Mallig

Mallig lies in the plains west of the Cagayan River in northern Luzon, near the foothills of the Cordillera. Spanish accounts associated the area with Gaddang communities who withdrew there after the revolt of Dayag and Catabay in 1621. In the eighteenth century colonial expeditions sought to bring the Gaddang of the Siffu or Mallig plains under their authority. Don Juan Cauilian led campaigns in 1754 and 1755, and some people were taken to mission towns in the valley.