Rock Island Argus., 1898-06-11

| SCENE N t. IO;ISliSA MALAY CoI.oNH
| known 70 N2rii:a Ticn. The word Philip
pine is never heard in connection with
:hn'n until after death, when the Philip
pine un'oa tia Union phi!ippina) OF
New N!fc.;!s takes charge OK, their bod:ss,
AMI secs th;st they arc inte-rsl
There IL ~ iccord of when shi, .,aniila
cOl0ny was established T. IS l.nowT. 10
! be % years c'd and Is PROBABLY cider 1t
| Ma have EcGH there aCCntury ago, during
the ta;s OK the Spanish dominion in Lou
| isisna. Whcn bota that colony and tho
PMS, iNncs were owrcd by Spain. 1'he
| nar'c -. Iaio suggests This. for st Maio.
frri!;t', was tks birthplace oi the I.ouisi-
ana S.nut.gle- &nG yirHto L,T:.te. ard tbo
h;rTH1 a:d - sici9ei.t ,hcre were probably
nafn~l by E:m. al..i the MA.-ina men .re
even .Ct,;., given to ss,iTgglfrg
.X2rc are tryo set hncnts OF Mstiiiia
mon ol t.lc west bank of the Mississippi.
III l!aluctaii,cs Parish. and here, as at
st. Aalo. iEcy ike iy thcmac' vcs and Eaye
li:;lc fa'Go with The res; of tie population.
O's'a:'io.'ny !! white maj, or woman who
k;rS E.'co::.c snUrcd with the world for some
reason or other ioii.s lcsc Nairy colonies.
1t il like EoFi.g into convent, for one
is never lc;rd O: ;,rain. The Plaqucmincs
camps s:.:crctl Very severely in the great
ChHliC"" t;lrllnsda storm of % few wears
n;-o. wien their houses were wrecked aad'
rc;r.T I. third of them wcrc drowned 'E,s
n:cn 80 alrlnSt exclusively fishermen and
efi;':"T have contracts with Chinese
merchants c2c of the Manila settle
mcnt, dcN;tcs ii.clf exclusively to catch
ing shrimp FER the Chinese trade.
fllp r1,cSt s.b., Ny.,;,,..
sirni t. visit Is TIE island OF II Malo. in
Lake Borguc.:W miles from New Orleans
it Is IL free republic Wrn!n the Eordcrs Of
,onisiano, owing no allegiance 10 the
s't,:C IL is. ike the inonaateric, of Mount
t;hos. cr;:-,!v f-,c t.onl women. These
OF tie rlrn yho want wives withdraw a
ic'V r'''rS troD Tie settlement ant; ta,c Up
th9:r !;..i,.;ae,s iherc
NpaIun are prohibited from landing In
- .l:sl1 on tie ground that they are like
Ntp Gc:norclizo the population and arouse
strife and troaht, and the ,nen are quick
enough with ;bcir crccc-s vh,r thcy are
nron-'Ti or cnScrc.l Tl.;, .-u.ii5::ion is
the rt,nit ot experience D..
i-ainc years ago St':'ie Of the ,ianilla men
OF -. Maia tGcl wives t. themselves. Tie
chief of the island had Young and very
Handsome wife half breed from Manila,
who Showed II her complexion and bear.
Ing Ec- CastiiiSii ancestry The woman
Proved falSc. and sDcn ~. Nalo WIS in the
midst of Il bittcr Cunrr4 which threatened
10 d''str,y the settlement There were
sevcr''i men killed. and peace was not re
stored s!iil the woman had disappeared.
What became Of her was never definitely
known, but tradition declares that she
WIS uisicr Judgment of tire council ufcldcrs
ard vas tied 10 n stake in the nuighl,orinv
n:irstlcs until either the mosquitoes sucked
out her Likelihood cr she starved 10 death
Ihcre II another stOry-thai she was L.,-
headed - lie outraged husband and her
body sunk IN Lake l;o.gue
HcNcvcr IL occurred, the fact remains
that she Disappeared. and thcse seems to
bs.li;;!e reason todoUbt from the character
oi the Manila mc:i that she was murder
ed, BIT no one has inquired into her fate
/ he colony nf st Malo has been allowed
To execute its laws in accordance with the
traditions and practices Of the Philippine
islands
The married! men who leave It. MILO
live IN solitary c'nts in the r-irlst of the
swamps. Occasionally one Of them wan
Grrs To New Orleans and makes that city
his home, init that is very rarc. and they
are as rare ia New Orleans as i'm Other
parts OF the county
4 few months ago the authorities Of ST
Barnard parish rescued from one of these
0a'ay settlements a beautiful girl of q or
. years a perfect typc o; the Caucasian
TIC mother had. wandered into the camp.
warnce no enc knows. and died thcr,.
lcaytng her child behind
The Manilla men were trying 20 bring
TIE girl Ip properly, but the authorities !
were convinced tha. they could MT do 80 !
anti that II would bc a great mistake to J
lot such child rmain in a settlement Of ;
wild and desperate men. 10 they took her |
awar fruin her adopted father and brought
.''- 10 New Orleans. where she has ben I
puf ib an asylum.
!; II Ai'io>- within sight of the spires OF