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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.

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Copyright 1912 By Franklin Hudson Publishing Company.[3]

To
J.G.H.[4]

Table of Contents.

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chapter I

Highlanders of Northern Luzon.—Meaning of the word Igorrote.—Trails.—The Mountain Province.—Nature of the country.

Chapter II

Annual inspection of the mountain tribes.—We set out from Baguío.—Pangasinán Province.—Agno River.—Reception by the people.

Chapter III

Padre Juan Villaverde.—His great trail.—The beginning of the mountain journey.—Nozo.

Chapter IV

Early start.—Pine forest.—Vegetation.—Rest at Amugan.—The gansa—Boné.

Chapter V

Aritao.—Bubud.—Dúpax.—Start for Campote.

Chapter VI

The Ilongots and their country.—Efforts of our Government to reach these people—The forest trail.—Our first contact with thewild man.

Chapter VII

School at Campote—Our white pony, and the offer made for his tail.

Chapter VIII

Appearance of the Ilongots.—Dress.—Issue of beads and cloth.—Warrior Dance.—School work.—Absence of old women from meeting.

Chapter IX

Return to civilization.—Reception at Bambang.—Aglipayanos and Protestants.

Chapter X

Magat River.—Enthusiastic reception at Bayombong.—Speeches and reports.—Solano.—Ifugao “college yell.”—Bagábag.

Chapter XI

We enter the Mountain Province,—Payawan.—Kiangan, its position.—Anitos.—Speech of welcome by Ifugao chief.—Detachment of nativeConstabulary.—Visit of Ifugao chiefs to our quarters.—Dancing.[5]

Chapter XII

Day opens badly.—Ifugao houses.—The people assemble.—Dancing.—Speeches.—White paper streamers.—Head-hunter Dance.—Cañao.

Chapter XIII

Dress of the people.—Butchery of carabao.—Prisoner runs amok and is killed.

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