Antanum

Ontoros Antanom, also known as Antanum or Antanom (1885–1915) was a Murut warrior from North Borneo who led a rebellion against the North Borneo Chartered Company (NBCC). Believed to have supernatural powers, he united several Murut chiefs from Keningau, Tenom, Pensiangan and Rundum in opposing the policies of the NBCC in North Borneo and launched the Rundum Rebellion in 1915. The rebellion was immediately suppressed by the company, and the conflict led to a heavy death toll amongst the Murut.

== Early Life == Ontroros bin Endoi was born in the Masinpunon area, along the Salarom River. He was a member of the Murut Tagol speaking tribes. However, as it has been noted by the researcher Callistus Fernandez at the National University of Singapore: "The use of the term Tagol Murut to include all Muruts in Nabawan-Pensiangan, Tenom, Sipitang and Keningau is a linguistic categorization. This categorization cannot be applied to the Muruts of 1915. Firstly, they were river-based - meaning that every tribe was associated with a river and took the name of the river as their source of identity." His father was Endoi, another member of the tribe. He grew up in the Rundum region of Tenom District. His early life was mostly that of a hunter-gatherer, living within the traditional customs of his tribe. He was trained from an early age to become a kalawon (warrior).