Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-20

last rev months govern ment stores, called
changes" have been started at various points, and
kept supplied with everything likely to be require
the natives-the prices for goods being those cur
In Manila plus 20 per cent and cost of transporta
The stores not only sell, but also buy. They pure
baskets. wood-carvings, native weapons. and art
Of savage dress such as be sold in Manila as Gu
paying literally for them in cash.
One of the sub pro vinces composing the M
tain Province is Benguet the capital of which, Ba
"a mile above level, and 175 miles due mort
Manila-is the terminus of one of the most wond,
roads in the world, built by the natives with the
Of American engineering skill. Extending all the
from Baguio to the sea, it is carved to large ex-
tent out of solid rock, skirting the sides of steep
mountains and crossing deep canyons in many
places by suspension bridges. For most of it's
length IL is wide enough for narrowtread carts,
and at intervals of eighteen miles comfortable
Nveroom rest houses have been erected for the
benefit of travellers. Running at an elevation of
5000 to 1000 fet 1t passes through tropical
cry of unsurpassed beauty, commands magnificent
Views, and should in the near future become a
route much patronized by tourists.
The last OF the Benguet 1gorots to come under
the jurisdiction and control of the United States
government were the people of Atoc who occupied
remarkable natural stronghold bold peak
$500 feet high which juts out from the surround
Ing mountains its precptous sides defying attack.
In this rocky fortress dwelt the tribe small in
numbers. but wariike, working the rice paddles
in the valleys below by day and seeking refuge In
their eyrie at night. They preferred indepen-
dence to submission. Nevertheless, being eventu-
ally overcome by force of arms they are now en-
tirely docile. Generally speaking the Igorots are
peaceably inclined. They notably contented
and cheerful and the women have voice in their
councils. often exercising controlling influence.
Strongest in numbers of all the savage peoples
and among the most inveterate head hunters were
the Ifugaos There about 1854 900 of them.
Bitterly hostile to begin with they have become
warm friends and admirers of the Americans and
their services. voluntarily given, have been uti-
lized extensive scale in the building of roads
and trails. BY their own suggestion, they sub
NIT to labor tax which demands ten days work
per annum from each able-bodied man. Several
companies of Ifugao constabuary have been
ganized, and do admirable service keeping order
among the tribesmen.
! Equally fierce and as yet untamed to any great
extent are the Kalingas. They were inveterate
head hunters until recently. but have almost giv-
en- up the practice. Some of them beginning
to cut their hair and dress like Christians. and
quite number of the children learning to
read and write, One small group of their settle
ments adopted an attitude of defiance toward the
Americans, and two years ago Walter F. Hale,
leutenantgovernor of that province. paid the
! rebels visit. When they threw spears at him
he picked them ND and handed them back with an
intimation that such actions discourteous.
He told them that ne 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 opportunity.
| Such was the situation of affairs up to short
time ago when four settlements broke the peace
and went on the warpath Lieut.. Gov. Hale, with
assisted by force Of friendly Kaiingas thereunon
organized punitive expedition, attacked the rebel
villages, and wiped them out, burning the houses
and killing tina pigs