Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-22

tense but not because they are an
cent history. They happened I'm IN.
twentieth century: somc OF them ham,
pcn"d five and six years ago To-day
head hunting has practically been
stamped out: tho wild tribes arc hn
| H'nninS 10 go 10 school: they are cheer
| fully working ten days "a wear on IN.
! roads. aud arc proud Of tho wonderful
I system of trails they hnvc built Cen
| tury old fcuds between hostile tribe 3
| nave been adjusted. men have come
! down from the trcctops 10 live In model
/ villages. agriculture has been s,in,u
/ lated among thc hil people. the guile
| lcsS savng" 'e getting fair price for
! his produce ana buying what he nceds
| reasonably AZ government Htores-ir|
Tact. everything goes as smoothly rs
| could bo asked. Yet. In considering
| what problem tho non Christian tribes
present for tho future. II IS we'll to
( remcmhcr their record In tho past and
! tho record OF tho sn"p who reclaimed
/ them, as we'll as tho recent date OF
{ that reclamation.
/ The Christians arc divided into
1 three very distinct clAsscs FIRST il.
( The Ncgrl,o, the little black man. OF
/ the Span!arls, who has tho proudcst
/ lineage OF all. for he is all that re-
mains OF the aboriginal race OF the
islands. The Negrito Is ono OF the
J lowest typos Of humanity. ranked by
iothnolorists with III" Australian Bush
man He ia "a little black woody
( headed iudi.idual. who has no capacity
, FOR receiving civilization. There are
/ only about q. 600 OF him in the islands
/ 50 w." does not present a problem. co
( copt az he bears on tho much discussed
question Of tho existence OF slavery
/ In the archipelago.
Most Arc OF malay Descent
The bulk OF tho Christian rro-
/ pics are OF Malay descent Some Of
lhcm have Sigh, admiyturc OF
/ Ncgri,o blood. The hill TRIBES. or1
pagnus. are derived from Malnvs who
invaded the Islands in ancient times.
Many distinct tribes are recognized
among them. half dozen on the main
island OF Luzon alone. The pagans
Of Luzon inhabit the Mountain Province
for the most part. In tho northern end
OF the island. where they formerly hcld
supreme sway. Here dwell the lfugaos
the kalinGas, the igorots. the Apayaos
I and others OF the head hunting peo-
pies II is hardly fair to speak of such
people as the lfugaos with their Won
,ierfuny constructed ricc-terraces
ciinging to the sides OF almost per-
pcndlcuiar mountains. as savages; but
many OF their old customs were saw
age TO the last degree.
To-day il Is possible for men OF one
the territory of another tribe for tho
( ilr.t time in centuries. Their own raids
on their civilized ncighbors have gcascd
altogether. Educational work Is going
forward among them. they furnish
some OF the best recruits for the Con
stAbulary. and their progress in all
lines is highly satisfactory. Baguic,
The great summer resort OF the islands,
is among the pines OF the Mountain
Province.
Work on Other Islands.
ON other islands. the work among
tic pagan peoples has naturally not
progressed rs fast as in I4uzon. hut per
| beginning. The interior OF the great
island of Mindoro is pcopled by a
pagan tribe known as tho Mangyans
whose very number is still matter
OF guess work. IT is estimated around
l",oOO. These people live in isolated
nuts, moving from place to place when
ever Il member OF the family dies Thei.
strain OF NcGrito blood makes them
backward, but schools and permanent
villages have been established
Such tribes as these may he taken
as typical of the twenty-five or thirty
pagan peoples found in tho Philippines
The third race OF non Christians are
the Moros OF Mindanao and Sulu. The
Moros represent comparatively re-
cent Malay INVASION as we'll as tho
highest stage of civilization the Malay
race has ever reached. They are de.
| won't Mohammcdans, men of immense
personal courage. fierce lighters, pirates
WHO in the past tcrrorizcd tho whole
archipelago. Their number is csti-
| mated all the way from 275.00O to $50,
900.
such arc the peoples classcd 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 civil
| %ation is most encouraging, 1t is oh.
Vious that for many years the cQuili
brium VIII he delicate one. and tho
situation Will continually be fraught
with possibilities.