| Show H A A wAW AA AA AAA A A n ni nIt fI nn n Ne N i It ANCESTORS Alno AthO ilio liMit lead How flow Human Honda lends Ato A tI a aL THE L Caught and Who OF Why Our Moro blame J I Kilo llo lIo Their Tooth MOil Man Without ut OUR 1 MOROS 1 Hoards or op J How Ilan alto tho lynk 1 lIt Slaves and thaw How Treated They Get Oot t lhor rIto r Whoa A retina Land of Illg Hunt About Aboul the 1110 t I c Wild V lid Men len of Borneo Queer Gossip GIP and Story Who Crocodile and nud Arc I JO JOMe Are Me Cousins to Our Filipinos Thera Men 1011 With Tails TollY l 1 1 fI NJ t www w tw 4 FRANK flANK G c CARPENTER l TIle The tors of ot n 0 largo larno Singapore t r II I pelt of Our our Mohammedan FIlIP Moro art urO aro our Sea peo fora anti tharo prat C UI I to ot at utU arB o 1 toon to thu coast coa Until n living ivIng 11 al 0 an g I III t oho I 10 1111 wit II 1 n 11 the 0 P present n t port 0 Of t N North or th e o SulU un Ian 0 of f eO U Ala 1 Bolle Ito alto II kl tl there nud they uW nM to oat P We Wo I IIVO tribes t I 11 JC 1 Ih I In who dross Ilk 1110 tho the hill hili In Tho Thu ot of Sarawak a III I 0 at f heads Just juat as Vj time the D 11 I II ht hunt hullt Luzon turan Ind n It Il not nut for tho oho I ostra I n t we were ih which do ta and has hns a seen eon lint by States the moro morn tl the IIII tn an tiui n then by Islands of or th these M sage would ul e probably Si be ba going head hunting together lUN WILD MEN Ml N OF DOnNI O understand tho thu savages Th 11 Ili order ol cr to 10 wo need to III know lonow of 01 the lima of ot their ancestors an nd ad t rela rs theta There la n vital vast gum Somo Lr tn In our Islands Id men of ef r ter er intern an ure practically unknown It itt ItI thrill then of 01 the I la ice game ame tho Iho two us 19 any people on m as 0 savage about heard glob I have rf of the down here herl on tho of ot ho tho item regular The rho Dutch send out eat equator Si Ion from tram and thoY Choy collected a n great deal of ot In forma have hao lion about their panto of oC tho the Inland Island TO TM T English are ure to a n eel ear certain taut tain extent to la Singapore travelers here hero and You ou frequently meet tr who koW come corne on the which ply y betYe between bet port and lUul nn 1 Some lame Information about dome thO I I got tot military and py kt at Jolo from our oUt naVal Laval of leers who have havo recently tak taken en fn short runs to North Job Jolo J Jobb h hi only a hundred from end anil and MIl aro about torte forty miles away a aMONO AMONG MONO AD Thero There Is no doubt that head hunting ns DI followed by hy of at our OUI Filipino I savages s fin comes comell tam rain nameD Borneo The hue prue practice tice 1 is b common throughout tho the whole bland Among many of oC the Dyuk tribes a 11 l met la le not flat ready teady for tor until ho Ito has baa killed several people lull and cut off eta their hearts heads and moll met frequently cut oft off ft II head to celebrate a II funeral Tho The have havo regular labels to carry tile the heads homo home In lind nd e query ery house of ot any nuy has hai several lends heads hung as ns trophies up upon upon upon on the wall Different tribes have havo their own on ways of ot Jutting cutting ort off human heed bede and amt curing them th In Ill Mindanao till tM Moros Meros use U e a knits knife called the cant cam jl Than n tor for their public executions It Itro probably ro bl originated In Borneo It 11 Is Ia Isa a long sword as sharp as os n a score with which you OU run cnn slice off oft n a ahead head bead at nt one ant stroke at oko The Sea D alta bate haro s o oer ono nu something like It They elm O Y soy lOV lOVer er tr the head at the tiro neck being heln r to keep tho Jaws perfect I They Thoy take out the brains through though tho the nos nostrils trill and hang tho lead head up over the theOre Ore Dee to smoke and dry lIr They ahoy use uso n this purpose and aid taro 1110 careful In df slag the heads hendA tor for the 1110 They understand