The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-12-06

bayonets. and by our gentle treatment
greatly assisted the paciication of the
tribes inhabiting this valley. Thus we
advanced 30 miles in a week, fighting all
the elements of nature. Some nights we
anchored in midStream, but when there
We're banks that afforded Il command of
the river too convenient for Goo-gooS, we
tied up under shelter of the bank and eS-
tabliShed an outpost and patrols. In the
daytime we would sit in our huts and read
the advertisements in old magazines, and
quell Instructions among the crew. Dur
ing the midday tie-up we would lie on Il
blanket spread on the ground i'll the shade
of the bamboOS, carve canes and buy CO.
cOanuts and pineapples from the natives.
Our meals consisted of coffee cooked over
Il fire built on Il box of earth on the deck
and canned goods bought from the Com
miSSary.
The water supply was the most serious
problem, as the waters of the Cagayan are
everywhere as muddy as Il street puddle.
Canteens were always filled when the OPP
portunity offered. but our lives We're saved
by Il hand filter working like Il bicycle
pump, that Skinner had carried through
all the yicisSitudes of this life in the
Orient and treasured as Il miSer does his
gold. He worked all day with this, keep
ing an assortment of cans and bottles
filed with water classified as single,
double and triple filtered.
Six days out from APART we struck
TuguegaraO, the finest town in the valley.
The QuartermaSter here had Il lookout
watching for us, and an additional issue
OF ratiOnS was waiting on the banks for
us upon arrival, together with three ponies
to ride three miles up to the town. Later
he secured several new GOO-gOOs to replace
losses by deSertionS among our crew, and
i'll several ways helped to patch up our
dilapidated expedition, so as to push it
along to the next station.
At TuguegaraO we were entertained by
Maj. Kirkman, Capt. Lassiter, Lieut.. Sim
mons and others at Il bounteOuS dinner,
and afterwards with cigars, Manila beer,
and "reminiscences of happy days in Salt
Lake until midnight, when we walked
back TO the boat.
FIESTA UNDER AMERICAN AUSPICES.
On the morning of July we struck Ca
bagan Nueva, where Lieut.. Hagadom
with half a company holds sway. Numer-
Gus American flags We're flying, and he had
released % native prisoners and organized
games by way of celebration. We arrived
in the midst of the horse races, by native
ponies, distance one kilometcr, and it was
a scene of the widest enthusiasm. The
Presidente of the town ran the betting
table, as at cock fights, and the 1000 ma
tives and brass band of 80 pieces furnish
ed noise enough to remove any doubts as
to the success.
After the first race they were disap-
pointed to learn that the fiesta Americana
lasted only one day, but were happy again
when Hagadorn told them they could con-
tinue the fiesta seven days. There was
joyous pow-wOw after each race, with
shaking fists, waving hats and bowls about
jockeys holding horses, and fake starts, as
the Presidente showed out huge stacks of
Mexican dollars to the winners, and one
man nearly came TO blows with the village
priest, whom he accused of filching SIX
pesos.
We had to miss the track and field
events by soldiers and natives, to accept
an invitation to lunch with some Spanards
at the tobacco warehouse. The band ac-
us, and remained with US there
after during our stay, so that We carried
our music with us. After q lively lunch
lasting two hours, we each gave the host
a peso according to custom, to bet on the
cock fights. These were the GROWING
events of the day, as this is their national
sport, and in 80 cases out of 100 the ma
tives are 10 times more interested in their
combate de manoc than in whether the
or Tagalos rule the islands.
If any brilliant Colonial Government
ever issues a decree forbidding this harm
less amusement, the army of occupation
would have to be doubled at once, and
then the order could not be enforced with
out putting the whole population in Jail.
The natives call the eagle on our buttons
and insignia manoc, and say that Nation
that has their favorite bird for its emblem
cannot have any very direful intentions
towards them.
The fights took place in an Enclosure 80