The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
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S ST.: 2 . Il :S:" Carpenter in Paran9- Parano

.w,srhted, 1900 by Frank G. Carpenter.
VWpiRANG-PA April S, 1900.
n IN writing this Letter in the beauti.
II ri harbor of Parang Parang, NOR,
II than seven hundred miles south of
II Manila. on the southern coast of the
island of Mindanao. in one OF
n strsngest parts of Uncle Sans
1870 world the Philippine islands.
n land of savages, a country of
- where every man l meet wears a
s.r and has knife yard long
-sred to his waist. l have Just had
d srteryiew with the famous Sultan of
S,xsnao. and have photographed the
...-r.skinned ladies of his imperial har-
have been hobnobbing with one of
=. sattos, a sort of prince and grand
~ and when l persuade myself that
y Mad is still on my shoulders by put.
4. nv hands to It, / imagine myself in
= iand of the Arabian Nights.
s.rybern Mindanao has wilder people
=, any described in the stories of Har-
q Al Raschid. 1t has queer Christians
ali as Mohammedans, and II has ma
- vcrshippers who are more grotesqu,
~. we're the people of CULVER or Sin
u me Sailor. Our soldiers have Just
80 possession of the region, and II
q, only last week that they made their
u, thp into the mountains, going about
srs.n miles inland. They met many peo-
= vho were clad only in bracelets and
r.sts The bracelets reached from their
80 10 their elbows, and the anklets or
.sl,ts covered their legs from the foot
80 knee The women wore nose rings
xrrt a big around as trade dollars and
- IN their ears. running all along
-ssSe OF the ears from the lobes to the
~ These rings were of brass, copper
: b,ifalo horn. and In n few cases of
~. The people who live on the shore
= that these savages are cannibals.
~ warned the soldiers not to go in
VI telling them that they would b,
-,,ly attacked from the mountains.
~ White. who was with the expedi
n. tells me that they were very care.
ri N their treatment of the people. and
~ not molested. He says the savages
- very much like the Moros, except
~ they are darker and fiercer. They
~ no spears and poisoned arrows.
~ have no houses, but live I'm the
~ and move about from place to
~.
III SuHseriand of the Tropics.
More describe my adventures with
A Moros let me tell you something of
A. yeeion where I now am. 1t is des-
"a 10 become one of the richest parts
4 NJ Philippine islands, and may al
~ time have a large population of
Anesican.. 1t is known as the province
4 Cottabato; II lies east OF Zamboangs
"A west of Davao and includes vast
MP Of rich land. running along the
wuthtrn coast and far back into the in
sssor. II IL only about $50 miles north
4 the equator, but II has an excellent
innate. The air here today is, not
mrmer than that of the average June
BY IN Warrington city, and I was quite
nd last night when | slept, rolled up in
N army blanket, on the deck of the
seamer.
me most Of Cottabato Is rolling. The
zsd rises from the coast in low foot hills.
shth lose themselves In quite high
ncuntains further inland. AS you go to-
ssrd the east the mountains increase in
In, eliminating in Mount Apo. I'm the
Fuyince OF Davao. at an altitude Of more
isn two miles. In the mountain regions
A. Air Is cold at night, and as you as
I'D the hills you find It full Of ozone.
Despair being able to give you good
tesurss Of the wonderful scenery of this
nr Of the Philippines. II Is the Switzer-
and Of the tropics, and a Switzerland
shkh Is practically unknown to the
nvsler or the scientist.
IL resources are undeveloped; its
nuntains unprospected: its scenic beau
r. o. yet unphotographed. came to
'snne. Parang from Zamboanga on the
asasport Port Stephens. which brought
nas mules and wagons for the use OF
NJ soldiers Our transport Is larger, I
inty than any steamer which has ever
Rn IN these waters. and 1t is important