Washington sentinel., 1899-05-20
EthnoloEy of the Philippines.

EthnOIogy of the Philippines.
The last number of HarPer'S S
WeSRLy contains what just now will
be studied with interest by all per-
sons who are interested in the solu-
ton OF our difficulties in the Phil
ippines, viz, an ethnographic map
OF the islands, showing the distri-
button OF the principal native
tribes, compiled by Marion Will
cox from the best and latest
sources. From this map and the
accompanying simple classification
OF the archipelago made by the
same author some idea may be
formed OF the magnitude OF the
task before us when we shall have
settled with Aguinaldo and his
''insurgent" Tagals or Tagalos.
Recently there appears to have
been lull in the fighting and kill
ing which have been persistently
going on in the Island of Luzon
since the sth OF February, or at
least a lull in the cabled news on
the subject. Upon the eve, too, of
the rainy season. which in that cli-
mate almost inevitably causes a
suspension OF active military oper-
Ations, an opportunity is afforded
for the American people to take a
quiet survey Of the situation and to
try to discover "wheTe we are at"
President Mckinley is rusticat-
ing at the Virginia Springs. Gen.
Alger has been looking after his
"fences" in Michigan preparatory.
it is assumed, to becoming a can
didate fo- Senator McMillan's seat
in the United States Senate. Ad-
miraI Dewey is about starting
home to enjoy a we'll earned rest
and respite from the incessant cares
and anxieties OF his position. Even
the brave Nebraskans, what is lett
OF them, have petitioned for a rest,
their officers suggesting the further
need Of change OF clothing after
having fought, marched, mounted
guard and slept in the same clothes
Tor three months. Altogether, if
there is not peace, there is great
need for an intermission univer-
sally felt.
The map and the statistics pub
lished by HarPEt'S Weekly are par
ticularlY useful as showing that,
even with the complete defeat and
submission of Aguinaldo and his
followers, we shall not be at the
end Ct our difficulties, but only on
the threshold. or beginning OF
them. With the exception OF the
occupation by a portion OF our
forces Of OloIlo, in the Island of
Panay, all OF our operations have
thus far been confined to the Island
OF LUzon and to a small strip Of
territory around Manila. North
Of ofManila Generals Macarthur and
Lawton have pushed their victori-
Gus arms, after three months OF IN
eessant Sighting by day and by
night, about fifty miles north OF
General Otis headquarters in the
city. Southwardly the brigades
Of Generals Hall and Ovenshine
hold a fortified line so little ad-
vanced beyond the city that when
ever the firing upon the skirmish
line is more brisk than usual il IS
heard with anxiety by the inhabit-
ants.
The people whom we have been
fighting have been almost exclu-
slveIy Tagals, Tagalogs or Taga-
los, partially civilized Roman
Catholic Malays, who inhabit Cen
trail and Southern Luzon, whose
numbers are uncertain, but in the
article in HaypEr's Wrehky are es-
timated, upon the authority OF St.
Martins New Dictionary of Uni
versal Geography, at one million
two hundred thousand. We say
almost exclusively" for, besides
killing these Christian Malays and
looting their houses, our troops
have been forced to slaughter some
OF the Tgorrotes, naked savages
who fight with spears and bows
and arrows and RELY upon charms
to ward of Krag- Jorgensen bull
lets. When we have settled with
all Of these people, commonly des-
cribed in the dispatches as "Filip-
inos,' and who recognize the au-
thority OF Aguinaldo, there are