The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-07
NATIVE ILIPIN0S
ssARE oNsExHIBITIoN AT GOVERN.
M EMIT ExPENSE SO PEOPLE
MAY STUDY THEM AT
FIRST HAND.


States in the Philippine Islands has
sent to the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position. St. Louis, Mo-, large groups
number of more advanced Fi!ipinos
for three-fold educational purpose.
One reason: $50 America may have
81 a. CHI clearer idea Of the Philippine
peoples and problems than she could
have without visiting The Archipel-
;@ago Il; another is that individual sci
sentists and scientic institutions may
have an unparalleled opportunity TO
study some of the most interesting
and crudest people extant; and a
third is that the Filipinos. may learn
to believe in the sincerity, wisdom,
Z foresight friendship, power and gen
eral efficiency of America.
shallaesteem it a personal favor
f If you will have the kindness either
Ito bear in mind this collection OF
people when visiting the Fair, or
turn this letter over to such members
of your institution-faculty or stu
ssdents--as are interested in study
i ofaracesso Of the world l have pleas
nTe in saying that every opportunity
possible for Investigation will be Civ
zen the Individual from your institu-
ton who may come for study to the
Philippine Exposition during the
Fair: he2wiE also be presented with
"a pass to each of our seyeralegroups
of Wild people in order that he may
visit them for study as often as he
desires.
Each group of the wild people,
consisting in nearly every instance
of forty individuals composed of
SalI the members of several families.
Their dwellings are exact reproduc-
tions Of their far-away homes, being
built BY the occupants of materials
brought from the Philippines for the
purpose With each family has been
brought all its household utensils,
looms, field implements, weapons of
war, chase, etc, SO that the every
\ day life OF the group at the Exposi-
ton may be a close reproduction of
dts life in the Islands.
Among the most cultured Filipinos
which we have at the Exposition is
E; a. large village Of Visayans, Chris
tianos who occupy the coast areas
3 OF practically all Of the central
Islands South OF Luzon, as well as
Sconsidsrable areas in the large Island
of Mindaneo. It is the Archipelago
jusi and pina-and the manufacture
/ of Vfsayan textiles will be perfectly
represented at their village. Besides
these Visayan families there are
among the soldiers Of the Constabu-
larry and the Scouts Christianized
SMTalaIog people, nokano, Pampansa,
Pangasinan, Bikol, ZambaIes and
3SCagayan.
The groups of wild people embrace
first the Negritos- crisp
woody haired savages, representing
one OF the earliest stages of human
culture. They are found to-day scat
tered in dozen isolated areas
throughout the Archipelago, and
stand as remnants Of what was once
Archipelago before the advent OF the
straight-ha1red man. There
are also the Mangiyan who are found
q m the much tabled Island OF Min
3doro:: in culture they stand little
above the Negritos All their life is
spent shifting from one feeding
ground to another in search Of and in
preparation of their seanty food.
We have, besides, the Bontoc IgDrUt
the head hunter of Luson--whp OF
necessity has become q skilled and
successful agricultural His noun
tain terraces outstr1p any / have seen
in Japan; the land Of rice terraces.
Besides, we have the Lepanto lgorot,
primitive miner and metal worker
who viii illustrate the methods OF
handling native copper and gold ore.
we; have also the Tinguian, people
i probably in slightly higher stage of
culture than the two last mentioned
peoples.
There are, besides, The Samal Mo
ros, the Sea Gypsies' Of the Archi-
pelagp, people many OF whom from
II birth to death know no life except
4 that IN their tiny boats drifting from
island to island. There are the La!
mao Moros OF central Aindanao-hns
wild men with as yet an uncon-
quered and undaunted courage The
tLanao Moros are to-day the ug1est
people with whom the American sol
I der has to do. There will also be
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