The sun., 1903-01-11
THE PHILIPPINE ABOR,GlNES.
MR.. BARROWS SAYS THEY ARE
THE DWARF BLACKS.


there Are Not Less Thsn 10000 Of 1Dem'
He says. Now Nvins In the Isiands.
Most os Them Under three Feet In
HeiEht-Eat Roots and small Game.
VA ,HINoroN, Jan. iO.-David p. Barrows.
chief Of the Bureau Of Nom Christian Tribes
OF the Philippines. In a report received at
the War Department on the ethnology OF
the Philippines. concludes that while the
great majority OF the population Is un-
question: by OF Malayan origin. the abor-
iginal race Of the archipelago Is the dwarf
black people. known as 1Negritoe' or
little negroes. He says that the peo-
pl' Il this race are almost the small
est on the globe and are tIu, sv ges.
II was thought that their numbers were
dwindling and that not more than 10000
remained In the islands, but inquiry shows
not less than 80 600 Of these dwarfs. Some
Of them average four feet I'm height, but
the greater number are under tn 'ee feet
They feed upon roots and small game,
and do not live In villages, but roam through
the mountains In small groups OF few
families each. They are timid and fearful
OF approach. and yet to certain extent
are feared by the more civilized tribes.
Mr.. B .rrows says:
The number Of problems presented to the
ethnologist by these little blacks Is almost
bcwilderinR. What place have they In the
evolution Of man? Their identity with the
Stkais Of the Malay Pen n 'ula. and the Min
c ,pies Of the Andaman Islands. is almost
certain. but what is their relation to those
other pigmes-the dolichocephalic dwarfs
of c ntral Africa? And further. what may be
their connection with tho true NJ gro race
OF Mcl1nesia. almost contiguous to them
The geoera aphic dist bu ion Of the Negrttos
Is suon that we must co. ..iIde that at one tin @
they were practically the sole posscssors
of the Philippine archip' lago. and undues-
tionably the first to arrive and TO dispute
their pos session OF the soil and to drive them
into the noun 'ainous interiors which they now
OCCUPY were the tribes of primitive Malayans
which still constitute the most considerable
clement of the non-Christian population OF
the islands.
In contrast to the dwarfs are the tribes
Ia the vici. i..ity of the Gulf of I av,o and
Mount Apo in eastern Mi ,danao. They
are very tall. with hair wavy rather than
straight a narrow and prominent lose
and c lor of skin approaching that OF
t1arrows. they are a Iother non-Malayan
element He descripes the seven Christ
ian t. ibes, the Mohammedan Malays and
other Malayan peoples, and says.
OF such diverse and varied clements. then.
IL the population of the Philippines COM
posed. OF, ,h", mixtures with Chinese and
European blood y is unnecessary TO speak
further here. The variety OF probl"ms
they present is equally great for the 9TH ol-
ogst and the statesman. Since the fii 81
arrival OF the Portuguese in Eastern waters
tho mind W the VI" llv has app ared to the
Europ an as a closed book. Both races hav ve
,vr misunderstood and mistrusted zach
Other out Of r"tunl ignorance and fear
have followed b. tr Il, oppr' ssion and rot., ia-
tion. In the establishment of order IN these
islands this Government is attempting 10
rear a new standard of rcla.ionship between
the white W and III, n lay Th@ sue
the iuture OF IL, and intercourse In the Far
East, will dcp"nd in large measure on our
correct understanding and scientific grasp
Of he peoples whose problems We are facing.
II. Opposes very stro gly the application
of the Indian reservation scheme to the
Mo o and says that his i,qui IS into the
treatment of the Indians In this country
have satisfied him that, IL spite of excel
lent late tions. the policy has not brought
fort h satisfactory results and ia thousand
cases has not done ju'ti "a to the Indian