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'avocation-h as been war and piracy. The
Spanish found these people a'very hard
nut . to crack, and .rarely ventured; to
attack them. ; \u25a0 ;- v * .-..""..
The .superior "arras of ~ the
have ' taught the Moros \u25a0 severe" lessons. 1
Much* is ; liopedVf roiri Ulic \u25a0> Malay, ; , and
\u25a0when', tamed - by' education and civiliza
tion lthsbclievod this ehterprising'and
valiant people can be made a .valuable
element , in the development! ; of . the
great ; natural ; resources ; of ' the [ south
ern part of ;the. Philippine: archipelago.'
The • United States ', has had \u25a0; no_ ; more.
.Interesting 1 type of dependents than. are
to* be found in the Island of Tutiiila. one
of ithe. archipelago '• of '< Samoa, 'and;.*ac-.
Quired- mi the- tripartite division of 'the
Islands • with r Great /Britain and
jnjany.' ; The < islanders ; are^of Uhe" p~re- t :
vailing light "copper .color of central;
l and- Western Polynesia. JHardly a yes-;
tige<ls f to;be seen" among' them of the
\u25a0wooly; ;' haired Papuans of Western {
= Polynesia; '- Until * 1S30; the; natives .of
the group ,were_ pagans and. cannibals,,
: endowed' "with ; superstitions common ; to'
the .race'and' eminently, warlike'! in dis
position. For i good or for i Ul\the; 'old i •
Wder ; changed .'with the advent *of 't he
Christian Missionaries. > The*picluresq ue
though < scanty • native .costume of • the
/pMtVhas^been-rMptecedi-byiprlnte-'and^
clothsfand education- IsTgeneral. : ' White"
main's , virtues have become* incorporated ,
as well": as^ White \u25a0;- r. an's\ vices. Phy
sically, no > race; that ; has become the;
ward : pf> the; United • States in - the > last
\u25a0- tent years i is f superior ;to > the ', Samban/
; The i- islands are; a paradise', and
.native i forests afford the cocoanut,'-ba
nana' and- breadfruit, J which! constitute
•the", main 'Istay^ of Vthe"; food 'of [ the I peor
pie. • Fish are •-, in 'i ple'n ty .-. and ., chickens
>and';plgSi easily raised/'l Trie ]\u25a0 love of
< flowers ; is" a- native ; and hereditary \ trait.';
;' :\ .The*, vanishinie*; race '[ whicli > once*^pod-
ulated, the v Hawaiian Islands will soon
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' be "replaced . by a type made . up : of a
conglomeration: of Chinese, ; Japanese
(natives) .and Porto Ricans, thousands
• of, a : low, class of these peoples having
immigrated^ .to 'these- delightful islands
as^laborcrp on "the ; sugarr plantations;
.with -the inevitable-result -of-. leaving
permanent -traces of their presence iv
thevgeneration now" -rowing toman
hood.; Enough, however, of : , the 'original,
population remains to ; afford a knowl
edge, of past customs .and -habits of a
peoplo' : who^ ' were • once - warlike^ . and
enterprising. European fashions have
replaced the picturesque . garb *of -' for-;
. mer- times and only under special ; cir-'
cuinstances are^ the ; early native : adorn-,
ments made .visible to the eyes of trav
elers. ! The dances, in .which the young
men and women of Hawaii occasionally
indulge. \with accompaniments of music
and.-. flowers.' have : been- photographed
ami display the muscular beauty of the'
face to the best .advantage. The time
is near at hand when; all purely native
traditions "and" ceremonies will dis
appear'^ as the: people who originated
them- slowly : die-away.,/. '..
; .The United is not without" its
\u25a0 quota \u25a0 of ~: Kskimos, i'-.who .. are; - found
along Y the western shores^ of ; • Alaska, :
embraced iin- the ', regions .desigrnated .as ;
the /.'Alaskan-Arctic ' ahd; : extending "to'
Point; Barrow. '.the most- northerly 'point
of Athc: continent; -'and '-includingv the
v/.'iole .; coast ~ f rora / the }~ mouth^of j the
iYukon I river/seyeral hundred '"miles \u25a0in-"
'land/-'/ While the 'tribes "are • much scat-"
? tered,> their ' number,' is"-known , to" be far
less',:/vthanf twenty,.; years /-ago.^ when
-more impenetrable to tray-;
rulers than! at" present.".;.;?. Communication
I with itheiwhites\has < had { its I inevitable
'results. ?i< ln ; a » few,; more;; years the » last
?Tepreiehtatives ? ofith"ese; remote and mi
i terestingi tribes I must * pass ! away.
i Malemu'ts are "probably ; the largest tribe
'6fjEskimo'to,beifound:ln'Alaska.; They
\u25a0 formerly^; occupied ;^the '^country :;, about
I Cape ? Nome "and.'.Un /considerable Tnum-;
;*^-rs. '.the Cupper. part of ;Ahvik. River.
22— Satuonn girl.
23— Farmer of Mindanao.
24 — Antelope Indian chief.
2." — Girl of Indian scnool.
26 — Men of Ylntn and Samal tribes
< Philippines). -J f \
27 — Mnngytn 'of Mlndoro.
2* — Berinc iea native.
20 — Snboba Indian chief.
30— Igorrote - lighting man.
' 31— A coma ' Indian. "\u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0 . -
33— Ba n t ok . Woman • ( Phlll ppln cm) .
33 — Isrorrote" of Klansaa.
