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METZGER— THE FILIPINO. 



[March 17, 



Xext to the Gaddanes in war-like propensity are the Itaves, a 

 tribe inhabiting the territory just to the south and adjoining that 

 of the head-hunters. Their manners of living and religion* are 

 similar to those of the Gaddanes, but they are not so fierce and are 

 more indolent. They are also lighter in color and wear their hair 

 shorter than their neighbors of the north. This tribe is one of the 

 few, if not the only one, which uses the war-club and executes a 

 war-dance preliminary to going into battle. 



Fig. 3- Igorrote. 



To the American, unquestionably the most interesting people of 

 this class of Filipinos, is the Igorrote, for the reason that they more 

 closely resemble the American Indian in color, configuration and 

 habits than any other tribe of the archipelago. These people domi- 

 nate the middle north country, where they live in idleness, oblivious 

 of time or conditions. Of all the tribes of the islands they are the 

 acme of physical development. Their chief ethnical characteristics 

 are the high cheek bones, aquiline nose, copper colored skin, long 

 straight black hair cut into a fringe over the forehead, naked save 

 for a breech-clout, and gaudily bedecked with paint, feathers and 

 rings. Unlike the American Indian their lips are thick and large, 



