Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

The non-Christians are divided into
three very distinct classes. First is the
Negrito, the little
Three Distinct black man Of the
o,- Spaniards, who has
oi"sSes' the proudest lineage
of all, for he is all that remains of the
aboriginal race of the islands. The
Negrito is one of the lowest types of
humanity. ranked by ethnologists with
the Australian bushman. He is 4 lit
tie. black, woolly-headed individual " ho
has no capacity for receiving civiliza
ton. There are only about $4,000 of
him in the islands, SO he does not pre-
sent problem, except as he bears on
the much discussed question of the eX-
istence of slavery in the archipelago.
The bulk of the non-Christian peo
pies are of Malay descent. Some of
them have a slight admixture of Ne
critic blood. The hill tribes. or pagans.
are derived from Malays who invaded
the islands in ancient times. Many dis
tinct tribes are recognized among them,
half dozen on the main island of
Luzon alone. The pagans of LuZon in
habit the mountain province for the
most part, in the northern end of the
island, where they formerly held SUI
preme sway. Here dwell the Ifugaos
the kalingas, the Igorots, the Apayaos
and others of the head-hunting peoples.
1t is hardly fair to speak of such peo-
pie as the Ifugaos. with their wonder
fully constructed rice terraces clingins
to the sides of almost perpendicular
mountains, as SaVaSeS, but many OF
last degree.
Today it is possible for men of ono
of these tribes to go about safely in
the territory of another tribe for the
first time in centuries Their own raids
on their civilized neighbors have ceased
Educational work is going
forward among them, they furnish
some of the best recruits for the con-
sta bulary, and their progress in all
lines is highly satisfactory. Baguio,
the great summer resort of the islands.
is among the pines of the mountain
province.
On other islands the work among
the pagan peoples has naturally not
progressed as fast as in
IN Other Luzon, but perfect or
der prevails, and edu-
Asi"0us' cation is beginning. The
Interior of the great island of Min
dOrO IS peOpled Dy 4 pagan tTiDe kHo"I
as the ManGyans, whose very number
is still matter of guesswork. 1t is
estimated around $4,000. These people
live in isolated huts. moving from place
to place whenever a member of the
family dies. Their strain of Negrito
blood makes them backward, but
schools and permanent villages have
haop oSta hlisbod
Such tribes as these may be taken as
typical of the twenty-five or thirty
pagan peoples found in the Philippines.
The third race of non-Christians are
the Moros of Mindanao and Sulu. The
Moros represent a comparatively recent
Malay invasion, as well as the highest
stage of civilization the Malay race has
ever reached. They are devout Moham-
medans. men of immense personal cour-
age, fierce fighters, pirates who in the
past terrorized the whole archipelago.
Their number is estimated all the way
from 275,000 to $4,000.
Such are the peoples classed under
the general head of the non Christian
tribes. In spite of the fact that today
there is no disorder in any part Of the
islands and progress toward civiliZa-
tion is most encouraging, 1t is obvious
that for many years the equilibrium
will be a delicate one and the situation
will continually be fraught with pos
sibilities.