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

one Million semi ea,agcs. Who Are
settling Down to Farming and
Trad,-Thc Bagnba~, Who once
Sacrificed Human Beings ana no"
Raise, Hemp for Export ncie
sam Work Among the Ne%ritoe-
our Head I-untcr, in 1912-Ihc
New Mountain PROVING" ana us
HALF Million PcOplc-t'0VcTniischt
schools and Government Narkcss
-TcacIing by StcrcOpticOn-Nh ny
the Christian Filipino Should Not
Rule the Wild Man.
(Copyright 1917 by Frank G. car
penter)
WASHINGTON, y. G.
have entitled this letter Uncle
sam. Civilizer. 1t deals with the Wild
Tribes OF the Philippine Islands ana
shows what we have done with then
after thirteen years of civil and mill
tary rule. The work so far has been
that Of our government, but the
fllpnos would like 70 have hanh
in it. Some Of them are now at
tempting To make il a political issue
and to have these StVdges ruled by
The native assembly at Manila. Eut
Uncle sam knows better. He aues-
tons whether the FilipinoS are able
10 even govern themselves ana me
civilization of the wild mon will be
meut.
One Million Scmi-SavagcS.
AS it is now fully onc-eighth 81
the population of the Philippines is
se1ni-savage The people have been
counted by orr census cnumerators
and we find something like seven
hundred thousand who rank from the
lowest stage Of harbarism, as shown
by the Negrito pigmics, up to the
Igorrotes and Ifugaos Of northern .u-
zon. who have irrigated rice fields.
villages with public buildings and
other things showing n considerable
degree of civilization We have also
three hundred thousand Moros, who
are a sort OF degraded Moham medans.
and Of whom | shall write later on.
Let us first take the wild men out
side the MorOS They are scattered
all over the islands; they infest the
mountainous districts, and vast tracts
of country ar. devoted entirely to
th.n. Some OF them are head hunt
crS, many have been slaves and no!
q few are as savage as the poorest
and m<.incSt negro of the UiluS of the
Eongo.
I saw a great many of these PEG
pie during my stay in the Philippines
The little black pigmies peecped on
from behind rocks at me as | rode
through the mountains. and away
down in southwestern Mindanao
had q chance to buy black slave
girl for SIS. She was an Aeta. twelve
years old. and she only reached tc
my shoulder, She was half naked
and ] could see that she was as plump
as a partridge. Notwithstanding he,
siZe.
Among the BaSObaS.
In that same region I was shown
lnen belonging to tribes where on
could not mauy until he had kille
human being. These were tn
Bagobas. and associated with then
were the Guingas. class OF soecia
murderers appointed by the chief:
They had the right to wear a turba
which looked for all the world lik
red handana handkerchief. TIL
turban was a license TO Kill. and on
Of the wearers told me he had twent
heads to his credit
The Bagobas file their teeth an
biacken them. They are pOlygamist
and formerly held human sacrifices o
the slopes OF Mount apo, the gre:
volcano not far from Davao I ws
told that they prayed to the mour
tainS. and their exact methods
sacrificing humans to 1t were show
They were very revengeful and. ca
ried on a vendetta from generate
u iduClIlR OF SDCarlT
their enemies on sight.
l have just gotten a report fro
that part OF the Philippines It
from Major Henry Gilsheuser, go
ernor of the Davao district He sa
that the RagobaS have stopped mu
dering their fellows, and are takil
10 farming. Many of them have be
brought together in villages, whe
they have schools with regular teac
crs. In other places the wild DO
are taught by the scouts and the r
lice. In the town Of Davao, viii
UdS practically wild 1T the time
visited the islands there is an as-
cultural and industrial school, after
I'd by the boys OF the surround
tribes. Military drill is "iyen 3
the boys are taught farming.
When We took possession some
the liagobas had little farms a
fhey raised hemp FOR their own u
They tore the fibers apart and VIZ
their clothes from them. | saw h,
dreds Of men and women who w