The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-02
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After giving an account OF their fdFeh
and The treatment they receiver tlt,,,e as
other towns their report continues ..u
I've leff APART Nov. 9. on the stell M
Oslo BEFORE leaving Col Tirona pro
vided us with a letter directed 20 - ~.
Tho ut Vigan in the province OF
Sur; or ia the event of his absence - ''''
that town 10 the cOmman1dhte'
Ter was sealed The Oslo renamed v"'
side the breakers. while we were put
ashore in a ships boat We passed FeN'I.''
native canoes going out TO the SNIP wv
leading one having on board Sei 3Sn'''
with squad of soldiers. we iahueu On ~
beach and immedtely sent the poal ~ ~
10 the SHIN. A few minutes later TWO OH
Gals from the town Of CabuJao roaT up
our arrival had been reported 70 IuFin'
and they had come Immediately 20 iel"SS
ms PERMISSION to dsembark. Ihe OSio
was already under way. however anu
they were not able to carry our tiie' ~
tention We explained our posiuoH ailu
showed The letter 10 Col. Ilno' or III e"'e
Of his absence to the commandahte AT
Viaan. They permitted us TO proceed TO
Maesingal where they could comiuuh'
cate with their superior. They very poHte-
lv insisted on our taking their cdItdPN'
while they followed in our cart. we were
DELAYED az Magsngal until the carry even
ing waiting for an answer from the com
mandautc. lie brought the answer Nun
self, in handsome carriage drawn by
rour horses He had with him copy Q1
the order he had just received rom
The Philippine Secretary of W ar ms
order granted liberty to persons OF any ma
ton. except Spain, to travel at VIII through
the islands, under certain restrictions VIZ
that they could not carry arms, nor ap-
nroach within 200 meters of "A fertilization,
nor make any plans or take photographs
of them. In compliance with this Order
we were allowed to proceed; but were re-
ouested to give up ala our arms, incluulnS
our reviewers We went on TO Nigan that
night. accompanied by the oommandanle
and five othef officers who had assembled
al Magsingal.
I'VE remained at Vigan all next day
Nov. y. II had rained during the night,
rendering impossible a part of the ROAD 10
the next own. We walked through the
town and visited the houses of several
trades people. At one of these houses, we
heard the first and only definite complaint
which came 10 our ears during the entire
tourney. on the part OF the natives against
The present government. These people
complained of the taxes imposed upon
them. and even went 30 far as to state that
they preferred the Spanish government
This statement was made IN the presence
of a party of six natives, and was &C
auiesced in by all; they were all, however,
OF the same family.
I'm going from Tagudin TO Bangar We
passed from the province of llocus Sur INTO
that of Union. the province Of locus sur
raising principally rice, tobacco, sugar, cat
tie and sheep.
The tobacco is OF an inferior quality; be
ing coarser and stronger than that raised
in Isabella and Cagayan. The cultivation
of cocoa nuts is profitable and is inereas-
ing. Goats and pigs are raised in great
numbers. Many Of the people are engag-
ed in the weaving of cotton from which
they make cloth, towels, etc
I'm the mountains there are mines of
copper sulphur and gold but these We
have not seen. The streams are numer-
Gus but many of them have very little
current They are crossed by a ferry; a
bamboo raft hauled across by means OF
a bamboo rope which spans the stream.
Travelling on this road in the rainy season
is rather difficult. Carriages are usually
used. but they are frequently mired, and
the passengers are compelled to walk. The
carriages are drawn by either horses, steers
or buffaloes, according to state of road.
AT San Fernando, We met Col Ilno,
commander of the military district embrac-
ing the provinces OF North and South llo-
Gus. Union Abra, Lepanto, Bontoc, and
Benget This officer had received his COM
mission as brigader general three days be-
fore our arrival; he rs II years old. We
were received politely by this officer, but
NOT cordially. He expressed several times
his suspicion with regard to the object of
our Journey He asked several times If
wesknew how TO make maps and plans' also
WHY we were not in uniform We had
sent word 10 this officer that we desired TO
visit the province of BenquOt, taking the
trail from San Fernando. He shows us am
unsigned telegram purporting to be from
the central government. instructing him
not to permit the American officers TO re-
connoiter any further in the district. For
this reason, he said, he could not permit us
TO visit Benguot. We accordingly left the
town next morning. taking the road direct
~ for Dagupan. We accordingly took a
native sailboat for Parac, from that town
TO Dugupan The natives fearing to take
their boat across the bar at Dagupan, we
crossed that at San Fabian and proceed
ed to our destination through protected
inlet of the sea Along our route there
were two great beds OF nlpa. This plant
is of great value to the natives. Wines
are made from the sap; and the leaves are
used for thatchinging houses, We arrived
al Dagupan that night, and at Manila
Nov 20. We reported TO the commanding
officer of the Monadnock and next morn
ing to the communicated
"The foregoing narrative of our journey
is designed 20 give a general description
of the country we passed through and of
the methods of travel and TO illustrate by
it's incidents the character and grade of
intelligence of its people and their atti-
tude toward Americans, especially toward
ourselves as military officers"
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A sea Trip on Dry Land.
From the London Chronicle.