Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05

river They are united during the
rainy season, when the whole country
Is flooded.
THE ZONE OF THE MOROS.
Mndanao is In Mohammedan land.
IL Is the zone Of the Moros. and It's
people are far different than those
which ! have described living In the
northern part Of the Philippines. The
archipelago may be divided into three
zones, according TO the predominant
races which inhabit IL. The northern
zone embraces Luzon and its neighbour
ing islands Here live the Flllpinos
with whom we have been waging war;
and Of whom the world knows most
They are the TGgals TagalVs, or Taga-
logs. The names all mean the same
ana are used Unfortunately. The
ragals are perhaps the best educated
and the most civilized Of the inhaDi-
tauts of the Islands.
Below Luzon and north Of Mindanao
is O collection of good-sized Islands
which may be called the middle zone.
This includes Pauay NCgros, Cebu,
Leyte, Samar, etc. These Islands are
inhabited chiefly by Nlsayans, who are
much Ike the Tagals, although they
are little more quiet and not so couf-
age0us. They are civilized. having
their plantations and rice fields and,
u0minally al least, working for a NV
ing.
Below the Visayan zone lies the third
and last zone. which may be called the
zone OF the Mohammedans. or Mot0s'
This includes the great Island OF Min
danao. the pearl Island of Basllan ana
the hundreds of islands OF the sun
group. which may De seen popping up
out of the water on the map. loOkns
ike "a series OF stepping stones all the
way from Zamboanga 20 Bolneo'
which, strange TO say, Us our neXt-door
neghbor out here In the Southern "a
cihc
These zones e must be remembered.
are not inhabited entirely by the above
mentioned races. Bach island has Its
ayages of various tribes. who live In
tha mountains. and there are many di-
visions OF the predominant race. the
TaEals ga some provinces speaking a
dialect which could not be understood
Iu the Taral provinces OF a different
mart of the same island: There are
Taeals living among the Nisayans and
I "a large number OF Nlsayans among the
Noros. The Tagals aud the Nlsayans
are Christians The MOrus, OF whom
/ there are also many divisions, are uni
/ yersally Mahammedans.
THE sAvAGEs OF MINDANAo.
/ Leaving the Moros for the time ] viii
write first about the saVages Of Minda-
mao. They are So little known that the
ethnologists OF our Smithsonian lpstl-
. tuition and geological survey will have
years OF work ia bringing forth 90 the
/ world their pocularities OF NE customs
ana language. The most of them go
/ about ln breech cloths, Many of them
. live 600 the tops Of trees, and some make
/ their homes ln hollow logs. Among
] Them are the Negritos. or little NegrJs,
. similar % the little blacks found in Lu-
2on. There are tribes Of these scattered
over Mulanao, one containing about
1000 called Manuas living in the pgnin-
/ sula off Sungo. These people use
| poisoned arrows and are extremely
savage. They are OF a low state OF In
/ telligenCe. and 10 is extremely doubt
| ful 10 they could ever be civilized
Not far from the Rio Grande river
there is "a race az sayages called the
Torurayes. who live In the mountains.
Their houses are built on bamboo poles.
the first floor being about twelve feet
above the ground The inhabitants get
into their houses by crawling up a
notched stick. which they pull W at