[49] Mr. Gohn informs me that at midnight during the last _GinEm_ made by Datu Ali in Santa Cruz, a gun was fired, and the _datu_ said that a sacrifice should have taken place at that time. The festival may last one or more days. The last held in Cibolan (1909) extended through two days and nights. At that time no offerings were made to the spirits on the second day, but the people feasted and drank while the _datu_ gathered a little apart and held a council. In Malilla the second day of this ceremony is called _EgbikbEgaybe_ and is given over almost entirely to the women. Two _tambara_ are erected in the house, and young betel nut buds and women's skirts are hung on them. The women and some men form a line and dance in a circle around the offerings, keeping time to music furnished by beating small gongs, or by pounding on a board resting on a rice mortar.[50] Before each dance the _mabalian_ informs a spirit that this dance is for him and it is customary to add a gift of some kind to those already on the _tambara_. Sixteen spirits are thus honored. Throughout the day there is much feasting and drinking, and at some time before sunset the women are baptized. Having filled an old agong with water, the _mabalian_ dips certain leaves into it and sprinkles the heads of the women present eight times, meanwhile bidding the spirits to grant to them a good mind and habit. [50] See p. 110, note. [Transcriber's note: back 3 pages, the footnote beginning, "An instrument made by placing...."] Mr. Gohn, a planter of Santa Cruz who has witnessed a number of these ceremonies, says that with the Bagobo of that place it was customary for the _datu_ to baptize the women prior to the day of _GinEm_. On the second day, a _mabalian_ provided a long palm leaf, and a number of betel nut buds which, she said, represented streams, rivers, tribes, and individuals. Taking up a bud she swung the palm leaf above it, chanting meanwhile, and, as she finished, handed it to the _datu_ who opened it and read the signs sent by the spirits. At the conclusion of this act, all the women went to the river to bathe. In the writings of the early missionary fathers stationed among the Bagobo are found many references to human sacrifices. Since American occupation several articles have appeared describing this custom, and following the sacrifice held in Talun in 1907, this practice became the subject of official communication between the Governor of the District and his superiors. While these descriptions agree, in the main, there are so many minor variations that it seems best to first relate the account given to the writer by Datu Tongkaling and ten of his _magani_, after which we shall take up some of the earlier accounts, and the official correspondence of 1907.