Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-11-17
CAVl1E AND ITS PEOPLE.
AS Seen by a South Dakota School
Master

! Master
/ Captain f. W Medbery of the LIST
1 South Dakota United States yolun-
teers, who was principal of the Rapid
/ City schools and is a graduate of the
state university at Vermillion, writes
an interesting letter from Cayite, Phil
! ippine Islands. He says, in part
st would not take anyone from
South Dakota very long to conclude
that the summer season Is still on
here if he should be suddenly dropped
down al Manila. We do no drilling
after Z a. m, nor before p. m. and
from to 5:45 p. m. OF course, the
guards are on duty all day, the cooks
must prepare dinner, and there is a
little fatigue work to be done, but
generally people keep in the shade
during the middle part of the day.
For all this. / believe we are in
wonderfully healthful place. There
are no great marshes around Cayite
as there are around Manila The city
is situated on a little peninsula, with
very narrow neck of land connect
ing it with the island proper, 1t is
walled city, the Notifications being
really wonderful and most advantage
ously located, In the eastern ex-
| tremity is Caylte arsenal A strong
wall separates this from the rest of
the city. 1t contains the shops, store
houses and large storehouses Of am
munition and guns. Our enclosure is
lined inside with great cannons, some
being of brass, none of which appear
ever to have been used Cannon balls
are so plentiful that they are used
for building up platforms on which to
mount large guns. Hundreds of tons
of these balls now lie in long rows
bordering the walls and drives and
they make a very neat border AT
the western extremity is another great
w 'ng to protect the city from
LIANT Here are situated the
guardhouse and the gate. They are
now held by Insurgents, who seem in
clined to be friendly, especially since
their numbers are few, Aguinaldo's
forces being several miles to the
southwark. Between these two great
walls lie the markets and the
churches. The former are such as
one sees everywhere except that in
many cases the stock in the stores
win not exceed S. The church is
the thing about which interest cen
tiers here. 1t represents the mission
airy, the warrior, The tyrant OF the
first | shall not speak, for ! can say
nothing good. Or the second, the wall
Of the church is part of The outer
wall of the city. OF the last, the long
rows OF prison cells, the dungeons
( found all along under the city walls,
the little rooms with barred doors,
heavily grated windows, little pulleys
hanging from the rough ceiling, and
links of chain lying about are all too
suggestive of bad government There
are three large churches in the city,
in one of which the second and third
blt.aiiuns of the list South Dakota
volunteers are quartered We use
only the second Hoor for quarters,
the first serving for storerooms, cook
house, etc, The chapel proper is used
only by the band now, except on sun
/ days. From what remains, one can
see that in It's time it must have been
splendid. 1t was built about 800 years
/ ago The natives seem to be a very
/ Inferior race. They are small and just
fairly intelligent. All use tobacco
men, women and children. can see
woman smoke a cigarette with no
great sense OF wrong, but when she
/ pushes half OF a big cigar against
one cheek and, with her basket OF
I bananas on her head and nothing on
Of distrust in the speedy elevation OF
the people. They live in houses that
are raised from the ground on bamboo
posts. Roofs are matched and wind
ows barred. No one sleeps on the
! ground floor here for various rea-
sons The ground Is always wet. be-
/ ing nearly on "a level with and very
near The ocean IL would please
/ South Dakota people to see the horses
here The largest weigh, perhaps,
I 500 or zoo pounds Nearly all we
see are driven single before carts. and
-ney are no, larger than the smallest
ponies at home. Il is needless TO say
\ that our officers are not mounted.
The only things here resembling cat
I tie are the water buffalo These are
abou. as clumsy rs the oxen al home,
and their long black horns sloplng
/ back over their shoulders. give them
I a peculiar appearance But we ex-
pect that for everything is new.
Sister Mary Larkin died OF yellow