BO oo well how to euro CUro heads that tint their heads will lost for tor ages and anda a toad tend once token taken Is IB considered an nn om of oC the family It In I willed to 10 the children and tho the latter ore are very J proud roud rou l of ot such suchs possessions When a n ayoung young Sea Sen Dyak hn line hns a n fight with one olle of his fellows he ho frequently tauntingly tolls 1 lIr him burn hit that he does not amount to much meth end and ant ciRks naka l ks him how many heads Mi hub father or his grandfather took toole Among Amona some tribes it Is lo a n matter of honor to gather tho the heads bends of or men on only onh ly lye and they thoy prize those taken In battle more than those theta captured on the sly six BI KILL JILL WOMEN AND Others Oth r of ot the tM Borneo are aro not noto so 10 o particular pa In 10 their head hunting MI All 11 heads ore are leads heads that como come Into their heir t n mitt t They lie Ho In watt wait for tor the till Chinese working on tho the plantations and ana kill them If they can cnn well catch then them alone or In small parties They even eon rapture t women children to but hut hutCher the Cher l them for their heads and som limes buy slaves that lint they may Inny cut off orr o r their heads heatle Indeed It Is le said that n 0 nf f r rave ave ae condemned to death by tho the Dy eke will bring more at nt auction because n h can cnn be bl executed by toy the man who b hats him and hU Ids heart head be he thereby flaw to the family treasures Iren ures Some Somo years ago there thero was a n famine In the Seth sulu Islands lalands The people died In largo large numbers number and at ona on time about 1000 were ere carried to Borneo to bo ho I e sold as S Haves it I II p said paid that the chief pur row 1 re 10 a of the purchasers was WM to acquire the hearts heads of at the Sulus Bulus whom wham they kill ed 1 on sit this his account if TIm TILL CUSTOM ORIGIN D Nf No ono anI no knows whence head hunting me The custom lies has been common In InI 1 I IM for Cor ages find and the natives can cnn rt not give ahe any Information as ns to Its orl MI pm It li I largely connected with ro 10 l h superstition Some of at tho theft tribes Ibes ray J that nt the tho liere lenOns n whoso whose heads head they M I tike 1 e will become their salvos In ln tho Iho next J ft t world orld and others that the n 0 of in a fresh tresh human head means mennA prosperity to 10 tho the family by which It J I I S I i I 1 J t t t t I l hJ l 11 3 l I 1 i I IJ 11 j 1 J i u of of r of Y r j of Photographed for tor tho News by Frank a G Carpenter 1 A BORNEO HEAD HUNTER S If d 1 S S Willi taken On Its account tho the soil noil will produce bettor better b the tho game gorno wIll 1 bo ho moro morn Plentiful Urn the streams will have moro more ll bet li null and tho the women moro more children child children ren ron The Tho Dyak women especially ml ad admire mire n man who Mho has hns n II number numer of ot heads In hI his hla collection and und the flue cousins of f our Mores foros a 0 young youns man cannot expect to marry marl tho the daughter of a n warrior war warnor nor unless unions lie he lute hns hn a n head or two to adorn his hula hut but during the tho honeymoon SAVAGES SAVAGE WHO WEAR COHETS Our have recently discovered tribes In Interior Mindanao who ho wear corsets cornets eor of rattan bands about their waists mid hail breasts This custom comes from The Tho Dyak women wear corsets have hava been paring them hom time Immemorial They string rings ring of ot brass or lead on ou strips of ot bamboo cane or 01 rattan and then wind thorn Thom about their bodies from the th arm ann pots pits U h below the thighs lights A woman hired up lip thIH way looks very vey much like a barrel walking oft off on legs with a u ahead ahead head heal arms sticking out of at the tho top of the barrel barr l Sometimes tho the corset Is smaller consisting Only of ot n a score of ot rings about the tho waist sometimes It II Is