Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-29

RS OF the Arrowhead lake, all OF them
.ctual dwellings fashioned OF native
materials by native workmanship, and
Illustrating the manners, customs and
pursuits Of their occupants. Here
ire women weaving a coarse cloth on
i rude hand loom. others making bas-
kets. others tending irrigated fields Of
rice; one group OF men are In village
council, trying an offender according
10 their tribal laws; others are slowly
moving In q circular dance to the
Of tom,toms and the clang o.
brass gongs; others again are smelt
ing iron by aid Of q primitive but most
Ingenious bellows, the constituent
parts Or which are q bamboo tube and
an alright mop Of feathers working
therein like the piston of Q syringe
And these are but d few of an almost
endless variety Of life pictures.
The chronological problem Is q some
what complicated one, but although
there are no fewer Than sixteen races
represented among the village dwell
lrs, the scouts. and the e~onstabulary,
each race speaking It's own dialect and
following its own customs, All may be-
roughly classified into four groups
the true aboriginal or non.Malays. the
pagan Malays, the Christian Malays,
and the Mahomedan Malays.
The first are the dwarf Negritos,
with dark skins and woody heads,
wearers of scanty raiment, proficient
In the use OF the bow and poisoned ar
raw, d race of nomads and forest dwell
lcrs, pagans pure and simple. They
lives In their own stockaded village.
Next III them are the lgorots, whose
origin Is traced back to the first wave
Of Malay invasion. Hero again we
have scanly clothing amounting AL
most TO q nudity, but copper.colored
. skins. long. wavy t~resses, pleasant fca.
/ turcd faces, and fine physique. ever
. though tho stature be small. Among
8 these pagan Malays are the head.hunt.
ers aud the dog-eaters; they are saya'
s ges, yet have their code Of laws, and
i q knowledge Of several primitive In
y dnstries.
& The Christian Malays, produced by
! the second wave Of invasion, are rep
4 resented w the visayans. q tall and
Q handsome race, dressing well, living
9 In pretty homes. skilled in weaving
1. dyeing, baSket.making, Matchmaking
wood carving. and other handicrafts
musicians Of 40 mean merit. the one
group Of natives who came early and
thoroughly under the influence Of the
early Spanish settlers.
a Very different are the Moros, who
swept into the t. u from the Malay
inst 81 All. bringing vi
aua alAir Mahomedan religion. ii
edge OF gunpowder acuuir
wi Koran from the Arabs n
8 atl @ their teachers, pirate
3 BIZ t~reacherons and Wind
aass ever At war among thel
d sell pV''e'd with The whole onta,,
woria. 'eapsle their ferocity IN,
. are d clevt,er race, dress handsomeI
> have their snltsns and their slay,
and are expert scamen. while lon
cunNaued paillage on the high seas ha
surrounded Fthem with many of N
~lusurics ant ! convenienees Of wester
civilization
With this broad classification kep
clearly IN mind. the visitor NAV IN
tenigently study native life IN tho an
~fcrent villages, and complete his "a
searches In the ethn&loglcal building
where there Is a moht complete ala
play Of weapons. ortaments. musical
instruments. field instruments. domes,
Tic utensils. etc, arrsnged under each
tribes name,
But the commercil side OF the ex.
position must not bed ~statcsght of.
for in many respects safely the most
important OF all. The buildings OF
agriculture, forestry and Fisheries show
all the varied natural products, also
the extremely primitive processes as
vet In vogue: while IN the women's
building We are Introduced 10 a mum.
Der Of native manufacturers. including
the beautiful fabrics from tho just,
banana, and pineapple fhres,. This
Information Is collated In the building
OF commerce, where a unique and most
effective method Of exhibiting II fol.
lowed, In one hall are samples Of
all the articles produced for export.
among which Manila Abr OF course.
holds the chief placo OF prominence.
while N D second han are all the
manufactures from every country that
are imported and and a ready market
among The ~pOpnlacr Thus fla bnaI.