let the situation cooldown because our children were still small and they wouldbe helpless if we leave them. I said I didn’t understand whatwas happening anymore; we were being pushed to the limit.If only the soldier threatened me, or hurt me, I do not knowwhat could happen next. But we opted to just keep silent78
Part 2 - Four Datus: Stories of the Higaunon LifeTatay Malindahay, with Datu Guwa (leftmost) and Inda, during the recitationof the genealogy by Amba Palasambag on the last day of the Dumalongdong,August 2005.because we were only civilians, but I was also thinking that Ididn’t care if we would repeat the past.”Related literature on the Higaunon armed resistancereported that when communist New People’s Army (NPA)forces entered Higaunon areas in 1976, they “found the tribalrebellion in full swing” and hence were easily able to recruitKalasi and his band of warriors (Gatuslao 1988:5), as citedby Paredes (1997:194). Through this, the Higaunons gainedaccess to arms and other weapons.Tatay Malindahay recalled that Jabbar raided thedetachment in Pinalit near Barangay Kalipay and strafeda house owned by the late Datu Mantudluan, an NPA79
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