Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07

wear strings OF bells above the knees
at about the place where the American
girl wears % garter and have heavy
brass rings about the ankles They have
20 sort OF haaddress which covers their
hair. which is often 80 long that 10
hangs almost 90 the knees. When fully
dressed they ad0rn their hair with
fancy feathers and hemp
The Bag1ha women do the most OF
the hard work They DO the weaving Of
the people and plant the crops and keep
out Die weeds
sim quoting the words OF the vice
prrsileutc. these people are very hos
pitable and universally treat guests well
when they come 90 see them. Their hoe
pItality however. ends after he has left
the village. at which time he had bet
ter keep his eyes open for one OF the
young men who is after a head finger
or am ear TO- establish his reputation
The vice presideutp says that they
marry very young and that the groom
always has 90 pay a certain price for
the bride The amount is regulated by
the beauty of the girl and her standing
Ina the tribal society. II she is good
looking and the daughter OF a warrior
she may be estimated at $50. although
the sum wil not b. given In money. but
I'M vegetables, chickens or hemp. one
way Of estimating such things Is al the
price OF a brass gong Such "a gong is
worth thirty silver dollars. and II Is a
valuable maiden indeed who win bring
two brass gOngs.
OTHER QUEER sAYAGEs.
The Vice presldente has given me the
names Of ~ different tribes who live In
this vicinity They are as follows The
BagObas the Guyaugas. the Aotas. tho
Mindayas. the MllObas. the Samales.
the Calagaues. the Bclanes. the Mur0s.
the 1agagaules and the Sangals and
firurayes lie says that the Monteses.
whom Dean Worcester seems 10 con-
slider a separate race. are OF different
kinds, the word being used as a gem
eral term for mountain people" The
rirurayos live near and IN COttabatO.
They are not so savage as the Bago-
bas go almost naked and live chiefly
by hunting and fishing. Their women
were short skirts. less than a foot long
and adorn their ankles and wrists with
brass rings.
The Tagacaules. who live on the east
coast OF MindanaO. about thirty miles
from here. are hin worshlpers. They
are said 10 be the poorest. weakest and
most cowardly Of the sayages. They
live In settlements, cultiyatlng small
farms and being governed by a datto
ur chief
The Mindayas show traces Of Malay
origin. They live In the branches OF
trees on upon houses built upon posts
from fifteen 20 eighteen feet from the
ground They crawl into their houses
by means Of notched sticks. which
they pull up at night only a few
days ago Lieut.. Lowry made a trip up
the Kin Kin river, which flows into the
Bay Of Davao. not far from here. He
took five natives and fifteen men with
him and explored the river TO It's
source. He passed many native huts.
which must have been those OF Mind
ayas. He tells me that the houses
were twelve TO fifteen feet square. They
consisted OF a framework Of bamboo
poles covered with a nipa thatch, built
high up IN the air on trees, that had
been cut of with bolos for the purpose.
In many cases there were three. four
and Ave houses in one bunch. eom-
mon pole with cross pieces serving as
q ladder for the whole. The floors Of