He thought them easy to convert, for they have no religious system of their own; but they believe in God, and in the immortality of the soul. Although living so near the Moros, they have not adopted any of their religious ideas. The Sarangani Vilanes dress like the Bagobos, and handle the lance and the bow, and are good shots in hunting game. Subanos (17). The word Subanos means dwellers by the rivers, from suba--a river. This numerous tribe inhabits the western peninsula of Mindanao from Misamis to Zamboanga, except the coasts which are mostly occupied by Visayas or Moros. They are of a darker colour and inferior in physique to the Mandayas and Montéses. Like other races in Mindanao the Subanos are organised under dattos or baganis in a feudal system. It is said that he who has killed one enemy may wear a red head-cloth, whilst other tribes only concede this distinction to a warrior who has killed five. In religion, they are polytheists, and worship the following deities amongst others: Tagma-sa-dugat, or Lord of the Sea. Tagma-sa-yuta, or Lord of the Earth. Tagma-sa-manga bugund, or Lord of the Woods. Tagma-sa-manga Suba, or Lord of the Rivers. Tagma-sa-Saquit, or Lord Protector of the sick. But they are said not to possess wooden idols like the Manobos, Mandayas and Montéses. They raise rough altars of sticks, on which they lay out offerings to their deities. They call these altars Paga-paga. The offerings consist of rice, chickens, eggs, buyo and tobacco, also a large jar of pangasi, a beer brewed from rice. When making their offerings, they sing, dance, and pray round the altar to the sound of the sucaran, a rough kind of cymbal or gong. Amongst the Subanos only the dattos or rich men have more than one wife. The marriage ceremonies are very elaborate, and conclude with two great feasts or drinking bouts, one in the house of the bride's father, the other in the house of the bridegroom. Divorce can be obtained if the couple cannot agree, or if either quarrels with the father- or mother-in-law. It is not readily conceded, and the case is sometimes argued for days before the council of elders of the village. Children are only given names when four or five years old. The Subanos have no money in circulation, and any trading is effected by barter.