Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-06
FILIPINO TREE JEWELLERS.
work of Lieut.. Gilmore In Tanning
VIII Tribes. Some CnnnibnIs.

GCrom the Louisville CONFECTIONERY |
TO Civil2e "A race of wild people which |
lived I'm the tops of trees and ran when
ever u white man approached them was
the duty assigned a few years ago to
Lieut.. Il. \. Gilmore, a kalamazoo youth
who is serving in the regular army in the
Philippine islands. Some of these people
were caunibals.
on the island of Mindanoa. 100 miles
south Of Manila, right on the equator,
was the place to which Lieut. Gilmore
and II men i'm his charge were sent.
To reach the three wild tribes he was
| to teach the ways of civilization it
was necessary to cut a path l5J miles
long through a thick jungle. Reaching
the place whore the 2o00c wild people
| lived the young officer csta )shcd camp.
/ The savages ran away when they saw the
/ white men put up their tents.
For three days lieut. Gilmore sat on
the top of small mountain unarmed,
trying to induce the natives to come to
him, but every advance resulted in a
wild stampede among the natives. Some
. even jumped to their death over cliffs,
so afraid were they of white men. Fin
/ ally Lieut.. Gilmore discovered that if
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r ed TO live in eroups. marriage being the
L only thing which held the groups togeth-
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r dnyans. Divavans and Nauguangans. In
f. tho three tribes there were about 10000
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