IsHI HI very heavy tho the whole weighing na as n much as liS fifteen pounds The Tho brass brassi ings i often highly polished so BO that the tho girl walks talks about In a II coat cant of ot bright math Tho The corsets often orten lit fit tightly and are areso BO so to put ort oft and on pet that they food Is ts are worn a n long time When Whon lenty the tho owner owne has hIlA great gr nt trouble III In hor corset One method ot oC doing this Is 19 for tor the subject to 10 hang by 1 er arnus ar liI to tho oho limb of a tree Iree while her ler friends having given gen her body bOlt a n craft of oil pull the ho corset up Inch incur by inch hitch until it Is U finally squeezed off oft over tho the arms Below this corset the tho wo wu women men nett wear skirts skirls Among some somo tribes they thoy almost naked Many of ot tile this Borneo men dress as ns lightly ca nl our savages of ot the Philip Philippines pines pincH They The wear practically nothing but but ut a n n breech cloth cloth Others wear pad d tied dell fighting jackets Tho rho costumes costumeR of ot those living along the const coast of ot tho the northern parta of at the Island are not unlike those of ot tho the Mores Moros AND KAll EAIl PLUGS I 1 have havo hll 10 described tho do enormous ears ear earrings rings s and am car plugs worn by Jy tho the wild wildman men man J 1 oust mot In Mindanao U It Is la probable that they get this custom from their Borneo ancestors Many 1 of ot the tM savages tt at Borneo have enormous holes in their curs cure The lobes label are arc stretched so that tilt the holes In them are orOM ns no big bl around as all alln n ring Women often orten carry cam cigars cigars rs In their ears cars and you frequently see Bee ear holes through which you OU could thrust your four tour lingers angers One Ono traveler says saYI ho he measured a n womans ear car Oil I which had hlll a n hole halo In the tho lobo hobo no seven Joven von Indies inches long The Tho making ouch uch holes Is begun In tn infancy The flue ear Is III pierced at six III months of age lI e Only a n small sn ahl hobo holb is II made at first but this Is Increased by Inserting larger mud mid larger plug so that when the child Is tilt grown It has hall n loop 1001 In ha Its par ear from tram ono one to four tour Inches long lonu I should ba bo Inclined In ell Mil to doubt such Buch state statements ments mahs head had I not seen lIoen similar holes In Inho inthe ho tho ears en Ill of ot the tho women of ot India InrI In and In the latter country the wo women women 10 men all nil wear par car plugs lugs 1 and tho the holes of or some lome oars ears are 11 enormous Our Moros blacken their teeth antI and s file me them then rite Tho ho slime scone custom prevails among their cousins of Bowen Both Doth sexes Boxes thoro thole chow chew tho ho betel and both consider black teeth leeth thus the most fashion able article of the tho kind I They laugh at nt atthe atthe the long teeth of oC foreigners and com coin compare pare our white teeth to dog og teeth They file Illo their tenth teeth among sauna somo tribes al ul almost most moat to tho gums nans anti and shape thom them In Indifferent Indifferent different ways In some somo tribes tho the onto tooth fashion Is that ot at a U saw In others the tho people Illo Ille tho the teeth oft on square whole In other tribes the he most approved method Is to hollow hollo them at nt atthe tho the trant making lII thorn them look lute like a I razor Inor This U is Un n a favorite fashion among the tho Morose Moros Doth Both Moros and blacken tho the teeth tooth Tho rho tooth tOt naturally become black from chewing tho the betel Jetel but In order to give gl them the tho hue of ot black varnish tho ho people 1 rub theta them with burnt cocoa cocon cocoanut cocoanut nut shell mixed with oil they thoy scour acour ort ore the enamel that tho the teeth i may take tho it black dye dyo better Jolter and hold I It longer Some limos holes halos are aro