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photographic der Philippien) considers
that all the remaining inhabitants are
Malayan, modified by crossings with
Negritos and Chinese. To explain the
differences in type he considers that
there took place several waves of i'm
migration. First, incurSions of 'Proto-
MaIayans,' people of low culture, prac-
ticing headhunting and cannibalism,
and of the same derivation and culture
plane as the Dyaks of Borneo and 9TH
er wild tribes of the interior of the
Sunda Islands, known as the 'Orang
Renua.' These immigrations gave us
the wild tribes of northern Luzon, the
Apayaos, Ifugaos, Ilongotes, Caliugas
Italones, Ibilaos, and Cuianca- Some
of these, the Tinguianes of Abra, the
Igorrotes of Benguet, Lepanto and
Bontok, and the Catalanganes of Caga-
yam and Isabella on the evidence of
Semper (Die Philippinen und ihrer Be
wohnen, 1859. Blumentritt considers to
be mixed with Mongol blood, due TO
early Chinese and Japanese trade on
the northwest coast OF Luzon. Then at
a later date followed immigrations of
! closely related Malayan tribes of a
higher culture than the preceding
people had already been affected by the
we'll developed Hindu civilization that
previous to the Christian era had eS-
, tablished itself in the Malay Peninsula
: and Java, and had borrowed thence
| writing and other arts. They settled
J.. the coasts and plains OF the archipe-
lago. and proving their greater capac-
! ity for civilization, were readily Chris
+, TANNED by the Spaniards and consti-
civ
! tribes of the archipelago, the Ibanag
J of the Cagayan valley, the Llocanos of
! the northwest coast, Pangasinanes and
!, Pampangos of the median plane of Luz
! ION, the Tagalos of Central Luzon, the
Bicols of the Camarines, Albay and
Sorsogon, and the Visayans OF the cen
trail islands and northern Mindanao.
i Last of all to arrive and only a few
j centuries before the Spaniards, came
j the true Mahommedan Malays. Pre-
/ vious to the eleventh century the Ma
! lays were only an obscure tribe of SUI
J matra, their first step toward conquest
being the establishment of the settle
i nent of Singapore. About 1850 they
| were converted to Mohammedanism
carried to them by the Arabian mis-
sionaries, and under the impulse of this
! mighty faith they broke from their OBJ
! dous conquest and expansion that has
diffused their power. language and re-
Iigion throughout the East. Com5in-
ing commerce with piracy they came
! in their restless praus to the Sulu ISL
> ands and southern Mindanao. When
! the Spaniards arrived they had already
gotten a foothold on Manila Bay, and
J their gradual conquest of the arch1pel-
ago was doubtless interrupted only by
the coming of the European. 1t is j
strange historical occurrence that the
! Spaniards having fought with Moham-
mechanism for nearly eight centuries
! should have come westward around
: the globe to the Philippine Islands and
there resumed the ancient conflict with
Islam and continued the undying hat
red between the fanatical opponents OF
( both religions. The Spaniards gave TO
! these new opponents the name of their
old Mohammedan foes, ''Moros' or
/ "Moors.'
From crossing and natural variations
between these several Malay elements
and in some cases the Negritos, Blu
mentritt would derive all the races OF
the Philippines. and in this he is follow
ed by many ethnologists. 1t would ap-
near. however that this theory is in
adequate to explain all the facts pre-
sented. Both the Negrito and the Ma
lay types are well understood me
latter is of understood stature, round
head, broad nose, yellowish-brown col
or. and lank, straight hair, with smooth
face and skin. Now, there are tribes
in Mindanao who present quite differ
ent characters, the Atlas, Guianes, Bo-
gobos, Mandayas and others. They are
tall, even approaching six feet, with
long heads, straight thin noses, light
brown color and wavy hair, with fire.
quent growth on face and chin. These
are characters possessed by neither Ne
grito, southern Mongol nor Malay.
They are, in fact the distinguishing
physical characters of the white or
Caucasian race. The occurrence of
such people here and also throughout
Polynesia and New Zealand has led 10
the theory of an early Caucasian or
"Indonesian" diffusion of peoples across
Malaysia into Oceania. This theory was
conceived by Logan and extended by
the French ethnologist, Hamy. 1t has
received very strong support from
Prof a. H. Keane CEthnology). 1896,
and (Man, Past and PresenO, 1899.
AS applied to the Philippines and
SIindanao in particular the theory was
adopted by Montana mission aux Hes
Philippines, p. 307 ct passim). We can
at least say that there are too numer-
Gus indications OF a different type
among the tribes OF Mindanao, partlc-
ularly in the region around the Gulf OF
Davao, TO permit US to dismiss this
theory from our consideration.
Thus it will be seen that the task be-
fore the bureau in these islands is one
OF no small magnitude.