Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07
FRANK 6. CARPENTER

usually cuts the head from the body.
| Whereupon the rest Of the tribe rush mp
/ one by one ana give a cut at the dying
human Before the ceremony Is dn.
| lshed The body has become mlncemeat
and The gods are then supposed 90 DE
/ pleased, and 10 angry, appe8sed. These
| fucrihCes are celebrated at least once a
year at the national feast and also at
times OF sickness or famine. when the
gods are supposed 90 be frownIug upon
/ humanity AS usual thing but one
slave is killed at such a celebration
slaves are bought and sold among
these people They are traded for with
The nelghbOring tribes and are also
brought Ia at times and sold 90 the
Christians The four slaves here which
] have spoken Of as having been offered
TO me Tor $50 were originally brought iu
by the Bagobas and sold 10 their own
ers in Davao
MATADEROs. OR PROFESSIONAL
KILLERS.
According 10 the vice presidente. the
Baguba who has killed the most men
ls the most thought off, lie says when
young man reaches his majority he
starts out on "a billing tour In order 10
make Il reputation, preferably seeking
the hduntg OF the ueighbOring tribes.
Tie lies in ambush with his spear or bow
ana poisoned arrows and waits for hui
man game When he has killed O man
or woman bee cuts on am ear on fin
ger and brings it i'm and shows &c.. II
he has an enemy in his own tribe be
may Kun him. and ~ be- has killed
number he is selected by the datto. or
chief as a professional and given an
appointment az court Those who have
killed ten on more men are called mata-
deros.
The Bagabos are very revengeful
They have the vendetta and carry their
enmity % the families or slaves Of the
men they hate, and spear or lance them
on sight.
They are adopts IN the use OF the
lance ana the spear On0 stabbed
Nisayan here the other day. driving his
spear clear through the body OF his VIC
un. me Nisayan was armed With a
bolo. ana with the spear still in him he
turned and chopped on the head OF the
Bagabo. The Visayan was brought into
the town loft Tor several DAYS without
treatment. and then handed over 10 th.
care Of Capt a. L. Haines the surgeon
Capt Haines put him under ether and
performed an operation which saved
his He ] called upon the sick man the
other day and found him almost recoy-
cred he BIS very grateful 90 the doc
tor and has given him the b0lo with
which De- killed the Bagoba as a reward
for saving his life.
HOW THE BAGoBAs LIVE.
The Bagobas are not entirely savage
In their way of living. They have
small farms and cultivate rice and
sweet potatoes I'm the intervals OF their
hunting excursions They have houses
erected on poles high above the ground
They raise some hemp and weave the
most Of their clothes from Il. choosing
the best Of the fiber
The Bagoba women are better looking !
than the other female sayages Of Min.
danao. They are almost white. They
are straight and we'll formed. Their /
dress Is skirt reaching from the waist |
10 the knee and very short Jacket. /
Both skirt and Jacket are heavily en- !
broldered with beads They are fond /
% leWelry and wear little earrings Of |
much The same shape as those / have |
described as worn by the men. They |