Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-05-21
Dog Eaters en- Route From
Philippine Islands to Chi
Cago White City,
CANINE DIET TEMPORAR-
lily DISPENSED WITH
characteristics of Strange People
of LuzOn--Will Make Good
Americans Some Day.

Forty-one Igorrotes from Bontoc. |
in the northern part of the Island of |
Luzon, Philippine Islands, passed I
through Albuquerque last night on
train No. s. The train arrived at
$3.50 o'clock and left at 10 o'clock. |
but the Filipinos were not allowed TO
leave their car. A curious crowd
gathered to catch glimpses of thsf
strange people, the representatives /St
the savage race from the mountains
of Luzon-the head hunters, the dog
eaters.
There was one little brown man in
the bunch who could speak English.
He is Antero. who first saw this
country at the time of the St Louis
fair. Antero acted as President
Roosevelt's Interpreter at st. Louis
and at Washington, d. C. Said An
teero:
"I was a school teacher in the Phil
ippines; l know English; l know
President Roosevelt We are the dog
eaters of Bontoc. You have heard
of the terrible dog eaters? We are
them. Yes, we are head hunters,
also"
did you ever go head hunting and
come back successful"
Yes. oh. yes; of course" laughed
the educated savage.
There are forty-one of us" con-
| tinued Antero. Ten ladies. two
| babies and twenty-nine gentlemen.
/ We are going to Chicago"
Were there any babies born on the
| trip, at sea or on the train?'
1 mo, not yet: but there Will be
soon." answered Antero.
1--WE had a fine time coming over"
| proceeded Antero. I'VE had no sick
ness. We came in the japanese ship,
| the Nippon Maru.' and many Of the
To m rd :
the stomach. but we did not get sick" q"
| The Filipinos are in charge Of
Richard Schneidewind, who went to
the isle of Luzon and brought them
over here. Said Mr.. Schneidewind:
There was much public sentiment
in the islands against bringing the
Igorrotes again to America. The
people over there do not wish to have
the world Judge them by a few exam
plies of a savage race. But we are
not going to exhibit these people as
being the representatives of the is
lands. We exhibit them only as Igor
rotes, the wild, dog-eating, head
hunting mountain savages. It was
found that at the st. Louis fair the
Igorrotes were the best behaved and
healthiest of the members of the Fill
pino village and that is one reason
why we chose this race to exhibit in
this country at this time"
To the White City.
you are bound for the Jamestown
exposition, are you nOt?"
mo, we are going to Chicago 70 eX-
hibit in the White City there. Later
we will visit Detroit and possibly
Jamestown We have had a very
pleasant journey so far. All the band
is in excellent health and spirits.
You can see for yourself that their
appeutese are good"
Eat Chickens and Dogs Alike.
At this juncture walters from the
: restaurant entered the car with large
! pans Of boiled chicken. The Fill
plnos were told to help themselves
which they did eagerly,
Il telegraph ahead to have food
! prepared for the tribe. They like
fowl and they have consumed a large
sized flock Of chickens since we left
the islands From this you might
suppose they had negro blood in their
veins, but they have not They are
Malays. AS a race they are strong
clean and intelligent, though utterly
without academic education.
, we have the chief with US. Hi;
name is Chumiagig. 1t is not an easy
name to sign, but it is a name OF
. power with these people. Chumiagig
Is 50 years old but hale and hearty
Rudely Civilized Savages.
From our standpoint these people
are savages, but still they have a rude
/ civilization of their own. They ar,
an agricultural people, raising rice
, pigs and dogs principally. They also
raise the Filipino caribou, which they
t eat on great and special festive Oc
: casions only.
; "They are a mountain people ant
5 live in timber huts. They are ac
: customed to live at the altitude o.
2 $500 feet and this country through
| E,s 4, ah r-far
2 the industries engaged in by thi
race are blacksmithing, hat and bas
l ket making, pipe making, weaving
Z and other simple manufacturing
: Igorrotes Adopt European Dress.
You see them now at a disadvant
! age. They have temporarily adopte,
the most necessary articles of Europ
!. can dress. In their own countr.
their costume is slightly different
!. The men wear nothing but a G-strinl
and a pocket cap. Have you noticed
this cap? IL is made OF rattan and /
attached 10 the head by an elasti
!. | band around the chin. In lieu o
: trousers pockets this cap serves ad
mirably. The fellow keeps his pipe
. or-if he has any-his money in thi
4 unusual place. The women wear
= | loose blouse and a short skirt be
sides a blanket-that is all Shoe
! are unknown and unneeded by thes
e primitive people"
In what will your exhibition a
the White City consist"
!, In a general display OF the nativ
way Of living and I'm such perform
\ ances as dancing, singing, spear
. throwing and also i'm industrial eX
! hibits. The old chief, for instance,
. an expert blacksmith, and he wi
4 show what he can do i'm the way o
! forging by the most primitive meth
4 ods
q Fond Of Ornaments.
& Yes, they are fond of Oruameu
) but beads are about the only kind o
3 jeWelry they know anything abOu
) one Of the women noticed a gOl
) tooth in the mouth of an America
) woman at san Francisco, and sh
; plead with me to buy her one The
. assimilate new ideas very fast
3 These peopia sneak a pureiy ma