The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-31

than defy the advance of American
civilization. They are barbarians.
Their religion is a kind of spirit Wor-
ship. AS a rule they are head hunt
ers. They are copper colored, have
high cheek bones, fiat noses and thick
lips. Their hair is straight and black
and is often worn long. Probably no
tribe in the archipelago can produce
such splendid specimens physically.
The men have strong chests, well-de-
veloped muscles and possess great
strength and power of endurance. The
women are generally we'll formed,
erect. and among some tribes, as
graceful as Oriental women. In their
native condition they have only a
scant costume, a woven breech clout
of body color for the men. and an
apron of bark for the women.
The Bontocs are the most athletic,
daring and the fiercest of the Luzon
people. They are Industrious to a de-
gree. They are head hunters and car
ry on frequent expeditions against
neighboring tribes. There are sixty
nine Bontocs in the village, nineteen
of whom are women. Unlike most of
the other tribes, they do not work
in bamboo, but build their houses of
rough-hewn planks, squat on the
ground, with straw-thatched roofs.
Rice is the staple diet, together with
a meat stew, and on occasions of feast
ing they eat dog.
Antonio, chief of the tribe, was
elected to his position by popular vote.
because he was declared to be the
bravest of the Igorotes.
How many heads he has brought
back from expeditions is a mOoted
question, but Gov. Hunt is authority
for the statement that to his own
knowledge Antonio has killed five
men.
The SuyOcs.
The Suyocs are miners and weavers.
Large deposits of copper ore are found
in the mountains. and the men have
ingeniously worked it into pots and
irons, after their crude method of re-
duction. Industrially, they stand on a
high level. AS early as 1855 they ex-
ported as much as twenty tons of cop
per utensils and ingots annually. 1t
was this tribe that drew the attention
of the Spaniards to the region.
The women are remarIxa BILE manufac-
turers of bright cloth of different col
ors. by means of an ingenious hand
loom. They make the yarn out of
hemp and tree fiber. All of the SUI
yocs. men, women and children use
tobacco.
The Tinguines come from the timber
region, and are among the best of all
the workers in bamboo. They have
large and we'll constructed houses,
built three feet off the ground and
matched with nipa. They are espe-
cially adept with arrows for warning
purposes. whilst the hill tribes use prin-
cipally spears and steel axes.
The Negritos are not receiving as
much attention from the press and
public as the Igorots, but they are far
more interesting to the ethnologist.
They are found in the mountainous
parts of nearly all the islands, and are
the aboriginal inhabitants. They look
not unlike African negroes. but much
smaller in statue, the men averaging
about feet 10 inches in hight. while
the women are shorter still. Their
color is black. their hair is wolly and
bushy and their toes are remarkable
prehensile. They are very skillful with
bows and arrows. and in making a
fire, which they do by rubbing together
two dry pieces of bamboo. In the is
lands, they wander from place to place,