Once long ago on the island of Guahan there lived a mighty chief. His name was Chief Gadao. Gadao
was from a southern village called Inalahan.
Now back in those days, villagers took great pride in their chiefs and would often sing songs of them and
their great strengths. One day, a singing messenger was traveling through one of the northern villages singing his song of
Chief Gadao. A chief named Mataquana happened to hear the messenger's song of his chief and became very angry. Mataquana believed
that he was the strongest chief on the island of Guahan and he could beat any chief that he challenges. He got
into his galaide' and headed for Inalahan so that he could meet this mighty chief.
After a while of traveling, he finally reached a placed he believed to be Inalahan. He saw a hut
close to the beach side. He decided to stop and ask the owner where he could find Gadao. The owner of the hut was a bit surprised
and asked the chief why he was looking for Gadao. When Mataquana explained why, the man chuckled, because the man Mataquana
was talking to was Gadao himself.
Gadao then said, "I will take you to my chief but first you must sit and be my guest a while."
The chief agreed. After all, he did travel a distance and needed to rest before his battle. Mataquana
sat by a rock while his host was preparing something to eat.
"Would you like something to drink?" Gadao asked as he shook a coconut tree and all the coconuts fell to
the ground.
He then took a coconut and squeezed it with his bare hands. Mataquana seeing this, thought to himself, 'If
this man is this strong, his chief must be ten times as strong.'
This scared Mataquana. He no longer wanted to battle Chief Gadao and decided to head home instead. He jumped
into his galaide' and started to paddle for north. Gadao could not resist and jumped into the galaide' and
began to paddle the opposite direction. The two chiefs were so strong the galaide' split in half sending Chief Gadao
into a mountain indenting it creating a cave. Today, that cave is known as Chief Gadao's Cave.
