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Bacuit Bay, scenery in, [805].
Baguio, hospital at, 435;
visit of members of second Philippine Commission to, 451–455;
Governor Taft’s restoration to health by stay at, 459;
completion of Benguet Road to, 460–463;
development of, 464 ff.;
country club at, 464–467;
residence of governor-general and hospital at, 467;
the Teachers’ Camp, 468–469;
further development of, 470–471;
damage from typhoons to, 471–472;
boom at, in 1910, 473–474;
present flourishing conditions at, 475–476;
description of scenery and climate, 476–479;
railroad to, 481–482;
importance of hill stations in the tropics emphasized in connection with, 482–486;
fate of, not in danger even under Filipino control of legislature, 487;
trade of Benguet Igorots to, [569];
as a centre for tourist trips, [803]–[804].
Bakidan, Kalinga guide, [539]–[547].
Banájao, extinct volcano, [803].
Bananas, demand for, and present slight cultivation of, [899], [901];
returns from planting, [902].
Banaue, visit to, [535]–[538].
Bandholdtz, General, in Albay, 390–391;
quoted on the bandit Rios, [949]–[950].
Banking statistics, [916].
Barbarism, tendency of Filipinos to lapse into, [608]–[609], [957]–[960].
Barbour, hunter killed by wild carabao, [823].
Baretto, Alberto, visit to first Philippine Commission from, 315–317.
Barracudas, fishing for, [806]–[808];
varieties and size, [815].
Basa, J. M., letters and proclamations by, 36–38;
forged letter issued in name of, 67–68.
Baseball among Filipinos, [515].
Bataan, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 211.
Bataks of Palawan, [594].
Batangas, reconcentration practised by General Bell in, 290–293;
issue taken with Blount on mortality statistics of, 293–294;
establishment of civil government in, 337–340.
Bell, Major (later General) J. F., 109–110, 112, [732];
quoted, 113;
reconcentration practised by, in Batangas, 290–293;
on the attractions of Baguio as a mountain resort, 478.
Benguet, legislative acts for establishment of civil government in, 334–335;
first expedition of discovery to, 451–455;
survey of road to, 455–456;
act passed providing for government of, [559];
estimate of population, [999], [1001].
Benguet Igorots, civilisation and education of the, [567]–[572], [803].
Benguet Railroad, appropriation of sum for survey of, 332.
Benguet Road, appropriation of money for construction of, 333;
survey and construction of, 455 ff.;
cost of, 457;
completion of, by Colonel Kennon, and final cost, 460–463;
excessive cost of maintenance, 472–473.
Beri-beri, cause of, 391;
measures needful to eradicate, 429.
Biacnabató, Treaty of, 20–21.
Bicols, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
census statistics, [933].
Bilibid Prison, school for convicts in, [530]–[531].
Birds of the Philippines, [801].
Blount, James H., misstatements made by, concerning Philippine affairs, 14–15;
false charges of, as to promises of independence to Filipinos, 19–20;
quoted concerning Mr. Pratt and the Singapore meeting to celebrate victories of Dewey and Aguinaldo, 30 ff.;
further quotations from and misstatements by, 34–36, 69, 93, 94;
lays at wrong door the responsibility for outbreak of hostilities between Americans and Filipinos, 150–151;
on conditions in the islands in the fall of 1898, 152, 153 ff.;
activities of, in Pampanga, 158;
horrible conditions in Cagayan valley under Insurgent rule known to, but concealed by, 170–205;
mild view taken by, of Filipino torture of Spanish, 190–191;
frightful crimes condoned by, 191–192;
failure to report to government the troubles and disorders in his province, 203–204;
views on Admiral Dewey’s report of conditions in Manila Province under Insurgent rule, 210;
a flagrant example of the misstatements made by, 217–219;
false statements concerning Mindoro, 219–221;
mistakes of, concerning Palawan, 221–224;
on the kind of republic Aguinaldo would have established, 242–243;
on mortality in Batangas as a consequence of the war, 293–294;
refutation of insinuations by, concerning first Philippine Commission, 302–303, 312, 322;
false and contemptible characterization of Colonel Denby by, 326;
criticism by, of Philippine Commission’s action in establishing civil governments in certain provinces, 338;
complaints of, relative to Philippine constabulary, 383;
version given by, of disorders in Albay, Samar, and Leyte, 388, 391, 392;
chapter devoted by, to “Non-Christian Worcester,” [557]–[558];
abusive and insulting language of, [558];
corrections of statements made by, concerning non-Christian tribes, [637]–[659];
contradictory statements by, concerning Insurgent barbarities, [753];
misstatements by, as to Manila’s position with reference to markets, [886]–[887];
refutation of statements of, as to “tariff-wrought poverty” of Philippines, [911] ff.;
on marriages between Americans and Filipinos, [940];
on the domination of the white man, [941];
on the capacity of Filipinos for self-government, [943];
quotes Mr. Bryan on Filipino independence, [961]–[962].
Blumentritt, inaccurate book on wild tribes by, [534], [557].
Bohol, area and population of, 218;
establishment of civil government in, 337–340.
Bondurant, Olney, [603], [609], [673], [674].
Bonsal, Stephen, appointment of, to Municipal Board of Manila, 375.
Bontoc Province, estimate of population, [999], [1001].
Bontoc, town of, hospital at, 435, 437;
teaching of inmates of prison at, [531], [586]–[587];
capital of Bontoc Province, [586], [588]–[589].
Bontoc Igorots, progress of, under American régime, [582]–[589], [803].
Boston Herald article by Quezon, [721]–[722].
Bourns, Frank S., with the author in first visit to Philippines, 2–3;
second visit to the islands, 4–6;
an officer in the islands during and after Spanish War, 7;
work of, in directing Lawton’s spies, 320;
eradication of smallpox by, 413;
reasons for success in dealing with cholera epidemics, 418;
member of expedition to Baguio, 451.
Branagan, Mr. and Mrs., 330.
Bray, Englishman, agent for Aguinaldo at Singapore, 25–26;
claims that Filipino independence was promised Aguinaldo, 42;
letter from St. Clair to, 42–43;
obvious unscrupulousness of, 44;
advises Aguinaldo as to course before breaking out of hostilities, 131.
Brent, Bishop, schools established at Baguio by, 479–480;
deems it inadvisable to proselytise natives who are Catholic Christians, [642];
quoted on the race of leaders in Philippine affairs, [939] n.;
quoted on certain bearings of the question of Philippine independence, [962]–[963];
on the clamour for independence of Filipinos, [970].
Bridge construction, [877], [880]–[881].
Brigandage, breaking up of, by Philippine constabulary, 390–395;
assembly bill concerning, [781].
Brigands, Mindoro as a resort for, 220;
in Aguinaldo’s army, 272–273.
Bryan, W. J., use of name of, by Philippine politicians during Aguinaldo insurrection, 284, 295–300;
quoted in connection with Filipino independence, [961]–[962].
Bryant, official in Nueva Viscaya, [672].
Bubonic plague, checking of, 423–424.
Buencamino, Felipe, Filipino in favour of annexation, 75;
fear of victorious Filipinos expressed by, 108;
represents Moros in Aguinaldo’s congress, 263.
Bukidnon, healthful conditions in towns of, 441;
original condition of people and noteworthy progress of, [610]–[629];
possibilities for rice-growing in, [890]–[891];
rubber trees in, [902];
conditions for production of coffee, [902];
corn and comotes raised in, [903].
Bulacan, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 156–157.
Burias, island of, 230.
Burnham, D. H., plans of, for development of Baguio, 464.
Burning alive of victims of Insurgents, [751].
Burying alive by Insurgents, [750].