Earnshaw, SeÑor, denial of existence of slavery in Philippines by, 724.

Eckman, Governor E. A., luncheon given to, by Benguet Igorots, 572.

Edie, Major, efficient medical officer, 413.

Education, under the Spanish, 501–503;
system of, established by Americans, 504 ff.

Edwards, General, action in regard to slavery bill, 700, 702.

Elections, under Aguinaldo’s scheme of government, 254–256;
percentage of illiteracy brought out by Philippine, 523, 944.

Embroidery-making, training of Filipino women in, 507, 509.

Evans, John H., governor of Palawan, 600, 606.

Expositions, exhibition of non-Christian peoples at, 643–645.

Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, 443.

Federal Party, the, 341, 967.

Ferguson, Arthur W., 330.

Fiestas held among wild hill men, 564–566.

Filipinos, question of promise of independence to, 18–66;
question of coÖperation by, with American forces, 67–126;
treacherous attitude of, 127–151;
conditions in the provinces under Insurgent rule, 152–241;
unfitness of common people to govern, 242 ff.;
severe treatment of, by Insurgent leaders, 270–275;
instances in which severity was used toward, by American soldiers, 281;
chief characteristics of, as a people, 340–341;
percentage of, employed in the civil service, 359, 366–367;
as members of the Philippine constabulary, 380 ff., 399;
as judges of courts, 402–407;
health conditions among, and educational campaign in sanitary methods begun for, 408–420;
training of, for nurses and physicians, 434–435;
percentage of tuberculosis among, 444;
generally bad physical condition of, 445;
establishment of schools for, 501–505;
training of, as teachers, 505–507;
change in attitude of, toward manual labour, 508;
industrial education of, 508–513;
introduction of athletic sports and games, 514–516;
drinking habits of, 570;
cheating of people of wild tribes by, 570–571, 610–611, 668–670, 951;
statement of author’s attitude toward, 637–659;
lack of sympathy of, for non-Christian tribes, 661–665, 936;
question of treatment of wild people by, if given full power, 665, 668–672, 674–675;
system of slavery conducted among, 676 ff.;
peonage among, 714–729;
government by murder and assassination carried on by leaders of, 730–767;
granting of legislative power to, deemed to be premature, 772;
activities of, in the Philippine Assembly, 773–790;
character of Filipinos elected to legislature, 790;
doubtful results of turning road and bridge work over to, 882–883;
qualities as field labourers, 886;
primitive methods of agriculture followed by, 891, 896;
lacking as yet in ability to promote commercial prosperity, 917–920;
barrier to present complete independence of, found in diversity of peoples and existence of mutual dislikes and prejudices, 933–940;
intermarriage of Americans and, 940–941;
illiteracy of majority of people, 943–944;
superstitions and religious fakes among, 944–949;
while quick to learn, lack initiative and sound judgment, 951;
irresponsibility of native press, 952–954;
other facts militating against fitness of, to govern themselves, 954–960;
course to be followed by United States in treatment of, 961–973.

Fish, possibilities for increase of trade in, 904.

Fishing in the Philippines, 806–818.

Flowers of the Philippines, 800–801.

Forbes, W. Cameron, succeeds General Smith as governor-general, 354;
excellence of administration of, 354–356;
lack of courtesy shown to, in method of requesting resignation, 456;
quoted regarding the civil service, 366;
assistance given Baguio Country Club by, 465, 467;
services of, in developing Baguio, 470–471;
credit due, for Benguet Road and Baguio, 487;
Queson’s attack on, because of speech on slavery question, 721–723;
opening up of game fishing by, 806–807;
ocean bonito taken by, 811;
plan for coast-guard service evolved by, 868;
sensible road policy for which responsible, 882.

Forest products, 847 ff., 852, 858.

Forestry Bureau, reorganisation of, 333;
work of, 849, 850.

Forests, in Mindoro, 221;
legislation for protection and development of Philippine, 347;
description, possibilities, and question of conservation and development, 846–860.

Fort, Captain Guy O., 397.

Fortich, Manuel, 618–620, 624, 625, 626, 669, 673.

Franchise, qualifications for securing the, 522–523, 944.

Freedom of speech and the press confused with license, 952.

Freer, Dr. Paul C., superintendent of government laboratories, 414;
work as director of Bureau of Government Laboratories, 491–492;
death of, 499.

Friar lands question, 376;
history of, 834–841.

Friar Lands Act, 836–838.

