Bohol was first settled by Australoid
people, like the rest of the Philippines. They still inhabit the island today
and are known as the Eskaya tribe. Their population also was absorbed into the
Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian peoples who later settled the islands and
form the majority of the population. The Austronesian people living on Bohol
traded with other islands in the Philippines and as far as China and Borneo.
The people of Bohol are said to be the
descendants of a group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines called
pintados or
