The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-20

and unciviliZed. although not WITHOUT
some knowledge of the domestic arts.
This is the first accurate and COM
pIete enumeration Of the F1'lplnos
ever made, those undertaken by the
Spanish authorities. being largely estl-
mates. 1t was taken by. fhe'sPhiilp-
pine Census Bureau. Witch was or
canized by General Sanger. ..
The enumerators employed were
mostly natives. The schedules were
translated. Transcribed and tabulated
by the United States Census Office in
Washington.
General Sancer's report gives the
population Of the Philippines by isl
andS, provinces. municipalities and
barros 1t is classified also by tribes
and religions.
The tables give separate enumera-
tions for 3i3 islands which bear
names. and many others are grouped
| together unnamed. The most pOpulous
! island is LllZon. which contains Il total
of 3.79S .5O7. Of which 223 500 are clas-
sif"d as wild. Panay is next in popu-
lation with 743.G46. of WHICH IA 933
are wild; Cebu. third. with J92,247. all
| civilized, and Mindanao is fourth, with
400. G34. of which 252.94O are wild.
Joo. with 44.71S inhabitants. contains
only 1910 who are civilized. and the
! province of COtabato. with 12j,S75
people. has but 2313 civilized.
The city of Manila contains 219.O2S
| inhabitants, which includes 1901 who
reside on vessels in the harbOr. while
1,4GO live in the limits of the city
walls.
General Sanger says the aborigines
of the Philippines are believed to be
the Negritos. of which % 900 still re-
main. They are distributed over many
of the different provinces and live in
primitive state. having no fixed
habitations or occupations. but wander
about in the forests. living on such
food as they can find They are very
short in stature. the males averaging
only four feet ten inches and the fe.
males even less Their color is black,
their hair wooley and bushy. and
their toes are remarkably prehensile.
they using them almost as we'll as
fingers.
These people. says the report. prob
ably approach as nearly to the con-
reption Of primitive man as any people
thus far discovered. Their origin ID
shrouded in obscurity. but from the
fact that similar types are found in
the Malay peninsula and on the
islands in the Bay of Bengal. it is CON
| rluded they once occupied the entire
Malay archipelago.
OF the other wild tribes in the
islands the most important are the
ISorotes. in northern Luzon. who are
divided into several branches, with
different names. One OF these
branches. inhabiting the sub-province
Of Bontoc; are said to be the. most
famous of head hunters. Another
curious tribe of head hunters is the
lbilao, sometimes called Ilongot, in
the province of Isabella, while in
SIindanao are seventeen wild tribes,
nearly all of which have the beliefs
and customs Of savages. They not
only take the heads Of vanquished
enemies. but their hands and hearts
rs well. and offer human sacrifices to
their deities. s
The report divides the civilized
t'ilipinos into eight tribes, the Bicol
Casayan, 1locano, Pampangan, Pan
eastman, Tagalog. Visayan and Fam
Dalan. the most numerous of which is
the Visayan. While the great mass of
the people are Malays, and had COM
mon origin. there is a difference in
their written and spoken languages
out not much in their customs. For
such progress as they had made they
are indebted. says the report, some
what to the Chinese. with whom thew
came in contact hundreds of years ago.
before the arrival Of the Spanish. and
since then to the religious orders,
which had contributed largely to their
civilization and education.
The archipelago was divided into
i've dioceses and TAG regular parishes.
100 mission parishes and ZIG missions.
Notwithstanding the inestimable ser
vices rendered by the friars. the re-
port says, they succeeded in exciting
the bitter antagonism Of the Filipinos.
which was beyond question a power
tul inventive to the revolution of 1896.
NOW. that the friars land question has
been settled. it is probable. says Gen
eral Sanger, that the Roman Catholic
clergy will substitute large number
OF the friars and that all cause or
agitation on their account will be 70.
moved.
In a chapter on the Bicol tribe. the
Governor Of the Province of Ambos
Camarlnes remarks that a very no.
uceable characteristic of that people
is the aSgressiveness displayed by the |
females. and their evident superioritv
TO the males in business capacitv
Where FER family had risen from tho
lower ranks of society to a position |
or comparative afTluence and social |
Importance. it was generally found |
due to the tact. energy and close at
tentlon to business of the female mem.
Der OF the matrimonial partnership.
The 1locanos. to quote one of their
like all nations of the world
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