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Show Sulu Woman Warriors. In the Philippines Amerlcaa soldiers oa several occasions came in contact ; with Sulu women warriors, lii ae of the last battles on the Islands the JSulus fortified themselves In the bowl Of an extinct volcano. It was rushed and captured by American sohliers, toho discovered to their dismay, after the battle, that a number of their antagonists an-tagonists had been women. Their figures fig-ures were as slim as those of the men ; tJoth sexes wore their hair long, with handkerchiefs over their heads, and the women wore trousers similar to those worn in Turkey. Thus they were practically Indistinguishable from the men. The bravery of these women warriors appears all the more remark-toble remark-toble when It Is recalled that according to the Mohammedan faith a maa who Is slain while fighting Christiana la translated at once to heaven, but as (the women are not supposed to have isouls their sacrifice of life Is wltheut Ihope of rewardin a hereafter. |