| Show v rin rinThe ew I 1 ThE Naked Cannibals of And tb the Fiercest 11 t tut Moro e U of a O Mace I Have i peen the Spaniard t cb but a n nave Have Been Adopted by a About the U aang 11 Grist Great Ditto Plang PIau lad add l VIII to dice New Harrl son IOn It at Sad aDeS AI fu l OUI nu Surround ravel ta d the tt e and ot of A p to the llie UneS dd Gardea of oC the The Ilay ot of IC and Wb Waa It be A Or at Future i Look II at Pollok s of One OM ot of the Q Queer i co i 0 of Life LII IC and d N Nature R i on il the IC S OU if blot AlOft Patt of Our New N w Asiatic cor Gold and aad the Shores of bullies as tp Coffee and 2 k L PRANK G j WV II C 6 I tun am wIt l thIS let in n beautiful the har hart t 01 11 tK mare than Ihan seven h of lOr on the thelt 11 lt io II roast 11 th Island In o II 1 J p u II un n Ir Rams 1 the 1 i 1 f In the lall laal w s If a ro co v of Morl Maros v h ht hI t I lIn I nu mi t n a turban and h tt tta a b sib u II yr yarl I u 1 str upped to tc hi hiI h ht w t r I have t t rI 1 un an t Ik hI fumo of I hen pho h the b I Irn 1 rn 1 J 0 I Imperial hams haret I II II I t r n 1 hobs with one of h tar 1 t ort art aint In and I 1 tr I rind and r Jt I an persuade nty III IIII I sf r an my hJ heed is still on my should hould 1 rte Ii by i hv hands to lt It I Imar ImarI I 1 jr In tI th 1 land of at the Arabian h ts O THE rUE TT N N n r 1 r I Hm i rn has haB wilder people t un ny described i In any 0 of the stories ot of Al AI It III has queer t as will In as It bas haa nature worshipers who are re reI I rn nr re groue titan than were lh the people ot of otI I or the Sailor Our eel T diets dlen have Just taken possession ot of the region and lod It war AI only last lut week that j thy they made their first trip Into the I mountains going about fifteen miles In I i 1 land Thy They met many people who were J cad only In and The h 1 I reached from Crom their wrists to their elbows elbow and antl the ankles or leg 1 I lets or covered their legs tit from Crom the toot to the knee Further than this both bolh sexes were n naked liked Th The we 0 mo mm wore ore nou rin s about u big I around as I trado rado dollars and In InJo InIa Jo Ia their ears eftI running aU all along outside or of orUN oft t UN the ears aNI from the lob lobes to 10 the tips Then rings ring were bra brass copper capper and nd but Palo fAlo horn and In a few case c ot of silver aller allerT T The pimple who Un live on the Ibo shore ear 1 tt that these savages are cannibals They earned a Pil the soldiers not net to 10 ItO go inland telling f mM tham that ploy would be surely ra Iu kl the Capt W 1111 who Will was with the t ra rM that th they were re very careful tul ot of h ar r tn ot of the people and were ere n r n Ife He lilY tb the savages I I k II t rv much like the torts tome shy Ihy are darher and fiercer Thy They U t pr und and arrows They IM I hat l n 11 houses but live tv In the trees and mf about RhoUl from place to ALONG TIll THE MINDANAO 7 0 y 1 r I 1 describe m my adventures with nt III let It tn ins tell you something 0 of when hI I now an am It I Is cI cIr dM r w t bome b one ne ot of the richest parts y it t Island and may at ate e B one I have a large arge or of orn l Ins n It ta ls known as the province tf r east ot of gy gw ant 1011 writ t ot of and Ind a rip 1 ot of rich land lIand running siong I g tl tic U han coat and tr far back Into the thet t I t 11 r It t U only about miles th h r f t the hp equator but It ls by an IX ax n nt I climate The oil air here her today Is III IIII Isn n I h I armer amer than that pf oC Ue U average Jn inn day to In Washington city And I II II I a Is II quire lIlIe cold rold last laet when I 1 rId r II un In an army anny blanket on the t the Ilea steamer III Th The