The Florida star., 1902-08-15
THE MINDORO WHITES.
Facts About a Strange Race In
the Philippines.
YOUNG LAWYER THEIR RULER

Baby and Reared a Christian In
Spain, He Is Now Sultan of a Mys-
teriOus MOhammedan Tribe, which
Has Limited Dealings With Out
siders Through Traders.
According to Manuel Castro. prom
inent Filipino. who informed Licuten-
ant Lorenzo \. Declairmont of the fact,
there is a race of white people in
the interior OF the island of Mindoro.
These white men were discovered
twenty-five years ago by Spanish
surgeon who had penetrated the i'll
terror on a hunting trip. says Il dis
patch from San Francisco to the New
York Herald.
The surgeon noticed some birds of
rare and curious plumage and, anxious
TO secure Il specimen, was led for sew
eral miles through the trails of dense
tropical growth, He came TO clear
ing, in the centre of which stood n
neatly built hut. On n nearby tree
was resting one of the birds he sought.
He took careful aim, fired and missed
the bird.
The sound OF the explosion alarmed
the inhabitants of the hut, and, while
looking in vain for the bird, the sur
genu was surprised To see Il white man
and woman step out Of the house, stare
at him with frightened gaze and then
run for the cover of q nearby thicket.
He followed the fleeing pair. but after
| n short distance lost their trail and re-
turned to the hut.
Within, lying all unconscious of
thck parents alarm, he found two boy
babies, apparently twins. They had
| blue eyes, and such hair as they had
was fair and straight. After waiting
several hours for the parents return
the surgeon decided to take possession
| of the twins. This he did, and by
dint of great care got them to Manila
alive and in good health. He took
them to Spain. where he adopted them
and brought them up as his own. One
he educated as lawyer. The other is
today practicing medicine near Mad
rid When the boys reached manhood.
they were told the story Of their
| babyhOOd.
| The lawyer expressed q desire to Wis
| il the scene of his birth, find his par
ents. if alive. and tell them OF the
| great outside world and If possible
| take them 10 Spain. He secured per-
mission To make the journey and.
armed with detailed directions from
the surgeon, started out on a search
| for his parents.
About Il year after his departure the
| surgeon received Il letter from his fOS-
| ter son. He had found his parents and
| had decided TO cast his lot with them
| and their people. They were MOham-
| mrdanS. he said, and he purpOSed to
| devote his life TO Introducing the Chris
| tian religion and i'll other ways to give
| the people from whom he had been
| kidnapped the benefit of his wider
| knowledge.
The young lawyer. il is said, is now
| the ruling sultan Of this isolated peO-
| pie Under his influence many of them
| have embraced the Christian religion
| and limited and strictly commercial
| intercourse has been established with
| the outside world.
| Manuel Castro is one OF the few out
| SiIcrS admitted to the privilege Of
trade with these shut i'll Caucasians.
He exhibited to Lieutenant Dcclair
mont photographs of some of these
| strange white folk and told i'm detail
of his trading operations with them.
| They are expert 10th wcaverS. and
| from the amount y O." gold l".'''' "
with which thc,r 'Sraw..-s h.
| their supply Of TIN sil2MS - in
virgin form ~rrns- HB "'tfui.
| There are few ."oIuctS Oily outside
W, r.d HAT Il, rsaut. and those thc.s.
20, r,rou-h n r. r; Castro and ahour
| hall "a dozen ect- traders in whom
they have conf; ,'',r.
Il rriurtrd the matter {" the GOVERN
! m,It tribal bureau said Lieutenant
| D.r.Lirmnut. "aud was iuf"rucd that
they also had heard of the tribe. but
! had been unable - locate it. | gave
| them all the information | could and
| expect to hear very shortly OF the or
| CaniZatipn of an exploring expedition
Consumption Threatened
Il was troubled with Il barking cough
for a wear. and thuught had cOnsump-
ton" saws {. Tnger 2ll Maple street,
champaign, H. Il tried great many
remedies and ! was under the care oi
IphySirians for several months. | used
one bottle Of F0ley'~ Honey and Tar. 1T
cured ne. and ! have ua' hr,u troubled
~.ucc." sold ~ Wilson * son.
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