El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-03

| up the practice. Some Of them are De
| ginning to cut their hair and dress
| like Christians, and quite a number of
| the children are learning to read ana
/ write. One small group of their set
! Elements adopted an attitude Of DELI
J ance toward the Americans, and two
/ years ago Walter F. Hale, lieutenant
/ governor Of that province, paid the
| rebels a visit. When they threw
| spears at him he picked them up and
handed them back with an intimation
! that such actions were discourteous.
| He told them that he wanted to be
( friends with them But they replied
that they did not desire TO be friends,
and that they intended to take his
head at the first convenient opportun-
-Four Tribes Is On War Path.
Such was the condition of affairs
upto a short time ago, when four
settlements broke the peace" and
went on the war path. Lieut. Gov.
Hale. with a strong detachment OF
Ifugao cOnstabulary and assisted by a
force Of friendly Kalingas, thereupon
organized a punitive expedition, at
tackled the rebel villages and wiped
them out, burning the houses and
killing the pigs. As a result, there
has been no further trouble.
The situation in Apayao is espec-
tally difficult because head hunting
among the tribesmen of that sub
province is Intimately connected with
their religious faith. Nevertheless,
the practice is being gradually stamped
out, and with the help of the Ig-
orOt and Ifugao conStabulary, a num-
Der of mUrderers have been arrested
and punished. There is still a consid-
cradle area over which government
control has not yet been established,
and which has not even been opened
up by the trails to any great extent,
owing to the inaccessible character
Of the region. One should realize. of
course, that head hunting among these
people IS not regarded as murder in
the ordinary sense of the word. It
IS field sport and a manly Occupa-
ton, established by the custom of cen
turtles as BETTING a warrior
Most troublesome and untrust-
worthy of all the tribes of northern
LUzOn are the Hongots, of the sub
province Of Nueva Viscaya. There are
not more than 5000 or 6, 900 of them,
but they inhabit vast region, most
of it very mountainous and almost
wholly covered by virgin forest. Often
their settlements are merely tempo
rary, and they are hard to get at.
Enormous distances separate their vii
lagos, which in the more remote re-
giOns continue to fight among them
selves. These were the people who not I
long ago murdered DR.. William Jones
while he was engaged in making eth
biological notes among them Never {
theless, trails are being pushed into
the heart of their country; two or
three government exchanges have
been established: industrial schools
are being started for their benefit, and
efforts are being made to induce. them
to extend their agricultural opera
for the sake of rendering
their communities more stationary
One should realize that the continu-
al warfare that has been going on for I
centuries among the tribes in the wild I
been due mainly to lack of acquaint- /
ance among the people. Every stran (
ger being regarded as an enemy, it was
a matter of course that each village i
should be at war with the neighbor- /
ing villages, and head hunting was /
an important part of the regular bust 4
ness of every ablebodied male citizen. /
The tlling Of the rice paddles and !
sweet potato fields could be carried on |
with safety only under armed guard 4
heads of women and children being
not less desirable as trophies than (
those Of men, For doing away with :
this situation of affairs, the most ef- !
fective means has been the building
IF roads and trails, by which the tribes +
have been brought into communication
with each other, thus having an op-
OOrtunity to become friends. nuSaos.
Kalingas and BOntoc IgOrotS now
work side by side with pick and
shovel instead Of hunting each other
with headaxeS.
1t is, in fact a veritable social revo-
ution that is being accomplished. All
/
literally gridircned with trails and
Dads, the most inaccessible districts
icing opened up. A through route for
horseback travel has been early COM
lleted all the way from Southern Ben
suet to the extreme northern end of
-uzon. Telegraph and telephone lines
re being extended over hundreds Of
niles of territory, and the watch tow
rs on lofty peaks, hitherto occupied
" native sentinels on the alert for
aiding bands OF head hunting foes,
re deserted
improvements Mt BOntOe.
At BOnfOc capital of the subproV-
nee of the same name) wonderful
are being made. Here,
here half a dozen years ago no white
nan could have ventured without an
rmed escort. the men and boys are
eing taught brickmaking and lime
urning. A deposit Of magnificent
lay for the purpose was found near
he river, with unlimited quantities OF |
harp sand suitable for building near |
Y; also Limestone. Today the people
the entire village of Minac, in that |
are burning lime and !
furnishing it to the government OF
ontoc Province. They are becoming
Independently rich at the business.
These facilities, with unlimited labor
btainable for nothing under the SyS-
m Of the ten day tax. make building
-ork exceedingly cheap large
rick school house and a brick club
Ouse, as well as building for the
ffices of the provincial government,
{ stone and brick, have been put up
t Bontoc; also a prison for wild folk
no misbehave themselves, and
nall, but thoroughly uptodate, hos S
tal. a canal has been constructed
to furnish the town or
ontoc with an abundant supply of
Ire mountain water.
1t is expected that the hospital Will
? of inestimable usefulness Most OF !
le wild people seem heartily willing
give up their ancient custom OF {
Iring physical ailments by human ! {
Id animal sacrifices, and come to the !
1ctor showing a touching confidence
the ability Of the white man to {
We them help. Packages of simple {
NEEDLES, with a small pamphlet of d. !
ctions in English and the more i'm ! {
)rtant native dialects, are distributed i
none the villages: likewise large | /
Iantities of quinine and other safe /
Id useful drugs. t
Cure Found For "HaWs.7 I
A recently discovered drug has been t
und to be a specific for the very un- /
easant tropical disease called 'yaws. c
happened that a Bontoc IgOrot. al I
cted with it. was unwilling to 20 t
the hospital but was compelled to do a
. receiving the one injection reuui- J =