The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-09-14
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actual dwellings, fashioned or native
materials by native Workmanship and
illustrating the manners. customs and
pursuits Of their occupants. Here are
women weaving coarse cloth on n
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
to their tribal laws; others are slowly
moving in a circular dance to the thump
of tomtoms and the clang Of brass
gongs; others, again, are smelling iron
by the aid Of primitive but most in.
genious bellows, the constituent parts
Of which are Il bamboo tube and an air
tight mop Of feathers working therein
like the piston Of Il syringe. And these
are but few of an almost endless va.
riety of life pictures.
The chronological problem is Il some,
what complicated one; but, although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village dwellers.
the scouts and the conStabulary, each
race speaking its own dialect and fol.
lowing its own customs, all may be
roughly classified into four groups
the true aborginas or non-Malays the
pagan Malays. the Christian Malays
and the Mohammcdan Malays.
The first are the dwarf Negritos, with
dark skins and wooly heads. wearcrs
Of scanty raiment, proficient in the Use
Of the bow and poisoned arrow. n race
Of nomads and forest dwellers. pagans
pure and simple They live in their
own stockaded village.
Next TO them are the Igorrotes.
whose origin is traced back TO the first
wave of Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost to nudity. but copper coored
skins, long wavy trcsses. pleasant fea.
tured faces ana fine physiques, even
though the stature be small Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters. They are saw
ages, yet have their code of laws and n
knowledge of several primitive indus
tries
The Christian Nalays. produced by
the second wave of invasion, are rep.
resented by the Visayans, tall ana
handsome race, dressing well. living in
pretty homes. skilled in weaving. dye.
ing, basket making, hat making, wood
carving and other handicrafts, must
clans of no mean merit the one group
Of natives who came early and thor.
oughly under the influence of the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the MorOs. who
swept into the islands from the Malay
peninsula last of all. bringing with
them their MolHmmrlun religion also
n knowledge Of guupuwdrr acquired
with the Koran from the Arlbs--fana-
tics like their teachers. pirates. blood
thirsty. trr3cherOuS and vindictive fel
lows. ever ut war among themselves
ald with the whole outside world. De
spite their ferOcity they are clever
race, dress handsomely. have their sui
tans and their slaves and are expert
seamen. while long continued pilage
Oh the high seas has surrounded them
with many of the luXuries and conyen-
fences Of western civilization.
The buildings Of Agriculture, Forest
ry and Fisheries show all the varied
natural products, also the extremely
primitive processes as yet in vogue.
while in the Women's building we are
introduced to a number of native man
ufactures including the beautiful fab
ricS from the just, banana and pine
nunle libers. This information is colat-