The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-15
Queer Country.
Scenes Of Panay,
With Its Brigands
and Banditti.

head, and so tied the ,attooing was denc-
lie was left for a time on the tree. with
the sun beating down upon him. and with
the cords cutting into the flesh OF his arms
and neck. When he was taken Down ha
was told that he must stay with tho band
and warned that u he attempted 10 escap.i
they would not only reoaTtIre and Kill
him. but would also kin his father Iis
ran away that night. Gut since then his
father has mywteffously diappearad. and
II ia believed that the insurgents have
carried out their threat and killed him.
have heard of other instances OF kill
ing and torture, both here and In Luxon,
instances which ~ TO show that there ara
no more cruel and bloodth4rsty penpls
anywhere than the E1liEanos. Instances
which show that they have tho lowest
IDEAS OF life ana civilization and also that
with all their tso-cailed sravery they ara
really towards az heart, who viii only att
tack In the dark and when they know
they are comparatively safe. IL would 1
douS, not, be safe FOR ten or twelve Am
orleans 70 travel almost anywhere on this
island. but one or two, ~ they went sgn.
armed into some 81 Che districts, would
take their lives into their hands Here in
iloilo every one seems kindly disfssas.l.
and you would not suIypps. that there .as
anything Ike war going on.
Country scene. fn raumy.
made an excursion with IAssr. Van
Deman. Of Gen Hughes stan out into
the country near iloilo yesterday. Very
little ~ the region near here has ymt
pecR opened up, but we found IN. people
a work IN their fislds and had a chance
90 see something of rural NO Ia this
strange part Of our paese~slona. Tire
houses Ar" much ike the country house.
OF Lstsen They are th.srt@4 hwss bs4llt
W high on posts wIth a place unAer each
hat for ~
Tor the farming tools. II me owner e. -
fortunate ~ 20 f0sseAa any. Most of The
Houses are near the roads, bat SONS srs
on IN cocastnut groves ut fhs eifIas T.ha
people live IN most eaaes high W aud tie
1vefhFe hut ia reached b a jadier ~
bamboo poles. The ladders slp,.n upward
~ an anEin 81 ab5s; q dasfeaa Tg,sy -.
naallY consist ~ hsasy side riassea hua
rmnHs about ~ bg around as your arm
ard na long as the w8aih ~ the door on
tho runga the women snd children ct In
thn evening - psr nuupis o., on their
'front.' cor steps ana apite sgaal battles
arr 70 ~ seen thus balancing themselves
ana crawling ~ ard down
The floors u the housss are usually az
bamboo sticks split IN half with a..
curved edo upward. There ara cta1ks -.
TWEEN fha HiFire, 90 that fh# nveraR~
housewife foss not need % sweep ~ fhe
diTi fails through tas faof Thee, hossana
have no Windows Holes h tbe snas
about yard square TAKE their ptaeen
enfaetiaase There iH 4 thaIread sats4ttsr
vhiFh may De nttea fntn the hole la tgstS
~ fsin. ard ga sonar eases there are sqsrs
~ hatch shich may ciase tbs ofeainx
reached hF fhs stair lsddef bu4 esfsn
thero ags neither Windows nor doors THIS
you see. relieves me Filipino ~ many ~
tAs 'rpNbs8a ~ tNe American hoa4aawsffa
rnc taa no N3n9pss 20 NAah, no rasfs -
sweep srf DO doors shirh keen Hyfnz
1psn- she has no tr1ueis about her stove
ffaNi nk. fpr she has 10 stove IN ogr ersFs
~ thn Word She cocks ma a BOX - aches
~ in titF rlaF pot using some rhfts
- stiess fer fsel ia rnart cases, rorneri-
her I am sDesS.Hs - the pear There gre
no knives and sHfAe o. wash Tor tha s4sey.
PIE cas- with fheif HnEcrs, 7fpptrg tnta tha
common bowl af fsre at.4at Whleh they
squst ard conveying TIRE stur from Il a.
fecilF sa iaslr mouths There ore tsss faw
cooking utensils - ciFsn. ard wnshaay
has no terriers tsf 30 husband. i.scMass
me clothes are Hsumiiy taken 90 tse SeH
uf ihe nearest stream and the dgFg pound
20 oai utta the hand or ~ ssapplnr ths
garments u-on - stone
what wouid y1u thfu& q ssnaIne your
aauantff .e The sell vita q water hssekat
taller than heRHn7 / saW HUNDREDS -
girls carrying tacksfs that length thts
Afternoon They were trydElnz along ths
road aith thsm from The springs wells
and streams 90 their homes and stranger
still. most Of them we're Carrying their
buckets over heir shoulders. just az yea
would carry peie. The vis4yan water
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