mast ot of Is rolling roilinG The land rises front the ost coalt In low toot foot 1111 I t lose elvea In quit I high ru As you youg ou g r I th the east CUlt nl the mountain In InI r o I i sire culminating to In Mount All Ai rim in II tb pr province of 01 Davan at an at al 1 td I more than two mUM mile Tn In the tr main regions the all air I Is cold at 1 night th and I n I as 1111 you ascend the hUla hills you trill tJ tt jt full of TU OF TU TROPICS I A 1 pair belD being able ble to give you good I rura or of the wonderful scenery ot of ott t rIot of the Philippines It Ir II Ute Ike i r nj of tilt Ire IIO and nd a I h hind whlor blo t I un k n to thO I Jt Tte rats Its ti II runs t bd Ita It Ic tear tes R 1 ae yet et I InI Iran ran t nI I rung from Zam 1 a ga on the tnt transport I rt Port Stephens F ht it t son aon routes 11 and anI wa t f Ih us ot of th Our ton t I is I larger I CI fat v than auy alem lm r wh whit h h h lIall tx ever el t n n In fn these It Is tr ft the captain to 1111 talc f a m n of f the coast Ife II m the that hat ti n r are no accurate charm t sod end that I 1 the oot line liM I I 1 pIt s three D atra Ii i and more out ot of t nave a b rt f t III e t night steam Ir I I oil th on oa Which t f n U Ii and It n due east with rUh or c I I n the seSt t 0 of t I 1 p l t I fl s I n our rl Jat It r n I ue R ter I H ell an rIg Jg egg the n ing played 0 the c a rS r m Ila hl af If Out ut la a great Opt II I nett f U utting It I nil ghee clouds cloud mirt ill I f tt n r iy y I that There wu war no than klAn G r I III t n I ri ul tIt r r these thelIE I rid nuh Sashes IL t LI II g out over pr th 11 water ti teamed el a ly along 10 an all night rad a th the g came me to tu the I t r f reset cures In the f Ce 1 tn n 1 II III tit west I th Ith halt i a da d br or r hili blue t l inta which rife Ulle Uke G 6 11 t ot 18 t le r tit tf the ie The Thet I t f ill II h dil Irl to toI rise I taus hiltI r d il u moon On the I em 1 went t f t 11 t I I h feW crew sad 4 I V I tu feu tie hills 1 r tr hu o coati coating their 1 nj col sot NIU rg 1 t r I Ii sky k tt It t Ibe tp ack cc hlll hili al r e hl were roll t r 11 r ra n which c tnt I d II I another hI hair I I 1 I lI 0 of Ill liter W H J n ItI car d r snowy vapor apor r I i II 11 Ir loos Delfi el th the ther r r Ih r 1 I II In tops gyp p 6 r nr r It at them I f 1 I dense Ij I 1 ho Th The 1 I hang nf ver 1 I hi part 0 of rid In 1 they rest M IH they JU Just I Ii h h t s I k The sky 4 awn lit its rna masse of r k Ik k those of nt oft t I net at ul i Ii on one en an anN enN N POTI H I ng throe tt I Ray of oft t I II wr r o mw t J g It i T a hat I d f o I of the h t I i pl rf r t rr I td the r 1 sl a I ti I i nue d I md with willi I t I is r J 1 P om m the ther r Th 11 e sad lId 1 at ng ties on one tide side sider I t r 11 the tran transport port which t 1 nl In feet t cam within a few lew lewy y s ute Iii share The country about r rl r e is Th The and Janel riser Ii g t r t with forest Sad pat ce f tr It go gl I green rime whop bo en coca try ar h It Is IF wild lId looks Ilk Uke a b l gari ar n D It make think 0 of the coasts ro ot of IiI or Us the hills ot of Island In J June Ul that this thIt arm are blue In the di Ian and the duly 1111 buildings here Ire are d huts at tilde cUI apart rt at 1 the two IWO towns or of Ira Parang Pit and nd Pollok which II IN on It of 01 the bU bay Both Pollok and aDd aDdI I hIM hd garrisons of Span 11 ns And tor this purpose they 1 I rte rl and Ind other mod If They found It nee nc 1 have hae here In order to tot t I I the hI Koroa mn In and nd II If t t l I I frda art are cor correct t they had plenty 1111 GARDEN OF TIRE TilE I PINES This Thill region ft II I one ot of the richest of 01 t the hf undeveloped parts