The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-10-06

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rosa. who dimes on dog meat. ana
visitors are entertained b. YlHgyan
actors aud actresses Nothing a ael
ing % make the show complete.
The Administration building II a rep
IIca of tbe government Offices In Ma
Mia. while tie Art and Eiucation
building rpprodnces In miniature the
cathedral within the walled city. even
the mellowpd unts Of age being faith.
fully rendered A section Of the an
Client but etlll s~ervicenble town wall
has been Recommended 10 serve the dou-
bic purpose oe a gateway 10 the show
and a museum OF arTns and war relics.
The other main edlnces are types of
Filipino homes. being built OF undreza
Ga timber bamboo and rattan, with
matched roofs and broad vernndaA
Then there are the tribal villages
nesting under the trees, some Of the
houses perched high up among the
bougha others ON piles above the wa-
tarE OF the Arrowhead lake. M Of them
actual dwellings, fashioned OF native
materials BY native workmanship and
Illustrating the customs and
pursuits OF their occupants Here are
women weaving a coarse cloth on q
rude hand loom. Others making bas-
kcta others tending irrigated fields Of
rice. Oue group Of men are In village
council trying an offender according
10 their tribal laws; others are slowly
moving Ia d circular dance 20 the thump
OF tornnoms ard TIE ciang Of brass
gongA; others again. aro smelling Iron
By the aid Of q primitive but most IN
genioas bellows. The constituent parts
Of which are a bamboo tube ana an afr.
tight mop Of feathers working therein
IKE the piston OF a syringe. And these
are but a few Of an almost endless VA
riety 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 dwellera
the scouts and the constabulary. each
race speaking It's own dialect and Col.
lowing lts own customs, all may b.
roughly classified into four gror2s-
the true nboriginals or non-MalayB, the
pagan Maiays. the Christian Malays
and the Mohammadan Maiay&
The FIRST are the dwarf Negrito& with
dark skins and woody heaoa, wearprs
Of scanty raiment. proficient in the use
OF the bow and poisoned arrow. a RAGS
OF nomads and forest dweliers, paguns
pure and simple They i've in their
own Etockaded village.
Next 20 them are the ~Igorrotes,
whose origin Is traced back 20 the iirst
wave of Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost 10 nudity, but copper coiored
akinA long wsvy tresses. pleasant fen-
tured faces ana ane physiqtes. even
though the stature be small Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt.
ers and the dog eaters. They are Hay-
ages. yet have their code OF laws and .
knowledge Of several primitive indus.
tries.
The Christian Malaga produced by
the second wave OF Invasion. are rep
resented by tho visayans. d tan and
handsome FACE. dressing well, living In
pretty homes. skilled In weaving. dye
tng. basket making. hat making, wood
carving and other handicrafts, musi.
clans OF no mean merit the n group
og natives who came early and thor.
onghly under the influence OF the early
spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moroa. who
swept into the Islands from the MALAY
peninsula last % All, bringing with
them their Mohammedan religion also
a knowledge OF gunpowder acquired
with me Koran from the Arabs-fana-
tics IKE their teachers, plrates. blood.
thlrug ~treacherous and vindictiva fei