Evening star., 1901-09-14

Its way into the Philippines by two meth
oos, stealth and force. Pro-. keane and
other ethnologists believe that the early
brown peoples of whom mention has been
made had the blood of the Caucasian i'm
their veins. Their wavy hair and certain
elements In their speech point in that di
rection. More probably, the later brown in
vasfons, with their alphabets and cults
from India, beginning 300 years Il. G., were
purveyors also Of racial mixtures. Copper
images from India. have been found IN
graves of British Columbia, doubtless left
there by the Spanish fleets.
These trifiing ingredients however, may
be disregarded In comparison with that
whose presence dates from the very begin
ming OF the sixteenth century, first through
the Portuguese. but largely Through thu
Spaniards. In this connection IL Will be
advantageous to read the life of Magellan.
put chiefly the volume of de Morga in the
Haklupt Society's publications. Ii would
far transcend the limits OF this narrative
to trace the trifiing turmoil of races under
Spanish rule for nearly four hundred years.
Ii IS concerned here with kinship, with the
mixture of blood contained in the word
Spanish. Semitic and Hamite, Iberian and
Basque, Goth and yandal Roman and
kelt. all are there. On the confusion of
breeds in Spain one must read Deuiker,
Ripley and Sergi
We Did the Rest.
If there be a kind of white man from Lu-
rope or northern Africa that the Spaniards
pleted the tally and added him to the list
The Isiamism of the Sulu Islands is
Semitic and swept to the archipelago
traces of Parthians. Medes, Elamites,
dwellers In Mesopotamia and Arabia. The
name Moros or Moors Is suggestive OF
BeTber affinitieS
There are in the Philippines $50 native
tribes with names. Some of these are
small and live In out -the-way areas.
Ihey never succumbed to Spanish rule or
the Catholic religion, while others are vast
ly more numerous than all the Indians
that were ever in the United States at one
time. Let us call them all Fiipinos 1t
will be impossible here to characterize
sonian report of 1899 must be consulted.
Just a few native peoples whose names
occur In the newspapers may be noted.
lgorrotes. Head hunters of the province
OF Benguet, In northern Luzon, never
tanned But the name now applies to all
wild F1lipinos, the same as our word Injun
The christianized islanders would say.
There's no good Igorrote but a dead Igor
rote."
Ilocanos. Christianized, civilized, liter
ary. brown-yellow peoples Of northwestern
LuZon.
Pangasinanes. Christianized, civilized,
brown people about Lingayen gulf, 112
miles north Of Manila. They have just
been made separate political jurisdiction
by the President under the provincial or
gamzatton act
white peoples, occupying all
the provinces of Luzon about Manila bay
Iney are the most numerous and powerful
OF all. Aguinaldo Is a Tagal.
Vicols or Bicols. Christianized, brown
peoples Of southeastern Luzon and islands
adjacent.
Magellan Murderers.
Visayas or Bisayas. Next to the Tagals
the most numerous Filipino ethnic group,
occupying all the central islands, Samar,
Masbate, Panay Escalante, Cebu, Bohol,
Leyte. as well as the northern and eastern
shores Of Mindanao. It was in the midst
Of them that Magellan was murdered in
1921.
The Moros have been previously consid-
cred. An excellent map Of the islands will
be found In the new Century Atlas
surely the ends Of the earth have come
to us in blood, language industry, social
iife knowledge and religion through this
beautiful and teeming archipelago The
possibilities Of infinite development and
blessing to the missionary in every depart
ment of cult and culture are there where
their good work may be prosecuted with
out let or hindrance.