The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17

northern islands. there was enuugA tu
show the possibilities OF the soil
The moon WAS shining brightly when
Ne approached COY. Boyds camp ana
we we're greeted bv a salute III I4uta-
kae C-fnail brass caHuoH) - numerous
that We an lost count. Datu Plans
had inquired OF the governor how
many guns should be fred ana was
told that a. / held no official position
he could use his own discretion rs To
the number. In order that he might
not err on the side 81 too few. IL fired
between 80 and 100. we had scarcely
dieembarked before ne came in state
10 make an official cali. seated an tEe
ROOF Of his vinta. or ceremonial baFgr.
u.aGued by 80 carSrnen- He was ac-
colnpanied by his leading datus, his
Mohammedan Arab advisor and hi
l.a@t Indian Interpreter. lie brought
NAvith him also MS two sons and Two of
the sons Of the late Datu Ali, who met
. violent death last fall at the hands
OF the American troops.
/ regret thai We were not able to
secure Il photograph Of him as h APP
preached. for il was a sight OF royalty
such as We had not before Witnessed.
I No language can convey the impress
sion that he made upon Us as he ap-
preached the shore, smoking a cigar
and banked ON either side by a brown
skinned urchin bearing an open UNI
brclla OF red silk trimmed with wild
yellow fringe. He stayed long enough
To compliment the American officials
and to commend Judge Powell. who
happened To be with us. for treating
the rich and the poor alike PIangS
sons and the younger son Of Datu Ali
have been learning English under the
instruction of COY. BOyd'S Wife, and
they showed c~reditable progress in
arithmetic as we'll as in the use of the
language. Piang said that he wanted
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the United States.
Datu Pfang is not Of royal blood; in
fact, he is part Chinese. but he showed
himself 50 able a financier that he be
came Indispensable to Ali, the eign-
ing Datu. and gave his daughter, Min
la, to him in marriage. When the
Americans entered the valley Piang
counciled surrender. but Ali went on
the war path and he and his father
in-laW became such bitter enemies that
the latter refused to receive his daugh-
ter into his house after Ais death.
until urged to DO so by the American
officers.
We returned with Piang in his barge
and spent q half hour at his house. In
that dimly lighted upper room there
gathered a dusky, half-bare crowd of
men. women and children, in the cen
ter of which sat Minka, the child
[vo1nds which ehe ,ecaiT7ad a+1ha t;n,o
Of bar husba nd death 7 ne1to, f.lt
more deeply than when | locke upon
them. the responsibility of our nation.
or more anxious that our country
should so act as to bring to these peo-
pie the largest possible amount of
good. One would be hard-hearted. in
deed, who could see in them and in
their habitation nothing but the pos
sibility of exploitation.
When we left Piang gave a lantaka
to each of the men in orr party and
to some of us spears and knives i'm ad-
dition. while the aides were reman-
bered with vessels of brass of native
manufacture and sarongs. If our visit
had been a hostile one the lannon's and
weapons carried away U0uld have
made If memorable for mafS evnndi-
lions have returned with Iasc of tho
snoils of way
y = . q
INV nov+ c+on NC 81 za-h
tbo Taoe+ nnarta w nor e ~ thn $50 -
oad ~ 800 800. ~ ETaH
IT, hn,s - "oou,
i haIDol tie citE - ilol very Ven
ptotscleu, put mere Is q lillle pay
ST II away NhiIr dlloiuS
potii ueep water ana sIel'ef. we Iouhd
- d d anIpodllsd t1II
q any poln' ouesl!e o. Mdlll!a, hcdrIs
~nrornnan+ W. riritoI 49, W.
schools here and listened to an address
Of welcome in FnoIisa Delivered bv onn |
of tho students N. co1aah, ~ a.
n1onian ;c tha naTintona ~ - |
cchoo1- IN ,nha,nah 800 - 80
niebad a,oa+ 49, - nfnraan
.aaard - a. t9oditiaa bial|a. - |
So R 49, o. 1,7toaS 'ld
$500 ~ 20 "I9o
PC lIinaa 40 &c NJ
aolo GO 0H0 H SUI"
our tour OF the island ended at
Jclo, or rather. at MaiDun on the other !
SIDE OF the island. Jolo is the chief
seaport OF the SuluS, n the spanish
~altefnated with the natVe IN occupy- ;
ms the space Wlth1h the walled city.
A guard IS sun kept at the gate and
the Moros are not Allowed 10 remain
WIthlll the walls at night Ihey enter
Freely during the day but are required
To leave their outside Ihe |