ot of the Philippine Islands It seO acre cre cred and d has haa only MO people At AI present It ItIs Is 8 cultivated only close to 10 lh the cast Coalt and eking tb the nil valley of 01 the Rio Ro Grande river but the soil 1011 I le good I am told dear clear to In the tops or of the mountains mountain and It U II said laid there are rit rolling land ands and plait In the Interior The Th coffee tree WI II a luxuriantly u as In the region legion about and the hlll might be covered with plankton The land IlInd will also sugar ugAr cane I nt cotton colton cacao cacao anti anti hemp As a rice reo re irion glon there Is II none better anywhere The Rio Grande Is 18 one olle of oC th the largest of 01 the Philippine rivers And It ha 1111 Hoods every year which fit the land tor the rh rice crop rup Tilt The river Is 18 I learn from th the private note ot of the Jesuit who It Is II to ten how lands IlInd oen an anbe be acquired and held It be Ie well for lor Am expecting tu to infest or settle little In n the Philippines to look Into title thle part ot of till the country I am told t the mOlt moat ot of the liner land bout about the tM bay y belongs to the States govern government ment Including th the water fronts cat of Pol iok and Parang Parang On tile the side lid of oC Ue the In away Ir for hundred of the Interior the land Is II aU all property It I le mAde up of f ot of till the mt moat valuable herd bard wood wooda inlet parsed with patches ot of l pasture covered with grass a a bleh youe head bead Back ot of the hUll hill lining tile the shore ar are mountains 1 bUt brit the whole ut of the island ot of Mindanao I Is and lId there theft are aN plains and able ands In II lb Ibe Interior As to the and also III an to the mineral no cUng has hall been done Everywhere hI iron On w 10 tar far I hI have heard stories tort of oC gold lolet ex In the Ihl undo of oC the rivers river rn in inmost most mOlt r cues the metal tae ha been found la In mall no one what there i II tatt ait While who I ls III at tells tee he bas bal wasted te teIn In some IOme of oC lh the streams of tb the hills and b found Cound black sand tad and small grains ot of gold lIe says YI lit he found color In nearly nearl every case cAle At AI present alar a part of at tbs dulli lands are In the hands hAM or of tilt the Chinese or of whom there are A ut In although there la II one lar lard who ho h ha 1700 aree ot of rice The Chinese number about ot of the population ot of town Th They do I The told have cleaned up the town lown sod pd gate Oad de gutters along Its III It streets Mia T J linn I Is not more than thU It Is 18 chiefly I ayan the peo peole plc le and much like the ot of Panl Panay a and nd Luzon Titer are all v 7 quiet and Ind are al nut not lit at all like Ilk the Iho Maros M roe across tilt the bay I OF TilE THE NOROS Tee Mores oC art are said Mid to be beth bethe th the Wont o 0 aI the ot of our III Thy They h have been fighting the Ards since Inn l tO and almost They have havea a and l l of fighting men Their Ir hid chief datto Is Isman a aman man named namee g who ho was II originally a Chinese a slate 1111 but who b by hi hie fore force or of hlll ha till relied him himself self to be a 0 of hill hie people ople I He b bas III all the Chinese e thrift combined with all Ibe t Ih cruelty Fie I le said laid to have trade himself very r rich and to have added to ba wealth b by killing such luch of 01 bit 1111 people opla u as not submit to hi his taxation Lest La I September he be killed twelve of the They were against Ibe and nd head rill Id an Irm army and had bad seised one ot of III town They were taxing axing the killing all who opposed them Th Time merchants appealed to Jle He Clint came In with hll hi tome