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Gossip and Story About the Wild Men of Borneo
I) YAK WO.MKN WEAR CORSETS.
(Copyright, 1901, by Frank (!. Carpenter.)
. 1NHAI'()UH, Dee.. 17. (Special
I Correspondence of The Hue.)
M Tim n tw4tt nra nf fl liiriri' tuirt (it
our Filipinos riirno from llnrnco.
n,,r Mnliiiiiiiiii itnii Moros arc
first cousins to tho Dynks, and llicro nru
today thousands of Sulu lslaiiilr living
along tin) Uorneo const. Until within t!i
present gciicrntbn tho (iuU.ni tf Su.tt
owned a vast part of North 1Iiiuj. HI
pooplo claim kinship with tho peoplo there
ami tlicy l.no ninny things In common.
Vo hnvo tribes In Mlmlanao who drcsi
llku tho hill tribes of Saruwuk. The (lad
(1.UKH of Luzon hunt hends Juat aa tho
DjakB do, and wcro It not for tho restraint
which liaa been exercised tlrst by Spain
and then by tho United Stntcs. tho moro
aavngo Inhabitants of theso lilnnds would
probably bo going head hunting together.
In order to understand the snvnges of tho
Philippines wo need to know something of
their IJornco ancestors nnd relatives.
Thero n.'n a iraet number of wild men In
our Islands. Somo of them arc prnctlcally
unknown. It Is tho same with norneo,
wheso natives aro an savage ns any peoplo
on tho facu of tho globe. 1 have heard
much about them down horu on tho edgo
of tho equator. Tho Dutch send out rog
ular expeditions from Uatavln, and they
have collccUd a gloat deal of Information
about their partH of tho Island. Tho Eng
llsh posBCBtlons aro to n certain oxtent
aiii.nnitiiniK in slncatioro. and you fro-
.juontly meet travelers hero who have como
on tho steamers which ply between this
port and Sandnknn. 1 got Bomo Informa
tion nbout tho DyakB nt Jolo from our
jillltary and naval ofllccrs, who havo ro
jently taken short runs to North Hornoo.
Jolo Is only a hundred miles from Sanda
kan, and liongnn nnd Tawl-Tawl aro about
forty miles away.
Aiikiiik the II nut IIiuitcrN.
Thero is no doubt that head hunting, ns
followed by somo of our Filipino savages,
comes from Uorneo. Tho practice Is com
mon throughout tho wholo Island. Among
many of tho Dyak tribes a man la not con
sidered ready for marrlngs until ho has
killed several peoplo nnd cut off their
bends, and men frequently cut off n head
to celebrate a funeral. Tho wnrrlors havo
regular baskets to rarry tho heads home
In and ovory house of any Iniportanco has
several heads hung ns trophies upon tho
wall. Different tribes havo their own ways
of cutting off humnn hends and curing
thorn. In Mindanao tho Moros uso a kulfo
called tho cnmpllnn for their public execu
tions. It probably originated in Hornoo.
It Is a long, straight Bword aB sharp as a
razor, with which you enn sllco oft a head
at cno Btrokc. Tho sea Dynks havo ono
something llku It. They sever the hend at
thu neck, bolng particular to keep the
Jaws perfect. Thoy take out tho brains
through tho nostrils and hang tho head up
over tho (lro to smoke and dry. Thoy uso
a net for UiIb purposo nnd aro caroful In
dressing tho honds for tho tiro. Thoy un
derstand so well how to euro heads that
their heads will last for ages, and o hond
once taken Is considered a holrloom of
tho family. It Is willed to tho children,
and tho latter nro very prom! f such pos
sessions. When a young sen Dyak has a
light with ono of hla fellows ho frequently
tauntingly tells htm that ho docs not
amount to much, and rnikB him how many
heads his father or his grandfather took.
Among somo tribes It Is a mntter of honor
to gather tho heads of men only, nnd thoy
prize theso Ink n In battle moro thun thoso
captured on tho sly.
Kill Women hikI Children.
Others of tho Homeo Dynks nro not so
particular In their hend hunting. All heads
aro heads that como Into their net. Thoy
llo In wnlt for tho Chlneso worklug on tho
plantations and kill them If they enn catch
them nlono or In snmll parties. They even
capture women nnd children to butcher
ill-m for their heads, and sometimes buy
slaves that thoy mny cut their heads oft.
Indeul, It U said that a slave condemned
to death by tho DyakB will bring mow at
auction, because ho can bo executed by tins
mnn who buys him, nnd his head bo there
by added to tho family treasures. Somo
yenra ago thero was n famine In tho Sulu
lslnuda. Tho peoplo died In largo uumbera.
He9
A VILLAGE OF INTEHIOIt I1OHNE0.
