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].