Show MOUNTAIN AND COAST IN THE ISLAND OF SAITAH 1 I Wyoming Man Writes of Life i teAry te-Ary There Casper Wyo July 2SDr Lceper formerly located here but now with thi I United States army in the Philippines I writes an interesting letter to friends here The communication In part is as follows I I am with companies F and H of the Fortythird Infantry and we are located I lo-cated on the Island of Samar about 100 miles south bf Manila and only short distance from tho equator We have avery a-very beautiful little city with paved streets good sewerage and many fine old buildings The people have all left however and out of a former population popula-tion of 7000 we now have less than 100 Chinese The natives arc In hiding In I the mountains We have had two battles bat-tles since r arrived here At the battle I thCbalte of Catannann 154 natives were killed and we lost one man killed and a few wounded The natives wear a charm they call anting anting arid they believe be-lieve that they are unseen when this is suspended around their necks They are armed with few guns their chief weapon of defense being n short sword caljed a bolo They fight with great bravery and charge the Americans In the face of terrific fii c The ICrag Jorgensons do awful work and frequently fre-quently the natives are shot while hiding hid-ing behind trees fifteen Inches In thickness thick-ness nessHemp is the chief product on this Island i I is derived from the banana plant by desttoylng the fruit bulbs while the plant Is young the strength going into the fiber Raw hemp sells I for S3 f nfcul which is about 133 pounds It takes a nut < one week to I Prepare a picnl The natives make frequent t attempts to poison the garrison garri-son One of our men just found 1 I large bundle oC poisonous sticks fas toned together and weighted down at the bottom of a well I Chester B Bradley formerly of Casper Is In charge of the customhouse custom-house at Manila and is very popular there George Moyer another Casper man is In charge of the Government I experimental station on the island oC Mindanao Charles II Eurrltt who enlisted en-listed as a private in the Buffalo company com-pany First Wyoming Infantry is noW a Lieutenant and Is In charge of the mines of the entire archipelago There is some gold in these islands but not in paying quantities except in the island isl-and of Minanao G S WALKER |