The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-02
FROm ODE G. NICHOLS

ders,) the rafters. and even the wood
with which we cook is mahogany,
All mahogany used in building these
crude houses has been sawed and an
attempt made to plal g them smooth.
The pillars also have been subjected
to the hand of the experienced
Filipino builder for beaut'fying, but
the whole thing is crude. The
splendid posts and lumber looks as
though a country boy had undertaken
the polishing process upon them,
with jack knife and corn cob and
had made u cory job of it at that.
With these facts before me am JUS
titled in saying there is money to be
made here.
Everyone here (natives) smoke
cigars; from the little boy, dressed in
his bow and arrow-and cigar--tO
the lady of70, pull continually on q
cigar, and they are good ones, too.
l bought three cigars today for three
and three-f urths cents American,
equal to seven and one.h half cents
spanish monty, and they are the
best to lie had. A colder with q ten
cent cut of Climax is rich indeed for If
he trade judiciOusly he can purchase
with it twelve cigars, two dozen
bananas, four cocoanuts, one native
chick en-about the size Of an Ameri-
IA htrt
pounds of rice and cane Of sugar
think of il! Who couldn't make
money manufacturing chewing
tobacco?
Many Of the Tsgslos, Aguinaldo's
tribe, are ditgusted with the insurrec-
ton, while the Macca be bes are up in
arms against him. Several companies
Of Maccabebes are serving In the
United States army under American
officers and they are valuable as
scouts, full Of energy, their hearts full
of hatred for the pampered descend.
ant of a tribe, (the Tsgalos) with
which they have been 1T war for 200
years. The Maccabeb have suffer
ed much at the hands of the ,Tagalos,
owing to the fact that they have al
ways been the lesser In number and
they seem to rea ize what u splendid
opportunity this is for them to secure
revenge Of the doubly sweet -ort.
went across the river, the PampauRh h,
yesterday with their scouts On the
opposite bank we met Maccabebe
scout who accompanied US. He knew
the country and spoke Tsgalo, Mac
cabebe and Spanish. We made a
trip Of four miles and return and
when he left US on the banks of the
river he dramatically exclaimed
"PocctempO Americana vsmnse.
Insurrecto no ysDo, go up. AEuinsldo
manga ana. Philippines all the same
America" He tried TO cay, "AfIer
awhile the American army could
move upon the enemy, and as the in
eurreetiOnisis would nOI stand, they
would become fiu-tIated and scatter;
that their leader worked on the prin-
ciple of tomorrow which in span
ish is equivalent to never, and that
the Philippine islands would be the
same as state of the United States
The people here are peculiar. They
seem to realize that there IL a higher
civiliZ ution than that which they en-.
joy, but appear to be utterly ignorant
of what means to make use OF to Sc
cure it. They endeavor to take Oh
various features of this or that which
they have encountered OF heard 81
at some time, but the result is in
variably u magnificent farce.
Nov. 3d. commenced this letter
as you will zee, many days since
At that time l fully expected TO bt
able to mail it, but before mail wen
down we moved, and such move
as 1t has been. Well, before the
move commenced was given another
promotion and | tlatter myself that
am doing right well. | enlisted, o.
. course, as private, was made ser
geant, then lst sergeant, and the lasl
step, l skipped Battalion Sergeant
Major and was made RegimenIal Ser
geant Major. This was on November
8 and / hope yet to make another steI
and Major Schunck, of the lst batta
lion, was 30 good as to tell me las
night that had been recommended
for lieutenancy, but as yet that is 1
mere matter of the future.
Well about our "bike." use tn,
word "hike" because it is the popular
expression Of the army and its litera
meaning Is "hike like fury" unde
any and all conditions. 1 was, o
course, with headquarters and head
quarters was with the two batallion
which took the center of the thre
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