The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-04
MORE ABOUT FILIPiNOS.
Inhabitants of The Islands Comprise More
than Sixty Distinct Races.
BULK OF PEOPLE MALAY STOCK
The White Races In the Interior Of Mindlnao
Different from Races lnhabiting the
Other Islands,

Philippine Islands are called Fill
pinos, as though they were all of
the same race. On the contrary,
in the islands there are more
than sixty distinct races-from
the scattered Negritos, who are
evidently of mixed African blood,
to the white races of the interior
of Mindinao, who are, no doubt,
of Caucasian origin. The bulk of
the people, however, are of Ma
lay stock, and speak some form
of the Malay tongue. In Cebu
there is a strong admixture of
Japanese, due to the arrival of a
large mum ber of Japanese immi-
grants at the close of the 18th
century. These Japanese were
exiled from their country at that
time because of the persecution
OF Catholic Christians by the Jap.
anese authorities. This admix-
ture of blood Is so strong that
the people of the city of Cebu
and neighborhood have decided
Japanese features. In Manila
the ordinary type is Chinese be-
cause of the admixture of CHI
uese blood, the Chinese having
settled IN that city IN large num-
oers for the last two centuries.
The Negritos, or Aetas, as the
natives called them, are small Of
size, with curly, wavy hair, thick
lips and fiat noses, and bear a
close resem blance TO many of the
African tribes.
The white races IN the interior
of Mindinao are totally different
from the races inhabiting the
other islands. We saw only one
during our stay in the islands,
md he was prisoner or slave of
IL Mohammedan datto living in
Surigas.
Besides the races we have men
toned, every city has a mum ber
Of people who are Mestizo, or
half-breed, descendants of mer.
chants of different races who at
various times have lived in these
cities. These people, who are the
illegitimate descendants of for
elgners and native women, are
generally well to-do and occupy
high social positions in native cir.
cles. The Malays, who outnum-
ber any other race in the islands,
form the majority of the inhabit-
ants of the islands, and speak H.
ocano, Vicol, Biscayan, or Taga-
log. While speaking different
forms of the same general Ian.
guage, the Ilocanos and Biscay.
ans differ largely from the Taga-
logs. Aguinaldo and the bulk of
bis followers were Tagalogs.-
The members of this race are
active, restless, turbulent, and
at the bottom of all the plotting
against both the Spanish and
American governments that has
taken place in recent years. The
Ilocanos, Vicols, and Biscayans
have always been noted for their
easy manners, peaceful disposi.
ton, and, loyalty to the ruling
powers.
There is a remnant of a once
numerous iace, but who to-day
do not number more than so, 900
souls, that has made itself IA
nous in the history of the coun-
try. These people are known as
Macabebes, from the name of
their principal town, and have
been bitter enemies of the Taga-
logs so long that the memory of
man ruuneth not to the contrary.
The Tagalogs, prior to the arrival
of the Spaniards, had almost an
initiated them but when the
Spaniards came, the Macabebes
at once threw themselves heart
and soul into the cause of the
conquerors, enlisted in their ar.
mics and revenged themselves
upon their adversarles. When
Aguinaldo got the upper hand in
1898, the Tagalogs killed every
Macabebe prisoner they could
get their hands on, and had driv
en- the last remnant of the tribe
into the old church at the towr
of Macabebe aud had set fire Il