The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
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Most Vicious of Savages Are
Philippine Moros.
FUTURE CITIZENS-MAY BE
Defy Civilization. - Annual Human
Sacrifice In october When Thirty
Slaves are Roasted Alive.

Bloodthirsty cannibals who offer up
human sacrifices once a year are the
1sanao Moros, who form a village on
tire Philippine concession at the
Worlds Fair. They are the most saw.
sge of the savages. and even at the
fSiY are carefully watched to prevent
shem from numbering anybody.
The Lanao Moros are eaters OF hu.
man flesh. and after battle they en-
Soy barbaric feast OF the human
beings they have slain or the pris-
ssers they have captured In their
battles rather than be captured and
roasted alive their enemies will kill
themselves.
From about October to 12 of every
year they have their annual human
sacrifice. as did the Aztecs of Cortez's
day Between these days each Sultan
Of whom there are thirty sends a
slave to the feast The Moros build
q fountaln-shaped pyramid Of rocks,
under which is fire. When the rocks
are heated to white heat the slaves
are bound and thrown upon the burn
ing stones, where they are roasted.
When life Is extinct and 1t is con-
sldered by the Moro chef that they
are properly roasted, the bodies are
taken out on bamboo sticks and then
the savages thrust into the parched
bodies individual sticks of bamboo
and the feast begins.
They are the only cannibals of the
present day in the Philippines, and
despite the efforts of the War Depart
ment, still offer up human sacrifices
and eat of human flesh. Desperate
afrorts have been made to abolish
these barbaric feasts, but to no avail,
md already c. II. Wax in charge Of
these savages at the Worlds Fair,
Is planning what he'll do when Octo.
Der 2 comes around and his barbar-
Asns demand their annual human-blood
meal.
OF all the savages in the Philippines
ehese Lanao Moros are the most vici.
Gus and bloodthirsty. They require
watching every minute of the day and
great care is exercised to see that
visitors are properly warned of their
danger when around them.
"These fellows are the widest and
most savage people on the face Of the
globe to-day" said Mr.. Wax, who was
private secretary to Governor Ballard
and who talks their language like q
native. 81 saw one of their human
sacrifices and It was the bloodest
and most awe-inspiring sight ! ever
sgT, and | trust that | shall never
witness another. The slaves sent in
BY the Sultans are fattened for the
feast as we fatten cattle in the States
for slaughter in the stock yards. This
human offering has been handed down
since the beginning OF time. and the
Spaniards made desperate efforts to
break 1t up, but unsuccessfully.
1.-The United States soldiers have
tried too, to break up the slaughter
positively cannot be prohibited. Al
these barbaric feasts some 10000
Moros gather, so you see that II is
utterly out OF the question for the
army to prohibit them.
Human life counts for positively
nothing among these Lanao Moros
Murder is so common as to attract nc
attention. The Sultan has the power
~ life or death, and so have the dat
aos. and anybody they want killed
they simply order him killed. Among
the natives they slaughter their enc
mics. The only way to deal with
ahem is by their own way that Is
kiil them. To imprison them is worse
than useless.
4 am carefully guarding the public
against them, so that don't believe
there is any danger, but as the most
savage of the savages Of the world
they are naturally a curiosity"