Friars, torture of, by Aguinaldo’s forces, 172–205, 206 ff.;
murder of, 731–732.

Fruit production, 903–904.

Fuga Island, shooting on, 820.

Fugate, Lieutenant-Governor James R., work of, in Siquijor, and attacks on, 965–966.

FullÓn, Leandro, Insurgent general, murder of enemies authorized by, 736–737.

Gallman, Lieutenant Jeff D., valuable work of, in connection with constabulary, 396, 673;
work of, among Ifugaos, 577–579;
experience of, with people of Lingay, 662–664;
liberation of slaves by, in Nueva Viscaya, 712.

Gambling, among Benguet Igorots, 571;
the besetting sin of Filipinos, 715, 777.

Game fish and game fishing in the Philippines, 806–818.

Game shooting, 820–828.

Garchitorena, SeÑor, 40, 41.

Gilbert, Newton W., secretary of public instruction, 513.

Gilmore, Lieutenant, officer captured and turned loose in Apayao, 556.

Gold, in Mindoro, 221;
mines in vicinity of Baguio, 481;
in vicinity of Paracale, LuzÓn, 885.

Gold mining, 885.

Gomez, Manuel, secretary of board of health, 414.

Gonzaga, Gracio, 41;
secretary of fomento in Aguinaldo’s cabinet, 266;
visits first Philippine Commission, 315–316.

Government exchanges, 665.

Government Laboratories, Bureau of, established, 491–492;
becomes the Bureau of Science, 494.

Governors, vital importance of work done by American, in the islands, 662–675.

Grant, General Fred D., reminiscence by, 164–165.

Grove, Leo J., barracuda taken by, 808.

Guardia civil, the, 378–380.

Guerilla warfare, authorised by Aguinaldo, 285, 922;
horrors of, 285–286.

Guerrero, Leon, 263.

Guzman, torturer of Lieutenant Piera, 190, 204.

Guzman, Governor Pablo, extermination of non-Christians advocated by, 662.

Halcon, Mt., marble on, 221.

Hale, Walter F., work of, as lieutenant-governor of Kalinga country, 579–580, 673.

Harbord, Colonel J. G., information given by, regarding constabulary, 387.

Harbours, improvement of, under American rÉgime, 870–872;
lighting of, 872–873;
charting and survey work in, 873–874.

Hardwood timber in Philippine forests, 847, 849–851.

Harrison, Francis Burton, appointed successor to Governor Forbes, 356;
lack of previous experience in the Philippines, 356;
removal of efficient officials by, 375–376;
view taken by, of appointments to office, 377;
calls attention of assembly to slavery question, 728.

Harty, Archbishop, 445, 643;
home of, at Baguio, 480.

HaubÉ, engineer in charge of construction work at Baguio, 471.

Head-hunters, visits to the, 534–548;
taming and development of, by American officials, 575–590;
necessity for a steady hand over, 659.

Health board, the first, 413–414.

Health conditions in the Philippines, 346, 408–448.

Health officers, district and municipal, 439–441.

Heiser, Dr. Victor G., commissioner of public health, 420, 443–444;
game fish taken by, 810, 811, 814.

Hemp, growing of, in Mindoro, 221;
traffic in, a cause of disorders in Samar, 393;
production of, and trade in, in Philippines, 891–893.

Higgins, Horace L., member of expedition into Benguet, 451, 455.

Highways, improvement of, 876–883.
See Roads.

Hilgard, Captain M. R., work of, at Camp John Hay, Baguio, 474.

Hill stations, importance of, in the tropics, 482–486.

Hogs, wild, hunting of, 820, 822–823.

Holmes, N. M., engineer of Benguet Road, 457.

Hongkong, comparison of Manila and, as commercial ports, 886–887.

Hongkong junta, 21–26.

Horse racing, evils of, and efforts of Philippine Legislature in behalf of, 777.

Hospitals, 420–422, 432–435, 495–496.

Household Industries, School of, 507.

Housekeeping courses in Philippine schools, 509.

Hughes, General, account of talk between Mr. Taft and, 332.

Ide, Henry C., a member of second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
becomes secretary of finance and justice, 345;
service of, as successor of Governor Wright, 353.

“If,” Kipling’s poem, 673–674.

Ifugao, estimate of population, 999, 1001.

Ifugaos, author’s visit to the, 534–538;
civilisation and development of, under American management, 575–579, 804;
taking of, for slaves, 712.

