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قراءة كتاب The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon
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The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon
From Ifugao to Kalinga
A Ride Through the Mountains of Northern Luzon
With an Appendix on the Independence of the Philippines
By
Cornélis De Witt Willcox,
Lieutenant-Colonel U.S. Army,
Professor United States Military Academy,
Officier d’Académie.
Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.
Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.,
1912.
Copyright 1912 By Franklin Hudson Publishing Company.
Table of Contents.
Highlanders of Northern Luzon.—Meaning of the word Igorrote.—Trails.—The Mountain Province.—Nature of the country.
Annual inspection of the mountain tribes.—We set out from Baguío.—Pangasinán Province.—Agno River.—Reception by the people.
Padre Juan Villaverde.—His great trail.—The beginning of the mountain journey.—Nozo.
Early start.—Pine forest.—Vegetation.—Rest at Amugan.—The gansa—Boné.
Aritao.—Bubud.—Dúpax.—Start for Campote.
The Ilongots and their country.—Efforts of our Government to reach these people—The forest trail.—Our first contact with the wild man.
School at Campote—Our white pony, and the offer made for his tail.
Appearance of the Ilongots.—Dress.—Issue of beads and cloth.—Warrior Dance.—School work.—Absence of old women from meeting.
Return to civilization.—Reception at Bambang.—Aglipayanos and Protestants.
Magat River.—Enthusiastic reception at Bayombong.—Speeches and reports.—Solano.—Ifugao “college yell.”—Bagábag.
We enter the Mountain Province,—Payawan.—Kiangan, its position.—Anitos.—Speech of welcome by Ifugao chief.—Detachment of native Constabulary.—Visit of Ifugao chiefs to our quarters.—Dancing.
Day opens badly.—Ifugao houses.—The people assemble.—Dancing.—Speeches.—White paper streamers.—Head-hunter Dance.—Cañao.
Dress of the people.—Butchery of carabao.—Prisoner runs amok and is killed.
Barton’s account of a native funeral.
Visit to the Silipan Ifugaos at Andangle.—The Ibilao River.—Athletic feat.—Rest-house and stable at Sabig.
Change in aspect of country.—Mount Amuyao and the native legend of the Flood.—Rice terraces.—Benawe.—Mr. Worcester’s first visit to this region.—Sports.—Absence of weapons.—Native arts and crafts.
We ride to Bontok.—Bat-nets.—Character of the country.—Ambawan.—Difficulties of the trail.—Bird-scarers.—Talubin.—Bishop Carroll of Vigan.—We reach Bontok.—“The Star-spangled Banner.”—Appearance of the Bontok Igorot.—Incidents.
Importance of Bontok—Head-taking—Atonement for bloodshed.—Sports.—Slapping game.
The native village.—Houses.—Pit-a-pit.—Native institutions.—Lumawig.
We push on north.—Banana skirts.—Albino child.—Pine uplands.—Glorious view.