▁Occ ident al . ▁Its ▁principal ▁city ▁was ▁originally ▁populated ▁by ▁the ▁Sub anon , ▁a ▁cultural ▁group ▁that ▁once ▁ro amed ▁the ▁se as ▁in ▁great ▁number ; ▁the ▁province ▁was ▁an ▁easy ▁pre y ▁to ▁the ▁mar aud ing ▁sea ▁pir ates ▁of ▁L ana o ▁whose ▁habit ▁was ▁to ▁stage ▁light ning ▁for ays ▁along ▁the ▁coast al ▁areas ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁slaves . ▁As ▁the ▁Sub anon ▁retre ated ▁deeper ▁and ▁deeper ▁into ▁the ▁interior , ▁the ▁coast al ▁areas ▁became ▁home ▁to ▁inhabitants ▁from ▁B uk id non ▁who ▁were ▁stead ily ▁followed ▁by ▁sett lers ▁from ▁nearby ▁C eb u ▁and ▁Boh ol . ▁ ▁Tag ab awa ▁ ▁Tag ab awa ▁is ▁the ▁language ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Bag ob o - Tag ab awa . ▁They ▁are ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁tribe ▁in ▁Mind ana o . ▁They ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁surrounding ▁areas ▁of ▁M t . ▁A po . ▁ ▁Tag aka ulo ▁ ▁Tag aka ulo ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁tribes ▁in ▁Mind ana o . ▁Their ▁traditional ▁territ ories ▁is ▁in ▁D ava o ▁Del ▁Sur ▁and ▁the ▁Sar ang ani ▁Province ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁local ities ▁of ▁Mal al ag , ▁La is , ▁Tal ag ut on ▁R ivers , ▁Sta . ▁Maria , ▁and ▁Mal ita ▁of ▁D ava o ▁Occ ident al , ▁and ▁Mal ung on ▁of ▁the ▁Sar ang ani ▁Province . ▁Tag aka ulo ▁means ▁living ▁in ▁mountain . ▁The ▁Tag aka ulo ▁tribe ▁originally ▁came