Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22

tCopyfirht 1891
n HANY strange peoples win cont
NH under the protection Of th'
N stars and stripes u Uncl'
n Sans commissioners now if
Paris negotiating u treaty Of
peace with spain. shall decide 60 re'
tain possession uf the Philippine if'
lands. Not only VIII ne United states
have 10 take under its wins some of the
most peculiar hoinrH that live. but some
who have sailed under che black has %
tho pirates whose dcprcintlona In that
section of the world nro only cqunied
by those Of the ffcohoUtrra who once
infested the spanish main. The inhab-
itants OF these Islands which occupy n
ia.gc space IN the eastern seas. aro
composed oi many different tribes and
mixed races. While little IL known OF
the history ~ the people found there
BY the Spanish explorers II u believed
that they were negroes, small In stat.
ure. but very powerful Now nearly
every race or kind Of people can be-
found there. from the civilized white
man. TO the savage whose traits mud
characteristics are similar 20 the nbo-
rhymes The Islands. morr than 1 900 In
number. nre situated near tho main.
land ~ china, Slam and the Malay pen-
insuin. while to the south and east are
the islands ~ Java. Sumatfn. Now
Guinea ana Rorneo. nom which Hooked
Adventures ana the lower class of
criminals and dcaprrndocs In search or
riches that were supposed ~ be- stored
In abundance In the hills and mountains
Of the Philippines These people not
only plllagcd tho, natlvra within the
borders 90 their land. but sent out pl.
rates from their shores to prey upon
the merchant marine Of the surround
ina country.
IL may be said that there was little
work other than piracy among the
tribes people az that time. and from
what can be learned " them thoy also
seized each others vessels and destroy
ed each others property. The islands
have been the center OF piracy ever
since thoy were known. and records
show that the deeds of desperate dar-
Ing committed hy some OF the chiefs OF
kings were only oaualcd by the famoui
Black Flags Of China tsome OF whos'
members and descendants m. suppose,
TO have emiFrated TO the islands,. th'
pirates Of the liarbnry states on th'
north coast Of Africa and those OF Oh,
Spanish main.
The spanlards under Magellan dis.
covered the Islands In the early part OF
the sixteenth century. In 1895 thcj
started 10 establish colonies and con,
quer the natives. Their struggle to rri
control II 70 well known that Il would
be useless 10 chronicle Il hero. For
more than three centuries spain has
been fighting to got rid OF the plratci
ana Hubduc the natives or that section
OF the world. and now that her nomlna
sovereignty at least over some N then
n to cease u may BE- truthmny STATED
that many OF the tribes. especially
those In Mlndanao. Tawi Tawl an,
some Of the smaller islands are uH in
dependent on spanish rule today ui
they were whom Magellan nrHt set FOO
on zcbu. the frut Of the group 70 b. dia
covered.
There are nine large and more thar
1900 small islands The largo ones ar
Lunon. ianaY Hohu. Loyto. nohol Ne
Frur, famnr. Mudhnao aud Mindofo
There are nearly uH many dinsran
tribes ua there ara Islands. The chi
ncse and MnlnyH next 10 the natlv
TaEala and NlaayaH predominant. VIII
Malay tribes from whom sprung aom
OF the early pirates. arc found la laTr