IIOHNEO HEAD HUNTER IN FULL
REOALIA.
nnd nt ono time nbout 1,000 wcro carried to
Uorneo to be sold ns slaves. It Is Bald that
tho chief purptHo of tho purchasers was to
ncqulro the heada of tho Stilus, whom they
killed on this account.
No ono knows whence head hunting came.
Tho custom hna been common In Uorneo
for ages and tho natlvca cannot glvo any In
formation ns to Its origin. It Is lnrgely
connected with religious superstition. Somo
of tho tribes say that tho persons whoso
hends thoy take will becomo their slaves
In tho next world nnd others that tho ac
cession of a fresh human head means pros
perity to tho family by which it wbb taken.
On Its nccount tho soil will produco better,
tho game will bo moro plentiful, tho
streams will havo moro fish and tho women
moro children. Tho Dyak women especially
ndmlro a mnn who has a number of heads
In hla collection, and among tho cousins of
our Moros n young man cannot expect to
marry tho daughter of a warrior unless ho
has a head or two to adorn his hut during
tho honeymoon.
HnviiKe Who Wear Cornet".
Our soldiers nnvo recently discovered
tribes In lntorlor Mlndnnao who wear cor
Bots of rattan bands about their waists and
breasts. This custom comes from Bornoo.
Tho Dynk women wear corsets nnd havo
immi wn.irinir t limn from tlmo Immemorial.
They string rings of brass or lead on strips
of bamboo enno or rattan ana tnon winu
them about their bodlos from tho armpits
to bolow tho thighs. A woman fixed up
this way looks very much llko n barrel
walking off on legs, with a head and arms
sticking out of tho top of tho barrel. Somo
tlmes tho corBot Is smaller, consisting only
of n Bcoro of rings about tho waist; some
times It Is very hoavy, tho whole weighing
as much ns fifteen pounds. Tho brass rings
nro often highly polished, bo that tho girl
walks about In n coat of bright mall.
Tho corsets often lit tightly and nro so
difficult to put off nnd on thnt thoy aro
worn a long tlmo. When food Is plenty tho
ownor has great troublo In removing her
corsot. Ono method of doing this Is for
tho subject to hang by her arms to tho
limb of a troo whllo hor friends having
given hor body a coat of oil, pull tho corsot
up Inch by Inch until it is nnnuy squoczeu
ofT ovor tho nrmB. Uolow this corset tho
women wear skirts. Among somo tribes
thoy nro almost nnkod.
Many of tho Uorneo mon dress as lightly
ns our snvnges of tho Philippines. Thoy
wenr practically nothing but a brooch
cloth. Others wear padded fighting Jackets.
Tho costumes of thoso living along tho
coast of tho northorn part of tho Island nre
not unllko thoso of tho Moros.
KnrrliiKN '' Knr
I havo described tho enormous earrings
and oar plugs worn by tho wild men I mot
In Mlnd'nnno. It Is probnblo that they got
this custom from their Uorneo ancestors.
Mnnv nf ihi Hnvnees of Homeo have enor
mous holes In tholr cars. The lobes nro
stretched so thnt tho holes In thorn nro as
big around as a napkin ring. Women often
carry cigars In their onrs. and you fre
quently see enr holes through which you
could thrust your four fingers. Ono Uorneo
traveler says ho measured n woman's enr
which hnd a holo In tho lobo seven Inches
long. Tho mnklng of such holes Is begun In
Infancy. Tho enr Is pierced nt C months of
ngo. Only n smnll holo Is mado at first, but
this Is Increased by Insortlng larger and
larger plugs, so that when tho child la full
grown It has n loop In Its ear from ono to
four Inches long. I should bo Inclined to
doubt such statements had I not soon slml
Inr holes In tho ears of tho women of India
and Hurmnh. In tho latter country tho
woman nil wear enr plugs, nnd tho holes of
somo cars nro enctrmous.
Our Moros blacken their teeth nnd file
them. Tho snmo custom provnlls among
their ccuslns of Uorneo. Iloth sexes there
chew tho betel and both consider blnck teuth
tho most foshlonnblo article of tho kind.
They laugh at tho long teeth of foreigner
nnd compnro our white teeth to dog teeth.
They tllo tholr teeth among some tribes
nlmost to tho gums nnd shape them In dif
ferent ways. In somo tribes thu favorite
tooth fashion is thnt nf n saw. In others
tho pooplo tllo their teeth oft square, whllo
In other tribes tho most npprov d method
la to hollow them out nt tho frcnt, mnklng
them look llko a hollow-ground razor. This
is n fnvorlto fashion among the Moros.
