Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-02
FAIR PLAY.
LAwLESS PHILIPPINES.


Isclentlnc Americana
The brlEands and pirates which In
fest the Islands OF the Philippines and
the adjacent waters have. from time
immemorial. been regarded ~ among
the most desperate frcobootorA to be-
found In any part Of tho world. The
Inhabitants ~ these Islands arr COM
posed of many different tribes and
mixed races, The races or tribes are
somewhat different ON AN the lnrger
Islands. and on every one of these there
arr tribes that never knew the rule OF
spain. ON these Islands there are mo-
less than seventeen pfgnn and half a
dozen Mohnmmcdnn tribes. Iuzon.
Mlndnnao, cebu. Mindoro, and "a dozen
other Islands all have their lawlcas
ftccbootcrr. the remnant of some ma.
tive tribe.
10 yet u correct idea OF the great
bands of lnwlcnn natives who lnfcst
those Islands, II viii be necessary 10 20
hack To "A date much cariicd than the
beginning Of spanish rule In these iii.
nndr. Prior To the coming or Magellan.
these islands had already suffered sew
eral foreign invaslonH. Hut these were
peaceful ones. Away back IN early ages.
the Chinese or inglotes. sought these
Islands In great numbers aud their
coming proved OF much good TO the
islands They had Industrious ways
and soon imprinted these upon these
Islands. Luzon In particular. Later. the
Indian or Tagnl Invasion occurred, and
these. like the Chinese. were soon alb
norbed In the population of these ISL
nnds. Thus were made up tho three
early races In these Islands. to which
all tribes can be traced. These are tho
Negrotc. Ingroie ana ragal. The Me-
srote was the aboriginal race. and In
many Of the races the NcRrote can YET
be found. In nearly all cases the pl.
rates and brlgands ate made up Of
these nerce tribes. The TaEal H. today.
REGARDED as the real native of the Phil
ipnlncs. This tribe N the only one OF
the early races which, nt this day, can
be considered IA fnctor In the Islands.
Until comparatively tat day these
Islands have been the center OF piracy.
For more than three centuries spain
has been fighting o. get ria OF tho nj
rates and subdue the native hrlgands,
hui without success. for many whole
Islands have practically always been
independent OF Spanish rule. while
many tribes on the larger inlands We're
also independent. ON Luzon. Mindanao.
NeFros' Fancy. Iebu, Leytr. iiohol.
Salnar and Mindoro there are ns many
different tribes as there ara lslnnds
In the earlier years OF Spaniah rule.
the Tagnls and NisayaH gave the con.
querors no end u trouble. and me- soon-
or had these tribes been slbdusd than
the MorcH, IN the south. began lawless
operations. From that time 10 this
they have carried on their ,rwlessn,.ss
and have never been aubduea. The
Chinese pirates, In earlier days. also
gave the Spanish much trouble. They
captured "a number of sn aller towns
along the coast. and even made at
temptH to capture Manila daring the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In the island OF Sulu, Mohainmedanism
II particularly strong, ana tue Hultans
OF the islands have. from timc 10 time.
given the Spanish rulers much trouble,
but some years ago their power was
broken. During the sixteenth century.
the Mohnmmedan tribes We're partiou.
larly strong on the Islands OF Mmdanno.
Palawan, Tawi Tawi, ami Rasllnn'
Isut the pirates OF Mindanao have al.
ways been the most troublesome. The
Mores still inhablt the Islands and live
entirely independent OF any outside
rule.
The Mores ara a peculiar tribe. which
originally came from the surrounding
Islands and mixed with tho native