The people of these three tribes, and the Ilongots, and the wild Tingians of Apayao, were fierce, war-like, unsubdued head-hunting savages at the time of the American occupation.
Friendly as is our present relationship with the former head-hunters of Luzón, and excellent as is now the condition of public order in their territory, we still often have the fact brought home to us that the blood-lust of these sturdy and brave fighters is only dormant. A steady hand must be held on them for many a year to come.
The problems which the primitive peoples of the Philippines present are neither few nor simple. We shall not get far by ignoring them or misrepresenting them. Let us look them squarely in the face.
[1] Blount, p. 543.
[2] Ibid., p. 573.
[3] “The Philippine Islands and Their People,” by Dean C. Worcester, p. 480.
[4] Blount, p. 580.
[5] Blount, p. 581.
[6] Blount.