The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

these tribes anu DesiIiAiAo -, ,b.t
of civilizing them. l am 80 ~, =
LII ,n nossib]e to get many or tnenl
,n+o tba schools In the past t.'es
49,, cent messages to one ahotiiei
on pieces of bamboo. $3.50
Our Head Hunters IN ISL
1,tt i want 10 tell YOU what hdS
baen done among the neau NJ
when We took hold OF the lsiaHus
wa had tens Of thousands OF Sa>'i
who made a regular custom ., M
ing human beings that lntS iiiiSh' ~
~ their heads and keep them as
,rn.,bias This custom was not con
fined TO one tribe; but 1t was common
- ,he wild men Of the northern paI'
~ ,zon our government o1lciai Is
have taken photographs Of the VIC
Tins having found them shortly IL
Ter the heads had been cut on l
have seen one IF j man tied TO MS
shield with his bloody neck hanging
down :
houses nrnamcnted with human
heads and | have before me q pie
ture of two men clad N nothing more
than q gee string who are pound
inf, on congs, the handles Of which
are the Jaws of the human beings
they have probably killed. The teeth
in the jaws are plainly visible
There are some Of these head
hunters today, but the American gov
errors OF the tribes write that the
| custom has been almost wiped out.
/ During 1911 there were no heads
| taken by the IfugaCs. ana very lew
/ among the lgorrotes or kalingas.
Lieutenant Governor Hale was warn
/ ed that he would lose his head IL
| he visited one Of the kalinga settle
! ments He went. nevertheless. Ills
head is still on.
In the Mountain Province.
/ II is right in this region Of head
hunters and others that the govern
| ment has now organized what Is
| known as the mountain province OF
! northern Luzon. That country is as
big as Massachusetts and Connecticut
combined, and it is inhabited by wilC
or semi civilized peoples. It has, al
, together about five hundred thou
! sand many Of whom have been heaC
hunters, and practically all Of whom
are the descendants Of head hunters
The province has q governor. who
lives at the capital. which is Bontoc
and it has seven lieutenant Governors
one over each Of the subproyinces into
which the mountain province ha,
been divided.
tribes, all Of which live in villages an
have more or less civilization. Man,
Of them have been semi-ciViliZed il
the past, only the wilder ones be
ing head hunters. Take the Tingyans
OF whom there are perhaps 100, 600
They are farmers living in villages
They have q religion Of their owr
one part Of which is belief in spirit
who are always lowering around ther
and affecting every act Of their live:
The Tingyans sacrifice pigs an
chickens to these spirits.
Another big tribe is the kalinga!
who in the past have been famou
as head hunters. They have axe
! made for chopping off tho head at
r blow. and shields for defense. Som
: Of them live in the trees, and the
i are expert raftsmen and make the
: way to and fro as far as possible b
It water.
J. Head hunting has been a religio,
e business with the kalingas, one
= tho ceremonies being the taking O,
8 Of the brains and eating them. TT
}. chiefs Of these head hunters are no
/ cooperating with the American lie,
n tenant governor. They have settle
q in villages and are beginning
h form.
Is The Ifugaoe and Their Rice Field
l. Every one in the United States h;
II heard OF the Igorretes, some Of who
were seen at the St Louis Expositio
II They have a number of tribes
es northern Luzon. and, notwithstandi1
0. their head hunting. have had a his
ps degree Of civilization They ha,
K farms and grow coffee, rice and raj
stock From reports which have r
er Gently come from DR.. Merton Mill
Sc and other ethnologists Of the bure;
n. OF science at Manila l learn tn
to these people are rapidly improvir
ia They are beginning to send tn.
ne children to school, and hundreds
ne little Igorrote boys, clad in nothi1
10 but cap, jacket and string arou1
the waist, may be seen trudging alo,
es with books in their arms
nj Savases Who Are Worth $3.50
ey The same is true Of the Ifugaos, :,
es other agricultural people The Ifuga
ne nave rice fields which are fac
hs with stone walls. The walls are on
no to hold back the earth and in 90,