The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-17
WANTED THAT FRENCHHARP
Oklahoma Boys Music stirs Up FIJI
pInO Chiefs.

Kingfsher. o. T., Feb. 16.-Simon iHol
man, of this city. has received a very
entertaining letter from his son, George
Holman, who recently was part Of an
expedition into an unknown section of
the Philippines. the expedition going fur
Their than any bther body of white men
had ever penetrated before Some of his
experiences, notably with the Frenchharp,
were amusing. He writes from Bangued
under date Of December q, 1900:
Dear Father: We left Bangued on the
18th at p m, after getting our mail.
There were 1870 Of us and we were going
on an expedition to the Alsodo or wild
Indian country in the interior of northern
Luzon.
Thirty Of us were mounted on ponies;
we thirty left town an hour later than
the rest. We staid the first night in
Buckeye, the last place where there were
any American stationed on our route.
Next morning. the 18th, we left Buckeye,
and took to the mountains It was up
and down hill until dihner, then we came
to a small bario or village where we ate
dinner. That afternoon and the next dsy
we Travelled up q canon, called the San
Thosey.
''The night Of the 18th we camped in
a small village at the foot of Mt Bal
/ babosom. At daybreak on the 18th, we
started our hard upward climb The
mountain is $500 feet from the bottom to
the TOP. It was a hard climb. especially
for Us fellows who had horses, for we
had to pur them up after us. Some places
were nearly a straight up climb We
reached the ton at Il a. m and ate
dinner near A spring Of water nearly as
cold as ice water There were large pine
! trees all around e. You could sit on
/ log where I cooked dinner and look
hundreds of feet nearly straight down.
and you could look or in another direc-
ton and see the BROAD O5ra valley.
Every now and then a bunch OF clouds
would feat along between Us and the VAL
! ley below. 7 saw some Of the prettiest
scenery wni'e on that mountain that 1
have vet seen. After dinner we started
down the other side which was a better
I tran than the one we had come 10.
I'VE had 80 native corgidors or men to
E y
100 pounds tied on a pole They were
always kept in the rear column.
y was nut in the rear to guard forty
- them. Some WY or other I got sepa-
rated from the column; the men in front
got away ahead ard the men behind got
away behiHd. Finally night came on and
with slow dr,zzle of rain and It was
cold as we were vet above the clouas
didn't ike the idea Of being left alone
on TOP Of mountain IN the dark with
/ forty natives and each of them with a
big knife or Colo. 7 tried t0 bury them
along and All at once they an sat down
and wouldn't 80 2 s5ep farther. 7 didn't
know what ta 90. I thouzht maybe they
{ had got on the wrong tran. 50 yelled as
loud as I could three ~ four times bat
10 answer. fhen Z fired q shot with ny
+ rife. listened for abot Eve ruinates
hct no answer n that came. thsn r
Thought J would FIRE thres scots and Sc
Z waat GOOD that would g.. 50 fred ghrea
a. fas- as ( could. hst yet no answer
came. 50 said - myself Well ! VIII
take whst comes. and commences -
tel ths niggers 70 81 en- ana they would
sei SONS .h.ns TO eat pretty so-1n After
lot q loakiag ghsy cut scuaa Fin-
( torches and ssartei again Ncu don :
know how CAD fslt whea saw a lssAr
II tha yaey ard knew Il wss seme u
+ oar a2gs cooking sappr AZ iast ahous
i o'cioek set lnto camp with nv mtg
gers After nnsa5alirg my horsa
cosked some r-ee. axe lot q T. ard
Eene ~ hed
ION rs 1Hh wa were up ~ daylight
! ard lad breakfast & riee. azcon eaa cef-