Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
FRANK G. CARPENTER

the Oulk or the taxes should not be
given over to us. The Spaniards have so
accustomed them to oppression and ex-
tortion that they cannot realize that
We DO not want TO do as they did.
"SulL am well pleased with the re-
suits General Grant went on. In Ba-
coor. for Instance, where there are H.
900 people IN the principally | estab-
lished a civil government In July and
schools in September and October. The
latter are doing very we'll and the peo-
pie seem 20 be well satisfied with the
operations Of their government. They
appear to be grateful and think
have persuaded them that we are their
friends rather than their enemies"
DO YOU really think general"
asked, that they can be made good
American citizens?'
Not at once" was the generals re-
ply. but ] believe We can Amerlcanize
them much sooner than our people
think You must remember that this
country has for years been overrun
with a large class OF brlgands and
thieves. who have intimidated the peo-
Pile and II will be some time before
they can be taught self-relance and
independence OF thought. We shall
first have 20 wipe out the thieves. show
the people that they have rights, and
that we intend TO protect them In the
exercise Of Them"
do you ever hear the people express
regret that the Spaniards have been
driven out?"
mo. think the natives were glad
TO see the Standards go"
CAMPAIGNING AMONG THE Me-
GRITOs.
'Tell me something OF the Negritos,
general | suppose you met with some
OF them while In the north2"
Yes, | did" replied General Grant.
you see them occasionally In the Tag
alog towns Of the interior. They live
In the woods. and usually In the noun
tains, ] came across a number OF their
little villages In crossing the mountains
during my last campaign when | was
chasing Aguinaldo. They are savages
and their settlements are usually 1T
tie more than hamlets They build
their houses In among the trees, rails
Ing them high off the ground on poles.
and | saw many houses built high up
In the branches Of the trees. The houses
are huts made OF poles. with walls and
roofs Of grass and palm leaves. They
take the palm leaves which are long
and wide and plat them with the
mountain grasses. The grass In that
part Of the country grows from six to
ten feet high. II often reached above
my head while I was riding through II
on horseback. II Is very strong, and,
with the palm leaves, IL can be woven
into very close mat.
AS We came 20 these villages the
people scampered away Ike so many
monkeys. They were afraid OF U.s. and
usually hid themselves behind trees or
rocks, peering out at us and ready to
run n we showed any intention OF COM
ing near them. Some Of the men were
armed with bows and arrows. and we
had been warned that their arrows are
poisoned. They did not attack us and
we did not bother them"
JOUR PHILIPPINE DwARFs.
what kind Of looking people are the
Negritos, eeneral?" | asked. They are
race OF dwarfed negroes" replied
| General Grant. THE word 'negrito'
means little negro The Negritos we
saw in but few cases came up 10 my
| shoulder. and some were pgmies In
size. They have woolly hair, which
stands out In curly masses over their
| heads. faces as black as those OF the
| African negroes thick lips and fiat
| noses Most Of them were In breech
cloths, the women wearing a strip about
| two feet long about the thighs and
waist. Both sexes are puny and slckly
looking. They have enormous stom-
achs. made 50 by their living almost en-
| tirely on roots, vegetables and fruits.
| The stomachs reminded me Of the
banana stomachs' Of the peasant chill
| dren OF Porto Rico"
"WIll We have any trouble in con-
quering them?'
Il see no reason why we should both
er with them az ALL" replied the gem
! eral. They are comparatively few and
are so weak mentally and physically
that Il would be'dinicult to make Amer
lean citizens out Of them. They are near
er 90 the Hottentot than the Ameri-
can Indian I'm the scale OF possible civil
ization. All they would need would b.
a small reservation, and IL well treated
they would bother nobody"
How about the Igorrotes?'
81 don't know much about them" said
Gen. Grant They are in the north
eastern part Of LuZcn. Ny campaisn Ia
ing has been chiefly in the south and
northwest. They are. I am told, en-
tlrely different from the Negritos, and
though savage are a fine race"
IN NORTHWESTERN LUZoN.
what kind Of a country dld you find
In northwestern Luzon, general?"
THE whole OF Lu2on Ia a land OF
mountains and valleys. The northern
part Is made up OF ranges Of mountains
with fertile valleys between them The
valleys are usually well cultivated. be-
ing covered with rice fields and sugar
plantations Some Of the mountains are
tremendous. They rise up from the
sea, In places sometimes reaching an
altitude II five or six thousand feet.
They are OF volcanic origin and the
sides OF many Of them are covered with