The sun., 1903-06-14

/ summoned TO il.
,aU davs ,a,., a" ,hs,c i. celebrated ,b
49,. ..arr.i o.,h An ,h
ushonY a.'nhor o. ,s sn' ,s,e;,,s. s ~ both brid
and bridegroom assemble IN one place, an'
each inf,icts a small cut on arm or leg
from which n few drops Of blood Ia taken.
'u,,' .r, ""'o" 10" WE ~ ..,i,. - tanr,o
and when each person has contributed MI
portion and all has been thoroughly mixet
the tube IL passed around again, and eacl
| In ,,r, ,.,,t.s 4, 30 40 line an that there
w turn 'ouches " 10 ,he ,,Pr, ~ '"%s ".s,, =, =.
a'ter IN the veins ~ eaoh 'here Hna'' ''1s
the blood Of ell BY this ceremony eeci
one il bound 10 defend every other to thu
death,
NJ ~ ,ond y, ,ersona
me Apssaos gre very 'ona p,,n ~, ,nen 'ea sna
adornment and gay cOlors' bO'h men ahe
| women wear const antly bracelets made oi
oopper or silver, sometimes even of gold
| and the women all have earrings OF falst
pearls or whatever kind OF bright ooloreo
stone they can obtain. They make @ thei, i,
which show rather artistic workmanship.
The msn isshirn very ingenious pipes
with long stems and carved bowls, both
1ut c"r in a rsntsstic sbanes' Like the Filipinoe
bats woven from flne strps OF the outer
akin of the bsmboo and decorated with
silver.
The silver that they use in this orna-
cold thew produce themselves, and in the
er,,iest fashion
| Along the backbone Of northern Luzou
there s esstends e % for niles a. belt Of auriferons
rock which has given rise TO many Of the
that country, The careful eIaminations
~ ..veral comnetent American mining
enpinpers who have searched these prov
incaa hnwewer have res,,ited in revealing
The true situation
Wy" This beIt has neither foot wall nor hanging
wall Ia and i ia S not % rich enough @ to make L a
| having proposition in view Of the work
thst woufd have 70 he done But the Apayao
has nothing to pIt on il but his labor, which
other purpose on pose So when no wants TO be
particularly CAV in his personal decoration.
A. in ths ara case when he has some
Ambition to o,,trank his fellows in posses-
| Ions' he eoes to mining.
He smsshes up the eold-bearing rock ~
| tsEins onlv that from the surface or near 1t
When it ia pounded to the size OF hickory
| nuts me- rrinda II lust A. he, or rather his
Vile, docs the little Bit Of corn they some
The rasultinp dust and povder he runs
,brm,.h . ,ro,s,h noade ~ Sreen bamboo.
the inside OF which serves "a as The quicksilver
IN a slmics nor None Of the gold 40 re-
.m. ea1sees ees OF roek Which, the ap
nsrat,,s Of he Ansyao viii not remove. II
Enr.b nerhsn- an an ounce hut IL serves
tbs natiye fairly we'll for PURPOSES OF orna-
msntation.
CIothina does not trouble these peo-
n,s warv much For most OF the year
the men make an entire suit from q
s;mnls hand Of cloth worn after the
sarIw fash;on of the American Indians
This cloth is woven by the women on simple
l
hon ' Ths material is either the wild cotton
~h;c,, grows freely in their country or the
rhrs ~ the cocoa tree which also sbounds
thsrs -
The woman ,,s,,ally has but one garment,
a abort skirt which covers her from the
v.;st to ,he kneaa Roth men and women
wsar th.;r hair long the only differences
heino that the men wear bangs and the
women bind the head with light colored
strips ef cloth the end. Of which Z ial down
ceraronv the women have skirts of a very
cav material, woven from a vegetable fibre
Ghich mich resembles silk in appearance.
Thn nrdinsrv Anavan village ia built
With tho tail. tough cogan graas. The
buiidinas are raised on wooden piles five
nv si1 Seet above the ground.
There is always one house OF better and
mora soIid constnlction than the rest,
which Il m. dwellinr of the oldest inhabi-
tant n r. a fine thing to be the Oldest
inhsh;tsrt n an Apayao village, You
have = house built entirely OF wood and
ire front ia covered with numbcr'ess in
snr;ntions setting forth the most glorious
daeds and dates in the history Of your
fsmiiy
n mivbt be considered deroRatory some
tin.s - have ones family record blazoned
70 The World on the front OF his house hut
the Apsyaos avoid any difficulty OF that
nstura ~ rememberin9 only the % easant
| things They record the times when their
ada heet the other fellows but never the
t;me wbe, thew had Ia run1 Some German
a.hno,onj VIII nrohabiv trace in this a
connectiom with The ancient Greek gen.
| tioman uho conceived the idea originally
- w;ctorv s,;.htine on somebody's temnle
and taLins oS her wings,
But the oidest-inhabitant business among
the Anaysos has its drawbacks, for the
aid.rly yentlemsn ia eIpeoted TO he The
gn;d,no and ruling star Of ali those who
iIve in his village and difficulties some
times arise when he doesn't happen to
g,ide as we'll as he might IL ne were a sure
ennmoh nronhet
When a son ia born to an Apayao
woman she takes the child to the river
every village ia near some stream and
there mother and baby, in the presence
OF the entire family, take a bath. After
that she returns to her hut, where she awaits
her friends.
When she has had a little tine for rest
the friends come in, ask what she desires
| - aot ard pmodiately hrin0 whatova