| Show I THE HUNTERS OF LUZoN HEN Marcha battalion of at the went eDt on In It Iti wild willI chase up into Inlo 3 the North moun tarts after atler the lIn Aguinaldo hla hlat t footsore men there came cume across borne a 1 c new and of human humanIty humanity Ity r These strange mountain people of Lu Lit Luzon L con zon ore are known os nu the tho This e word Vord Igo roto Wae as originally the tho nome name namey y of a 0 single lingle tribe but for somo or other ha has keen been In modern n times to Include all the head hunting ot of Luzon Ot Of late has become almost with i wild and the tho word ward le Is now applied to the different hill tribes of the Into nor 1101 Independent QC of their race or de det t scent With the It le Ie said raid to be Im it for tor a 0 young ung man to fad a bride bridet t unlit he has tit at toast on heed heAd to Ills his credit They ate are a 1 fleece fierce looking folk tolk With long lank haIr and ond go about with naked tattooed bodies When March Marchand I and his men swept up the mountains I Ion d on the heels hebl ot of and his hll army there theM were war astounded at al althe 1 the eight of oC tilt the American e WhO t thorn thom most moat vae the so boom blom boom fire such uch they ber termed the modern army rids Than niNe mountain folk felke aru arl no noI I friends of lC the Tapis and were gl 11 enough to point Int out to the Americans 4 X t Y II 1 1 l s I I 1 t t W 1 j N tb e q qu qt 7 u t Y r tiia a f a t V 8 IGO r rL L r t N k the tho direction In which the Filipino lend teall tealler lendor or er and his hili men had go Bono no They however most beliefs beUers rl re amUn the tho of oC the and soberly declared that they were In league with the ot of the tho air and had floated awty on a cloud wt cn the white men IDeo pursued them over oer the I mountain Thare were just ju C men In I II Major pursuing party part together I with the Chinos and the they felt aura lIure that they had In n a tI tight ht box when hen to 10 and behold just as they went wales on n hll hie heels the slippery 1 suddenly turned down flome unknown trait end ami most disappeared d was to In the wildest and ot of nil ull the tha island faT far up the tho Interior moun moua tope topa When battalion ar arrived arrived rived I at It Will was round that the had fit fled two Osya before beCort for tor another town up among the tho clouds cloud days march from Cervantes It seems that swift mountain runners had been lasted Oled by I near nar the tho summit of oC Iliad pass s to report the re result ot of Oregano del II 11 lars lers last desperate erate attempt to o book the The These mountain runners runner had returned to Cervantes with the tho news of at s death and amI the tho utter rout of oc thIs rear far guard on the very day the bAttle was all fought It took mn men two whole hole day and Q a half to cover the tho same ground hurry as the they might Yet th wonderful mountain runners had actually covered the tho tanco In less Ius than eight ehM hours hour Ju Juet t how they do It no white while man has ever eur It has hall been supposed that they have some somo secret signal service of their own by means of oC which they can flash fluh messages I from Cram mountain peak to mountain peak hut Dut even where all an Individual runner has hal been dispatched to deliver 1 a message In 10 person he has arrived at his destination In a wonder tUlly fully short space of time Ume They have hOo Yr of course cauls n a thorouGh knowledge of oC all the forest paths and numerous moun tale passes ThIll moons a C greet Qt deal dealas as 1111 n a Journey Journy that might be made In II a day by 1 a white man with a Guide will often tail tal q at a week it IC attempted without the necessary native to show the WilY way One ot of the of oC these strange etrano mountain heRd head hunt hunters huntera ers era Is the habit ot of devouring nil all enemies who have fallen tallen on the field ot of battle batlle Ph Physically they do not eland quite so law laV In the tho solo ot of civilisation as the tho Negritos but morally and ond mentally they are about nil na unregenerate spec p cI teens Inen of humanity all as are to 10 be found Cound In any Rny part of oC this benighted globe globo tt of ours Their chief diet le II boo mell meat t tand and wild lId roots found In the wood I but buta a special reserved for elate ta te oe oc le stewed dog meat Jo Jt d I I tt I r rY Ye 1 f ti t Y w wI I i iYe if t I i I I r ry I y t r rJ 1 1 I t Y ral t tc c |