bored borell Into tho the teeth and brass pivots Inserted which are aro considered a matter of ot orna ornament mint ment Tho The filing of at tooth teeth is usually begun when they reach mar marriageable n c A new now filing tiling must bo be repented repeated every Very ton ten years yeats In order to have havo tho the mouth preserve l tho ho favorite fashionable cut WHY HAVE NO BRANDS It Is rare to find a Moro Mora with n a beard bom I The samo scone condition prevails among the Borneo savages Thus The people have hlo na not naturally but little hair on their fees faces but hut what they have hn they pull out with nippers or tweezers tel ers I mot met Moros In the fhe Sulus who carried silver stiver nippers with them and plucked pl out every eel stray atm hair as un soon as liS It U appeared Among some Borneo tribe tho the eyebrows are aro shaved and the tho eye lashes plucked 1 out Others of ot tho the savages rub quick Ihno lino Into tho the slain skin to la destroy the tho vitality It III of tho the folli follicles coos cles The eyebrows and eyelashes are arc plucked out at nt tho ho ago ngo of ot fifteen unit and tho ho lack hitch ot of hair hull Is the tho sign of ot manhood or womanhood now HOW THE DIAKS UVE There Is a tI great groat similarity between tho the hones homes of ot the Sen Sea and tho the Moros and the hill hili tribes of or Borneo have bionics tn nuen eh like those of ot the thc lull hill tribes of ot Mindanao Tho The towns along llong the shores ot or North are aro like Ilko those of at the Sulu Bulu Islands They are arc made up Ill of ot huts huta of ot bamboo thatched with NIIa palm and erected on piles lilies Many of tho tine towns are 1110 built out In the water the tho houses hOll eB being reached by bamboo walks and antI having heaving bamboo plat platforms platforms forms torms between the huts hilts Malbun tho time of the iho sultan of ot Jolo Job Is IH of at tits this nature so 0 U Is hue Ilus BbS liu i rut n the othor NI sll of the Brunel is 19 bulit upon piles as aro also mIlS and other othor towns tow II in Borneo I set In the he Interior the J ks build their houses In the streams or them They Thoy often otten have havo watch watchtowers watchtowers h towers and drums rums to 10 alarm the tho villagers vil vl villagers lagers at nt oho tho approach of at a u stranger I Imet met meet soldiers at Davan o In the southern part of the tho Philippines who found sim JIm similar similar ilar villages VillageR In that region Tho The Borneo villages are often walled wailed with bamboo hedges and some somo have boats about them tho tine farming lands of the village lying outside inside It doca not cost cult much to build n a house cither In hI Mindanao or 01 lit III lI Jl t la n to nIo n of Ot n ft Moro More houN which h hv 1 I while 1111 10 sitting Milling before bat Ire it t In III the tho t hll Ml v II 11 huge hilte of ot Datto Mandl In III Mindanao Thin The Is to u Il bamboo hut hint which tar for ur out nil tho the world like ilIa a II straw about twenty f hut het t raised ld upon pales n HH nn K high as my waist lt 11 Its walla lire lira of ot bam bamboo boo bug poles mind tho the roof root Is U of palm paint leaves The leaves are lire Ido and fun font luau Hint k They aro woven In laid im on to HI 0 that hunt thoy they on ens Ilke time tho of ot a n house They iueY hv are perfectly waterproof nUll and withstand tho Iho Hondo hands of Qt tho the rainy mutiny season rho Tho walls tire are much the saws ways the thi leaves lenCH being hohl laid on the poI 4 over ono OliO another alother like III weather boarding board ing ti r Tho tle floor IH Is of ot split bamboo poles laid upon bamboo And tM tied t thoro tholo with rattan ration Ill linn strips II II rime Tho roof toor Is sowed Hewed together with rat rut rattan tan tam Tholo Theto IH Is nota moot n a moll lIaU In tho thu hou mouse lend find everything Is U dent dono by hy sowing and tying Time Tho house 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