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Ladrone, meaning of word, [593] n.
Ladronism, past conditions as to, and absence of, at present time, [771].
Laguna Province, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 211.
Lalauigan, Mangyan village, [592].
Land question in the Philippines, 347, [829]–[843].
Land records, destruction of, by Insurgents, 214.
Language, difficulty of, because of dialects, [934]–[935].
Lapu-lapu fish, [811]–[812], [816].
Lara, experience with Moros at, [597]–[600].
La Union Province, estimate of population, [999], [1001].
Lavera, T. H. Pardo de, advocates union of Philippines with United States, 76.
Lawton, General, arrival of, in Philippines and tribute to fine qualities of, 320;
favourable comparison of, with General Otis, 322–323.
Lawyers, Filipino, [943].
Legarda, Benito, 9;
member of Aguinaldo’s congress, 264;
becomes member of second Philippine Commission, 345.
Legislature, composition of the Philippine, 357, [768]–[769];
election held for, and opening of first season by Secretary Taft, [770];
powers of the commission and of the assembly, [712]–[773];
review of assembly bills and commission bills, [776]–[790];
dangers of giving Filipinos majority in, [790]–[791].
See Assembly.
Leoncio, notable man among Bukidnon people, [628].
Lepanto, civilisation and development of, [572]–[574];
estimate of population, [999], [1002].
Lepanto-Bontoc, establishment of province of, and government for, [559];
population, [999], [1002].
Leprosy, treatment of problem of, 425–426.
LeRoy, James H., 330, 385.
Lewis, Frederick, governor of Agusan, [510], [618], [622]–[624], [625], [626], [672]–[673].
Leyba, Colonel, brutal Insurgent officer, 171 ff.;
letter by, showing conditions in Cagayan valley, 199–202.
Leyte, area and population of, 218;
disorders in, 394–395.
Liberty Cap, mountain, [798].
Lighthouses, construction of, [872]–[873].
Lignite, 221, [885].
Limestone cliffs and caves, [798], [800].
Liquor habits of natives, [570]–[571].
Liquor traffic, regulation of, 333.
Literature, lack of, in native dialects, [936].
Llanera, Insurgent general, 128.
Lumbering in Philippines, 475, [851]–[855].
Luna, General, transactions with Colonel Arguelles, and fate of, 314;
murder of enemies of Insurgent cause ordered by, [747]–[748].
Luzón, area and population of, 218;
visits to wild tribes of, 451–455, [534]–[556];
the Insurgent policy of murder in, [740]–[743];
suitable conditions for coffee and tea growing in, [902].
See also Benguet.
Luzuriaga, José R. de, 9;
interview of first Philippine Commission with, 319;
becomes member of second Philippine Commission, 345.