Igorots, visit to the, 342–343;
trade of, with Baguio, 481;
origin of the, 532;
of Benguet, 567–572;
of Lepanto, 572–574;
of Bontoc, 582–589, 803.

Ilagan, Insurgent atrocities at, 178–179.

Illiteracy in the Philippines, percentage of, 523, 944.

Ilocanos, the, 21 n., 933;
numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
hostility of other Philippine peoples to, 937–938;
census statistics, 999, 1001.

IloÍlo, improvement of harbour at, 871.

Ilongot people, 589–590, 672;
advice to tourists who visit, 804.

Independence, refutation of statements as to promise of, to Filipinos, 18 ff.;
present question of possibility of, 933–960.

Industrial education, 511–513.

Infant mortality, high rate of, 444–445.

Insane hospital, Manila, 433.

Insects of the Philippines, 801.

Insurgent records, the, 15–16;
value of Major Taylor’s work in translating, 16–17.

Insurgents, question of promise of independence to leaders of, 18–66;
treacherous behaviour of, toward American forces, instead of coÖperation with, 67–126;
premeditated attack of, on Americans, 127–151;
the Wilcox-Sargent report on conditions under rule of, 153 ff.;
real facts of frightful conditions in different provinces during rule of, 156–240;
leaders of, alive to-day and powerful, 240;
the kind of “republic” established by, 242–269;
nature of the war conducted by, 270–294;
murder and secret assassination the authorized weapons of officers of, 730–767.

Intermarriage of races, 940–941.

Internal revenue statistics, 911–914.

Intoxication, freedom of Filipinos from, but frequency of among non-Christian peoples, 570.

Iron ore deposits, 885.

Irrigation work, 665, 890.

Isabela, taking of, by General Villa, 176;
slavery in, 683–689;
estimate of population, 999, 1001.

Isabela Estate, the, 834.

Isio, Pope, TagÁlog outlaw, 738–740.

Islands, total number of, in Philippines, 792.

Iwahig agricultural penal colony, convicts taught modern agricultural methods in, 531.

Japan, interest of, in Philippine affairs, 304.

Jesuit priests, assistance afforded Philippine Commission by, 319.

Johnson, Captain Frederick, governor of Agusan, 613, 630, 673;
death of, 630–631.

Johnson, Justice, Philippine Supreme Court, quoted, 935.

JolÓ, present conditions in, 634, 653–655.

Jones, William A., charges made against Governor Forbes by, 355;
on the Baguio Country Club, 466.

Jones Bill, 722, 937, 964.

Judges, numbers, jurisdiction, salaries, etc., 359 ff., 400–407, 988–999.

Jungle fowl shooting, 820.

Justice, administration of, in the Philippines, 346, 400–407, 988–999.

Kalinga country, visit to the, 539–547;
civilisation and development of, 579–580;
population, 999, 1001.

Kane, Samuel E., 538, 573, 672.

KatipÚnan Society, the, 741.

Kelly, Mrs. Alice M., teacher among Benguet Igorots, 570.

Kennon, Colonel L. W. V., completion of Benguet Road by, 460–463.

Kidnapping for purposes of slavery, 680–720.

Kiggins, Frank M., 360.

Kipling, appreciation of the Philippine situation by, 673–674.

Knight, Louis G., governor of Ifugao, 577;
report by, on slavery in Nueva Viscaya, 692–693.

KobbÉ, General, 321.

Mabini, TagÁlog insurgent, 53, 59, 128, 163, 231, 259;
opposition of, to Insurgent constitution, 265–266;
member of Aguinaldo’s cabinet, 266;
fatal effect on constitution of opposition of, 269;
quoted on cause of failure of insurrection, 289;
protests against Luna’s order to murder inhabitants about Manila, 748;
advocates making English the official language, 778, 779, 935.

Macabebe scouts, the, 158.

MacArthur, General, views held of Filipinos by, 320;
cool reception of second Philippine Commission by, 331;
attitude relative to establishment of civil governments in various provinces, 338–340;
suppresses Major Maus’s report on Benguet, 453–454.

McIntyre, General, action in regard to slavery bill, 700, 702, 705.

McKinley, President, appoints first Philippine Commission, 8;
report of resignation of, circulated among Insurgent troops, 284;
on author’s cablegram to Chicago Times-Herald describing taking of Malolos, 310;
instructions given second Philippine Commission by, 326–330;
high motives by which actuated, in policy toward Philippines, 329–330;
text of instructions to Philippine Commissions, 975–977, 981–988.

