The Legend of Haloy by Henry Boy Caspe
Sometime between the beginning of the 15th century and the middle of the 16th century during the coming of the third wave of Malay Settlers to the Philippine archipelago, there came to the island of Panay among the group of Datu Kalantiao, a brave young and adventurous datu named Kilaton, who, with his followers roam the hinterland of Panay and finally found a settlement on the bank of the river Tigum where big stones abound. Kilaton has a twin brother called Hotik, who settled in Hamtik, Antique. Hotik was a great traveler, who legend says often visit his brother Kilaton by crossing the mountain ranges of Panay, jumping over deep ravines and gorges. One time in jumping over deep ravines, he fell on the other side and left a deep imprint of his knees, legs and buttock on the rock in the place now called “Linumpatan ni Hotik� in the mountains of Ma-asin, province of Iloilo. The intrepid and daring Datu Kilaton begot a son; a brave and fast fighter named Humanging, who ran fast like wind and who legend says can run and catch in the midair the spear he had thrown. Humanging had a son named Haloy, who must have been born just before the Spaniards under Miguel Lopez de Legaspi came and settled in Panay in 1569. Haloy when of age inherited the Datu of his forebear and live his long life during the beginning of the Spanish era. He witnessed the advent of the Spanish colonization and christianization of the people of Panay and how the settlement founded by his forebear Datu Kilaton, on the bank of river Tigum flourished and later became the pueblo called Cabatuhan, meaning many stones, now the town of Cabatuan in the province of Iloilo. 15
