▁people ▁of ▁C eb u , ▁Boh ol , ▁and ▁Ley te ▁were ▁for ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁known ▁only ▁as ▁P int ados . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁Vis ay an ▁was ▁later ▁extended ▁to ▁them ▁because , ▁as ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁writers ▁state ▁( es pecially ▁in ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uit ▁Lorenzo ▁Her v ás ▁y ▁P and uro ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 1 ), ▁al beit ▁err one ously , ▁their ▁languages ▁are ▁closely ▁al lied ▁to ▁the ▁Vis ay an ▁" dia lect " ▁of ▁Pan ay . ▁This ▁fact ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁people ▁of ▁Pan ay ▁called ▁themselves ▁as ▁Vis ay ans , ▁for ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁would ▁have ▁otherwise ▁simply ▁referred ▁to ▁them ▁as ▁" people ▁of ▁the ▁Pan ay ". ▁This ▁self - reference ▁as ▁Vis ay ans ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁app ell ative ▁( Pan ay ▁- ▁a ▁rim ines c ence ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁P ann ai ) ▁that ▁these ▁people ▁give ▁to ▁the ▁Island ▁manifest ▁a ▁strong ▁sign ▁of ▁their ▁identification ▁with ▁the ▁prec ursor ▁civil ization ▁of ▁the ▁S riv ij ay an ▁Empire . ▁ ▁Gabriel ▁River a , ▁a ▁captain ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁royal ▁inf antry ▁in ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Islands , ▁also ▁distinguished ▁Pan ay ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁P int ados ▁Islands . ▁In ▁his ▁report ▁( dated ▁ 2 0 ▁March ▁ 1 5 7 9 ) ▁regarding ▁a ▁campaign ▁to ▁pac ify ▁the ▁n atives ▁living ▁along