McKinnon, Father W. D., 308;
schools opened in Manila under supervision of, 504.

Mail service, improvement in, under American rÉgime, 861–864, 866.

Maimban, Lieutenant, 396.

Malampaya Sound, excellence of, as a harbour, 222;
scenery in, 805;
camping grounds on, 818.

Malaria, campaign against, 428–429, 792.

Malaspina Volcano, 798.

Malaueg, lapsing into barbarism of people of, 958–959.

Malaybalay, town in Agusan, 621.

Malolos, meeting of Aguinaldo’s congress at, 258–267;
description of taking of, by American forces, 306–309.

Mandaya villages, conditions in, 633–634.

Mangarin, TagÁlog town, 591.

Mangyans, tribe of, 591, 592–593.

Manila, behaviour of Filipino forces during attack on, and later, 80–126;
Aguinaldo’s plans for attack on Americans in, 137–142;
health conditions, sanitary measures, hospitals, etc., in, 410–448;
epidemic of cholera in, 414–420;
interest of, for the tourist, 802;
improvement of harbour of, 870–871;
comparison of Hongkong and, as commercial ports, 886–887.

Manila-Dagupan Railway, 875.

Manila Province, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 210–211.

Manila Railroad Company, 875–876.

Manobo, people of, 611 ff.

Manual labour, change in attitude of Filipinos toward, 508.

Manufacturing, possibilities for, 906.

Marble, in Mindoro, 221.

Marinduque, visit of Philippine commissioners to, 337.

Marine service, improvement in, 866 ff.

Mariveles, disinfecting plant at, 429.

Marriage between Americans and Filipinos, 940–941.

Martin, Congressman, attack on Mr. Taft and insular officials by, 839–840.

Mary J. Johnston Hospital, Manila, 433.

Masbate, area, population and character of people, 230.

Massacres of Americans and of Spaniards planned by Insurgents, 757–763.

Maus, Major Louis M., commissioner of public health, 413, 417;
member of expedition to Baguio, 451.

Mayon Volcano, 797.

Meacham, Dr. F. H., chief sanitary inspector, 413, 422.

Meade, Captain Charles W., errors of, in survey and construction of Benguet Road, 455–457.

Medical associations, 443.

Medicine and Surgery, College of, 497, 530.

Mejia, Pablo, assassination of, 735.

Merritt, General Wesley, charged by Judge Blount with not keeping faith with Filipinos, 19–20;
report of promise made to Aguinaldo by, 113–114.

Mexico, analogy drawn between present case of, and that of an independent Philippine republic, 962.

Meztizo class, problems presented by, 941.

Miller, Lieutenant E. Y., service as governor of Palawan, 595–600, 609, 673;
death of, 600.

Mindanao, misstatements by Blount concerning, 224–225;
actual conditions in, 225–226;
conditions in, after expulsion of Spanish, 228–229;
suited for coffee growing, 902.

Mindoro, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 216–221;
Blount’s false statements and the real facts as to characteristics of, 219–221;
possibilities of development of agriculture, forest products and minerals of, 221;
cleanliness of towns of, 441;
establishment of government for, 560;
description of people and present condition of, 591–594;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Mineral lands, legislation relative to, 841–842.

Mineral products, in Mindoro, 221.

Mineral resources of Philippines, 885.

Mineral springs, 798.

Mining, in Lepanto, 572.

Mining Bureau, reorganisation of, 333.

Misamis, conditions in province of, 610 ff.;
slavery in, 689–692;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Missionary work, 641–643.

Mohammedan Malays, habitat of, in Philippines, 225–226.
See Moros.

Moral Progress League, the, 515.

Morga, quoted on slavery, 676–677, 678–679.

Moro Province, organisation, government and conditions in, 632–636;
conditions as to slavery in, in 1902, 681–682;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Moros, places where found, 225–226;
impossibility of turning Mindanao over to, 226;
numbers of, 226;
results of Filipino attempts to govern, 226–229;
origin of the, 532;
fairly successful resistance of, to Spanish, 532–533;
experiences of American officials with, in Palawan, 594–608;
inability of Filipinos to cope with, 631;
gravity of problem presented by, 634–636;
religious fanaticism exhibited by, in fighting, 654;
threats by, in case of withdrawal of Americans, 671–672;
Filipinos captured by, for slaves, 680;
along the Agusan River, 800.

Moses, Bernard, a member of second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
horseback trip by, with author, 341–343;
appointed secretary of public instruction, 345.