Iloth Moros nnd DyakB blacken the teeth
Tho teeth nnturnlly becomo black from
chowlng tho betel, but In order to glvo them
tho huo of black varnish the people rub
them with burnt cocoanut shell mixed with
oil. Sometimes they scour off the enamel
that tho teeth may take tho block dyo bet
tor and hold It longer. Sometimes holes
aro bored Into tho teeth and brass pivots
Inserted which aro considered a matter of
ornament. Tho filing of women's teeth Is
usually begun when they reach marrlngc
nt.in ncro A nnw mine must bo repeated
evory ten years In order to havo tho mouth
prcservo tho favorite fashionable cut.
Why Hie Moron Have No llenrilN.
It Is raro to find n Moro with n board.
That samo condition prevails among tho
Uorneo snvnges. Tho peoplo hnve nnturnlly
i, uttin iinlr nn their fnces. but what
they havo thoy pull out with nippers or
tweezers, I met Moros In tho Stilus win
carried silver nippers w.th them nnd
plucked out every stray hair ns soon as It
appeared. Among somo norneo tribes tho
eyebrows nro shnved and tho eyolnshes
plucked out. Others of tho Bavages rub
quick llmo Into tho skin to destroy tho
vitality of tho follicles. Tho eyebrows and
eyolnshes aro plucked cut at tho ago of 15
and tho lnck of hair Is tho sign of manhood
or womanhood.
Thero Is a greui slmllnrlty between tho
homes of tho Sea Dynks and tho Mcros, ant
tho hill tribes of llornco nnvo nomes mucn
llko thoBO of tho hill tribes of Mlndnnno.
Tho towns along the shores cf North norne3
nro llko thoso of the Sulu IslnmK Thov
nro mndo up of huts of bamboo thntched
with nlpn palm and erected on piles.
Many of tho towns nro built out In tho
wntcr, tho houses being reaction ny unmoso
walks nnd hnvlng bamboo plntforms bo
tween tho huts. Mnlbun, tho cnpltal of tho
sultan of Jolo, Is of. this nnturj and so Is
litis Bus, on tho other side of tho Island.
Urunel Is built upon piles, ns aro also
Handjormnssln nnd other towns In Uorneo.
Even In tho lntorlor tho Dynks build their
houses In tho strenms or near them. Thov
often havo watch towers nnd drums to
alarm tho villagers nt tho approach of a
stranger. I mot soldiers at Davao, In tho
southern part of tho Philippines, who found
similar villages In that region. Tho
Uorneo villages are cften wnlled with bam
boo hcdgcB nnd some hnvo in outs about
them, the farming lnnds of tho villngo lying
outside.
dunk Into ii .Moro Hoime.
It docs not cost much to build a house
olther In Mindanao or In Uorneo. Hero Is
n description of a Moro house, which I nmda
whllo sitting boforo It In tho vlllnge of
Datto Mandl, In Mlndnnao: Tho house Is
a bamboo hut, which looks for all tho
world like a straw stnek about twenty feet
squnro, ralacd upon poles as high as my
waist. Its walls are of bnmboo poles and
tho roof la of nlpn palm leaves, Tho
lenvts aro wldo and fan-like. They are
woven In sheets nnd Inld on so that they
overlap ono nnother llko the shingles of n
house. They nro porfectly wntorproof nnd
withstand tho floods of tho rainy season.
The wnlls nro mndo much the samo wav,
tho leaves being laid on tho poles, over
lapping ono nnother llko weather boarding.
The floor is of split bamboo poles, laid upon
bamboo studding nnd tied thero with rattan
strips.
Tho roof Is sowed tosethcr with rattan
nnd tho wnlls nro tied on with rnttan.
Thero Is not a nnll In tho house nnd every
thing Is done by eewlng nnd tying. The
house has thousands of stitches In It, but It
can bo mado so rapidly that It could bo
built by threo men In ono week. I asked ns
to tho ccst nnd nm told thnt It was about
$20 In silver, or about $10 In gold.
Tho door to this house is a holo large
enough for a mnn to Btnnd erect within It.
It Is closed by a framework of bamboo nnd
la reached by a ladder of bamboo poles a
yard wide. The ladder has four rungs, each
03 big around as your wrist, and on the
mlddlo rung threo bright-eyed, half-naked
llttlo Moro children aro sitting. Their oyeo
laugh and their teeth snmo as i write.
I rise and go to tho door holo and look In.
Tho house conslstB of ono largo room and
It has no furniture, but somo boxes and
mats. From tho rnfters hang the clothes of
tho family. Tho peoplo sleep on the floor,
men, women nnd children lying together.
At tho back of tho houso Is a ledgo or plat
form with somo earth upon It. That Is the
kitchen, and the earth Is used to keep the
flro from burning tho floor. The owner of
tho houso has Beveral slaves nnd severnl
wives, one of whom enmo from a hill trlbo
In tho Interior.
Where Moron (Set Their Wlven.
Many of tho Moros get their wives from
tho hill tribes. They aro Mohammedans
and somo of them hnvo moro than ono wife.