34— Tasalosr •warrior. .
; 35 — St. \u25a0 Mlebael hunter. .
36— Eskimo Tiontan. \u25a0 \u25a0 »' .
37— Cordillera Icorrotea.
3*— Northern Luzon woman.
39— Eskimo family. ;
10 — Xesrlto warrior.
41— Manila f native*.' •_
4S— Taiealoi. ",'.'-v
43-r-Apo -woman.
44— J010 jelri.
45— Kunkoknoemnts (Alaska)*
46— Zuln pearl kins. -
The Point Barrow Eskimo * occupy the
.country beyond , Cape l.isburne. The
i people ' of • St.''; Lawrence" Island form an
other, group. Those'-about^Golonn Bay
\u25a0 still another, and -^are _ designated as
the \ Kaviamut >" Physically \u25a0 the •-; men
average olfeet 2 or 3 Jnches in height
and ' theirV complexion; is .'light.; . Some,
'.tribes j are darker) than others. ; Along
the coast the "men arc! squarely built,
though 'from 'their "early 'habits of sit
ting in canoes- their ; lower; limbs are
badly 'developed and * contracted. \u25a0 Tribes
living ,' in the .interior ; arid dependent
upon : the huntfare, finely, formed and
' muscular. ,The> Malemuts. ; a tribe ; In
habiting the' Kaviak* peninsula and the
islands of Bering Strait, are tall, active
and" remarkably:well -.built-^As/al race
the; Eskimoarejhafdy and;insensible to
cold, i The : garments : of the* Eskimo are
generally similar^ and i fabricated 5 from
ilcer skins or other fur-bearing animals,
sueh l as I seal, fdog; or bear.-;. Some taste
is 'displayed in ; the 1 1 ur hoods worn by
bo th" sexes, ,' and . 'rarments
made from the intestines sof seals ;are
' coramon. v The custom 'of- tattooing and
the -wearing /of flabrets * isj^noted. A
labret is an , Ivory button worn at*, both
fends Tof :-the "lower; lip i and 1 fastened
t::>ou*ghi an : cut; for -- that pur
posed How manyj Eskimos fare -living Is
notVknown. "Thel'JJnited- States -has
;tried . to jiumberj these r people,T* but with
only /"partial i' success.*' The religion *. of
. the is' elementary,' I . though sat-.5 at-.
' tempts have been made": to convert them
; to" Christianity," but' without 'permanent
isuccess-V * :>
The Changing] Hawaiians
"% The ; aborigines /of ; country.^ have
lost i about -; all C theirj native distinction
by Uheir ? practical t absorption ' ; Into ;the
body] politic 7 and the ; adoption : of { civill- ;
zation. ** Contracted 'into ,' small * reser-~
vat ions, they are now compelled t •
work for their daily bread and the war
rlors of early days no longer roam \u2666*«
broad plains arrayed in savage finery
and war paint. Intent upon massacre,
murder and bloody tribal feuds. The
successors of these savages, for the
most part, are the Indolent and desren
erate.hangerson at the outskirts of
civilisation.- without ambition and cen
erally "half starved. A small number
still. retain tribal organization and at
tempt to perpetuate the semlrelljrious
dances and ceremonies of the past. The
Navajos, Moguls, Cherokees. Apaches.
Black feet, who are now banished to
Canada for -the most part, a remnant
of the Yaquis.* the Hupas of California,
still attempt revivals of the traditions
of past greatness by occasional public
demonstrations of savage memorials ot
the past, the significance of which even
the, oldest members of the tribes have
forgotten.
The ceremonies are no longer con
fined to the privacy of the native
pueblo, but are widely advertised to
draw the white man." with a plethoric
pocketbool;. whereby the resources of
the "actors In these savage dramas may
be increased and multiplied- The peo
ple indigenous to Porto Rico and Cuba
to all intents and purposes form an in
tegral part of; the United States and
are, nominally at least, under its pro
tection, fin both" Islands the native
population. is a mixture of every race,
slave or free,' from the Carib to the
African, who ever set foot on their
shores. They are the lowest in the
\u25a0cale of civilization and, in the opinion
of -United States* army officers. Inferior
to': the American negro in every attri
bute of manhood. Their' redemption
presents a task from which every other
country but . our own would • shrink In
dismay. Anemic, without ambition,
brutish in" habit and morals, degraded
by a: common admixture of degenerate
races, there appears to be no future for
the • native of these productive : Islands...
What civilization 'can do remains to be
proved.
It has not been- without great diffi
culty that" the" accompanying Illustra
tions have been collected. * Each year
adds -to the number of .those semi
barbarous tribes who have succumbed
to | encroachments < of . the superior race
and -' abandoned * even a semblance of
their original habits. .» Tribes . like the
Hupa'havebnt a measurable period of
existence. Once powerful, they are
rapidly \u25a0 being decimated. Others. In
fact all : aborigines of the country, : are
decreasing in number* and only a few
" more * years ' remain V when - they must
vanish from* the face of the earth and
be lost forever. ? r^psSß^SBB
'The -writer acknowledge* , the assist
ance -of j Dr. *A,-v I* ?Kroeb«r.' Dr. Pliny
: Earl© '\u25a0 Goddard ! of the department of
anthropology of the "University of Cali
fornia * and *DrA Barrowes,* Chief of the
Bureau :of Insular Affair*!; for the
Philippine Islands, , far* Invaluable as-
Bi»tanc» ia '* precarianlilt artiai*. \u25a0