The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-17
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES At UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH DAKOTA EPOCH MAKING EVENT

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where there was semblance of CIV
ilization. He had asked for ten small
floats, but only four were forthcom-
ing. The rest were promised for the
next day. The party was camping
above some rapids to which the floats
were to be brought. A party of H.
ongots, apparently making friendly
advances, brought them some rice and
meat. The Filipino says from that
moment he suspected something
wrong, but does not know why he
had this premonition. He would not
eat and urged the others not to do
so, but to hurry along and let the
1longots follow with the RATS. Tho
doctor said: "No, if we 60 now they
will not come with the rafts" So the
party waited and the doctor, Esanaut
and the Ilongot ate the food. When
they had finished one Of the men, who
was a favorite with the doctor, came
up and patted him on the shoulder.
AS the doctor looked up the man
struck him across the forehead with
his knife. This was the signal and
all the Ilongots leaped to their feet
and attacked the doctor. There were
about twenty of them.
The doctor drew his revolver and
fired unsteadily several times. In the
meantime an old man named Baleag
thrust his spear under the doctors
heart. This wound caused his death.
The Filipino and Esanaut had already
got into their small boat when the
hostiliues were opened. The Ilongots
rushed at these two and tried to GU.
off their heads and one OF them sue
ceeded in pulling the Filipino into the
river. Esanaut drew his knife and
tried to defend Jones, who had got in
to the water. The doctor gave the
Filipino the revolver and he fired at
the savages as the doctor was pulled
into the boat. The doctor and his
friends made for the rapids while a
| shower Of spears followed them. All
were wounded by spear thrusts. They
reached the settlement from which
they had come before the doctor sue
cumbed to his wounds, but at six that
evening, four hours after the assault,
ne passed away. He died among the
1lingots. whom he still considered
friendly, but fearing that the-others
might follow up their prey, begged
those with him not to let the hostile
ones have his head.
The warrior with the largest num-
Der of heads hanging to his roof pole
is the most esteemed man in an lion
got community. Head-hunting is the
passion of these people. The governor
of this wild tribe province several
years back made the report that NO
young man is acceptable in marriage
until he can present his bride with
human head. 1t may be of man,
woman or child, and of an inhabitant
! of any nearby settlement-but not of
his own village.
Traits Of Head Hunters.
It took several weeks for this in
formation to reach Manila, although
meager telegraphic dispatches were
received earlier simply reporting the
death. Yet Manila is only about $50
| miles from the scene OF the murder.
The country is SO cut of by unexplor-
ed mountains and the means of COM
munication between the Christian and
non-Christion tribes are so poor that
1t is not surprising after all. Ono
would be as likely to meet an Ilon-
got on the streets of New York as in
the streets of Manila, and the ordinary
Filipino knows less about him than
the ordinary American. Some of the
llongot customs as told by the few
| white men who have ventured among
these people are most interesting.
When man has taken head he puts
on fancy headdress covered with
brass wire, cotton yarn. shells and
buttons. Above his forehead the large
red beak of q hornbill is fastened.
They have no religion except vague
belief in evil spirits. They have no
way of reckoning time and can only
count up to ten-this means by their
fingers.
Fortunately the members of tho
settlement to which the Filipino SER
want brought DR.. Jones were not on
friendly terms with the band who as
sassinated him, SO that the savages
failed to secure the head OF a white
man. which would probably have been
doubly priced. The friendly Ilongots
even assisted the Filipino to bring
! the body to the settlement down the
river which DR.. Jones had originally
set out to reach, and there happened
to be school teacher at this place
who saw to his burial. His notes and
papers, which he intrusted to his boy
before his death. have been preserved
and will probably add much to tho
small knowledge possessed of these
strange wild Malays.
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