In tho past their warriors have captured
Vlsayan, Tagalo and oven Spanish women,
and In Mlndnnao thoy havo taken tholr
wives from tho savages of tho Interior.
Aa to slaves, thoy get them from tho
samo source, and they treat tholr slaves
Just nbout tho samo as tho llornco snvnges
iln ihntrs. In norneo tho slnvcs usually
llvo with their masters and havo about as
much consideration as tho rest of tho fam
ily. Slaves thero aro acquired by war, by
purchaso nnd by the non-payment of debts.
They havo fixed rights and thoso of tho
samo master may marry among themselves.
Tho practlco of slave-owning Is discouraged
iiv hn Dutch In tho contrnl and southern
parts of tho Island nnd nlso by tho EngllBh
In tho northern pnrt. In tho Spanish tlmo
tho Sulu Islands were slave markets for
Uorneo, nnd today Blaves aro taken from
tho Sulus to Uorneo.
I henr everywhere Btorles of the big game
to bo hnd In norneo. Tho North Uorneo
compnny Is encouraging hunting. It tins
recently Issued lnws which regulnto tho
senson for shooting big gnmo, but nt tho
propor tlmo tho plnnters nro ready to got
up a hunt for any Btranger who comes
properly Introduced. Somo of our soldiers
hnvo been over to Snndakan, nnd thero nro
others who aro planning to go to shoot tho
elephants and rhinoceroses which can be
found thero. Thero nro also wild buffaloes,
wild pigs, deer and bear, as well as plenty
cf crocodiles.
I'ne for Monkey".
Tho best crocodile hunting la with a dead
monkoy for bait. A toilgh stick, to tho
center of which n rattan ropo Is fastened, la
concealed In the body of the monkoy, tho
other end of tho ropo being tied to n lloa.
The crocodile swnllowa tho monkey nnd nt
tho samo tlmo tho stick, which goes down
easily, but which onco Insldo the crocodile,
tho monkoy IIcbIi being digested, turns
crosswise of the throat. Tho stick has
sharp points nnd the moro tho reptile tries
to get rid of It tho more firmly It becomos
fastened in his flesh. Ho Jorks tho float
thla wny and that, and tho hunters, who are
watching, catch hold of It and drng him to
the shoro, whero ho Is decapitated with
an ax.
Among other things shot are monkeys, of
which there nro many kinds, Including tha
orang-otltnng.
Tho crang-oulnng Is cften v.ry dnngcrcus
nnd when ntigry It will not hesltnto to at
tack man. The orang-outang of Uorneo Is
exceeded In size only by tho gorilla. It Is
as largo ns a man and has nrms of cnormoui
length. It enn Jump from limb to limb,
cntchlng held cf the branches hv Its hnnds.
It has strong teeth, with which It tears the
Mesh of Kb victim.
The orntig-outar.g Is tho ;icxt step to Djr
win's connecting link and thero nro tradi
tions thnt tho real connecting link ex'sts
In Uorneo. Indeed, I have henrd storUs
of men with tails In many of tho Islands
of tho Pacific, but so far havo failed to find
any entitled to much credence. Ono of
tho most remarkable Is the statement of
Carl Hock, a commissioner of tho Dutch
government. nock met nn officer of tho
sultnn of Kotol, who claimed that he per
sonally had seen men with tnlls. Ho told
where the men wcro to bo found nnd de
scribed them ns having white hair and
white eyes. He said their tails wcro from
threo to four Inches long nnd that they
usually cut holea In tho floors of their huts
to bold their tnlls In order thnt they might
sit down In comfort. Uock made an agree
ment with this man to pay him $200 If ho
would bring him a pair of theso tailed peo
plo and ho started out with tho man to
And tholr vlllnge. Ho was taken sick bo
foro ho reached It and tho result Is that
tho trlbo with tails has not yet been found.
FUANK O. CARPENTER.
Ski Patrol lurs
(Continued from Third Pnge.)
with his rlflo nnd then hnvu made his
way out of tho country hnd he not been
so Intent on his nefarious work ns not to
notice their approach.
Tho streaniH In many portions of the
park nro fed by hot water from geysers,
boiling springs nnd hot pools, ami on these
the Ico never forms. Often In winter
trips it becomes necessary to cross such
streams, and In the absence of bridges onaj
must ford. So off must come skis, shoes
nnd socks, nnd, with his equipment on his
shoulders, the hardy soldier slips from tho
bank of snow nnd Ico Into the water, wndci
ncross nnd makes a shivering toilet on
the othor side. Tho gnlly colored poster
designed to nttrnct recruits wns In the
mind of n pntrlot who hnd Just mndo such
n crossing. Turning to tho officer with
him ho called out: "Say, lieutenant, this
wasn't In tho picture."
CAPTAIN A. O. URADLEY, U. S. A.
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