The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-05-25

be possible. In other words, he grows
his rice in dry seasons while other
people grow theirs in wet ones. &
Antonio's lieutenants have also
records Of taking heads. The law Of
life primitive is this: The tribe which
survives must either fall to such 4
wrenched form of existance that no
other man cares to endure, or it must
prove itself equally as cunning, cour-
ageous and strong as its neighbor.
Head hunting among the Bontic
Igorote is not only a means of self
defence but pastime; for after q
member of the pueblo has captured
and brought home human head, a
month is given to happy celebration.
There are rites and ceremonies
peculiar to the event, and constant
dances and feats which bring other
wise Woodworking people relaxation
and social enjoyment The taking Of
head means lessening of the ten
sion of the entire pueblo.
All Igorotes eat dog. It is a tribal
dish. No female, however, is allowed
to partake of dog flesh, because it is
considered to have quality which
nerves the fighter for his head-hunt-
ing expeditions, and the Igorotes do
not care to have women fight In
order to crafty this peculiar appetite.
Governor Hunt has been authorized
to purchase twenty dogs each week.
These are carried to a stone pit. a
spacious plot, where their throats are
cut, the flesh roasted, carved up and
served in true Bontic style.
In this village thirty Bontic women
and seventy men are quartered in low
rooted nipa huts. 8
The homes Of the Suyoc differ de-
cidedly from those built by the Bon
tic. They are higher from the ground
and somewhat larger than the Bontic
Tut. Twenty-eight Suyoc men and
eight women were seen here. The
women are great weavers. They like
to sit in the sun, their feet pressed
against pile of stones, their backs
supported by curved piece of tin,
with pipes in their mouths, weaving
patiently away at gay striped fibers,
which they use as clothing for the
lower part of their bodies.
The Suyoc Igorote is so named be-
cause he lives in district called
Suyak. He belongs to larger
apanto group of Igorotes, part of
whom are miners and part crude agri-
culturists.
The copper and gold mined by these
people in their native country is dug
from small tunnels which they project,
usually on a horizontal line, into the
crumbling sides of the mountains.
Some of these tunnels extend for
400 feet; some where the mountain
surface is worked away rarely exceed
fifty or sixty feet in length. Both
men and women pick out the rock and
detect the gold by sight. When "a
question arises as to whether piece
of rock contains free gold, it is fire.
quently passed down the line to
dozen people and always receives the
final judgment of old women, who are
most expert in detecting the gold in
the ore. Gold bearing rock is crushed
and powdered by stone mills consist
ing of a lower fiat stone and an upper
rocking stone. After the rock has
been powdered to dust it is washed
by women, in running stream, in
bark pans.
The gold dust and manufactured
goods pass very largely in commerce
among the neighboring tribes.
The Suyocs give an interesting ex-
hibition of their blacksmithing in the
village. Bigmasan, president of the
Suyoc country and an extensive miner
in his land, is at the head of this tribe.
Ysigan, president of the Manabon
Province, in northern Luzon, is the
most conspicuous of the Igorotes in
the village. He has extensive mining
interests in that country and is worth
about 100000 in Mexican money,
but he prefers a brech-cloth to suit
of clothes, and considers shoes too
troublesome to be bothered with.
These Tinguianese have happy
way of weaving bamboo. Their
homes are neat and attractive, model
bungalows. Of the thirty-two houses
in the Igorote village, four are oc-
cupied by Tinguianese. They cook
in these houses and serve their own
meals to their respective families.
These people live in the conillera of
northern Luzon, the largest island of
the Philippine Archipelago. They
are confined almost entirely to Arba
Province, the capital and principal
town of which is Bangued, on the