picked d out oUI the twelve and coed ulf orr t their heads At present Illing II I a friend or of orth th the Americana Before our troops clime came h he lent worth won to General Bates that he hew w wanted to turn lurn over the region to him 6 A I others had boWl and arrows the latter Ith steel and dipped d In polen po I IOn T ere Such a variety of we that I c cannot n describe them all i v se seTy vrr Ty rr Than man elI every boy hId had fI a sword stuck In ld Wit belt or fastened to file Itla h is Iii of oC them scowled at al u us and aid others tinted to 10 their 8 and offered to 10 sill them to 10 u uThe us The picture at gay RS as well willi at as ata savage a The men and nd boys bora wore brIght turbans rm wa R On Onor one or of lb the mere distinguished cili seam had on trouser of at red yellow III low blue and oUter other colors In some cases In others mixed mind A Afew few tew hod jackets but most mott were Vere bare bareto to tits rown skins like Ilk varnished maI under tit tics sun un Some Som Wort wor Sil hall Bats with laIMI and on one 1111 hioW the son ot of a dat datlo to lo read II rw ln ut It In n tight of 01 turkey red a with white whit Talk about the wIld than man ot of horned You Yott could es hIm un every IVry lid aide and more and Ind idd than curl ever 1 Wap W J Through this crowd we on oUt our oUta way a up to the town seeing Moro I ro woo wo Iren 10 and children looking out ot of the 8 building at e every window and every pery door Some ot of the women had bIll only a cotton colton wrapped about their breasts under their arA and aRII others were Clad Iad In stripe ot of cloth All were Well barth ocI and trow and nd all were wre barefooted A yon FOR A SMALL FORCE We found the town lown lull full ot of They had taken lI possession or of the fort Cort and aad III all of Dr the buildings formerly held by Ih the S Spaniards with the exception of oC the church which I is occupied by our soldiers Tie soldiers are only In number and In hn an inter interview view which I had hael with lib the dollo dallo he told lold me that h le controlled about ten thou thousand and men It If this is II so It would seem m to 10 me to be very daD dangerous roul to liar so IJO fw few troops Rt at Parang t ny IJ tn means ml 0 of a conspiracy they could wipe out the garrison III at on any moment and ond Webb advised ed Call lain Gillenwater who I le In command to put the Maros out of the fort lort and to hold It for tor our soldiers Caro Is necessary among the More Moros of 01 to Wit who 0 iii as I have alread already eald are noted as a being bad citizens TillY have liD no regard lard for tor lit ilfe and th they belle believe that killing a Christian Uan le II 1 a sure JUl Ort to heaven hea Yen Th The fott COtt I Is well ell termed for tor defines It coe covers about an acre of round ground and has hall heavy stone Ilona walle on the top ot of which bleh Is a picket fence tence mId made ot of palm It has hili good gOOI venter and Its III arrange for the t Ie a are ot of the beet beat During our stay we have hae bought numerous ot of the Moros They Ont are good but ore for tor money and beautiful and were wen offered u us tIl at from U I to it 1 each Co Cal bought A dozen or so swords and anew Later on brought to 10 OUt II steamer lea and r I made limed photographs ot of two or of them fencing with One Ona wore a 11 helmet and coat COlli ot of mall which i probably relics reolla ot of their fights with the Spaniards centuries ago They were ere ot of br brass beautifully made mad but exceed heavy anI and unbearable down here lIet In the tropic The non offered the armor for sale tor lor ho 10 In ingold gold but bUI before b he left Ift was wall glad lad to sell It Il for tor n S I HAN K u G TI n |
