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FEET OF A BONTOC IGOROT 



Showing the effect of constantly working up and down very steep hillsides. The natives 

 are just learning the use of agricultural implements, heretofore performing much of the 

 labor with their hands, feet, and pointed sticks (see page 905). 



the towns near the Christian territory, 

 where a modified form of the camisa of 

 the Filipino women has been ahnost uni- 

 versally adopted. The garment is, how- 

 ever, sleeveless, or has very short sleeves, 

 in order that the ornamented arms of the 

 w^earers may not be concealed. 



The more civilized Tingians are a 

 remarkably cleanly and an extraordi- 

 narily law-abiding and peaceful people. 

 Their well-built houses are placed on 

 high, sanitary sites. Their cooking uten- 

 sils are taken to the river and scrubbed 

 with sand after every meal. If a wife 

 offers her husband dirty or soggy rice to 

 eat, the offense is said to afford ground 

 for divorce. 



The people of this tribe are skillful 

 agriculturists, raising yams, rice, corn, 

 and tobacco in considerable quantity. 

 They also grow a good deal of cotton, 

 and the women are quite skillful in spin- 

 ning it into thread and weaving it into 

 cloth. 



Horses and cattle are raised for sale, 

 and in considerable numbers, and many 

 Tingian families are quite well off. 



In view of the brief account above 

 given, the question may well be . asked, 

 Why are the people of this gentle, indus- 

 trious, law-abiding tribe included among 

 the head-hunters? 



WHY THEY ARE WARLIKE 



In the vicinity of Balbalassan, where 

 until recently they have had to fight for 

 their lives against the Kalingas and the 

 Bontoc Igorots, they have either retained 

 some of their own ancient and well-nigh 

 forgotten warlike customs or have ac- 

 quired those of their neighbors. At all 

 events, they show courage and skill in 

 the use of lances, head-axes, and shields, 

 and are said on occasion to decapitate 

 the enemies whom they slay. This, how- 

 ever, is not the real reason for listing 

 them as head-hunters. 



In the territory now included in the 



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