Mountain Province, establishment of the, 560.

Mountains, in Mindoro, 220;
of Benguet, 452–455;
scenic features of Philippine, 798.

Mountain Trail, a trip on the, 803–804.

Moynihan, Captain, 601.

Municipal governments, Aguinaldo’s, 246, 250, 252–253, 257;
elections in, 254–256;
organization of, by first Philippine Commission, 321;
legislative acts of second Philippine Commission relative to, 334, 335;
civil service rules applied to officers in, 363;
abuses practised by officers of, 953–957.

Municipal health officers, 439.

Murder, as a part of the Insurgent governmental policy, 730–767.

Museums in Manila, 802.

Nanca, Bukidnon village, 622.

Naujan Lake, duck shooting on, 819.

Navigation, Bureau of, 869.

Negritos, 230–231;
description of, 532;
author’s friendly reception by, 553;
in Mindoro, 591;
pure-blooded, in Palawan, 594;
general condition of, 660;
reduction of, to slavery, 707–711.

Negros, island of, 230.

Negros Province, area and population of, 218;
special interest of first Philippine Commission in, 319;
Aguinaldo’s policy of assassination and murder in, 738–740.

Newspaper article attacking San Lazaro Hospital, and retraction of, 420–422.

Newspapers, characteristics of Filipino, 420, 446–447, 952–953.

“Non-Christian,” discussion of term, 533.

Non-Christian territory, exploration of, 532–558.

Non-Christian tribes, author’s visits to, 534–557;
number of, 557;
government of the, 559–636;
corrections of a few of the misstatements made by Blount concerning, 637–659;
problems presented by, 660–675;
unwillingness of, to accept Christian faith, and hatred of Christian Filipinos, 661–662, 951–952;
bad outlook for, with Filipinos in charge of the legislature, 790;
census figures, 999–1003.

Normal School, Manila, 502–503, 507, 511, 517, 520–521.

Nozaleda, Archbishop, influence of, on Mr. Schurman, 317.

Nueva Ecija, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 168–169;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Nueva Viscaya, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 170–205;
act providing for government of, 559;
Blount’s view of, and the real facts, 656–658;
slavery in, 692–698;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Nurses, schools for training, 434, 528–530.

Ocampo, Alfonso, quoted concerning Insurgent plan to massacre Spaniards in Cavite, 763.

Ocampo, Pablo, 51.

Office, Governor-General Harrison’s view of appointments to, 377;
anxiety of Filipinos for, 967.

Offley, Captain R. G., governor of Mindoro, 217, 591, 592, 672.

Ola, Simeon, outlaw chief in Albay, 389.

Opium, the evil of, 789.

Oranges, possibilities for production of, 903.

Osgood, H. D., sanitary engineer, 413.

OsmeÑa, speaker of assembly, 729;
opposition organised to candidacy of, for presidency of expected Philippine Republic, 937.

Ostrand, Judge James A., facts on peonage furnished by, 715–718;
removal of, demanded, 728.

Otis, General E. S., a member of first Philippine Commission, 8;
dealings of, with Aguinaldo, 115–122;
instructions given by Aguinaldo for murder of, 139;
men commissioned by Aguinaldo to assassinate, 143;
report of supersedure of, by “John Waterly,” 284;
approval of proclamation of first Philippine Commission shown by, 310 n.;
refuses Arguelles’ request for temporary suspension of hostilities, 312–313;
unfavourable comparison between judgment of, and that of General Lawton, 322–323;
laughs at Lawton’s proposition looking to prompt conclusion of insurrection and capture of Aguinaldo, 323.

Pack, William F., governor of Benguet, 436;
credit due, for Teachers’ Camp at Baguio, 468;
story of the Igorot chief and, 571–572;
with Governor Miller’s party at Lara, 597, 598;
an example of devotion to his wild subjects, 672.

PalasÍ, Igorot chief, 436;
story of Governor Pack and, 571–572.

Palawan, area, population and natural wealth of, 221–222;
conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 222–223;
organisation of government for province of, 559;
description of people and account of present condition, 594–609;
career of Governor Miller in, 595–600;
tendency of Filipinos in, to relapse to barbarism, 608–609;
estimate of population, 1000, 1002.

Paluanes, hill people of Palawan, 594–595.

Pampanga, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 158–159.

Pampangans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
present population, 933, 1000.

Pampano fishing, 810.

Panay, island of, 230.

Panay Province, area and population of, 218.

PangasinÁn, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 165–168;
the Cabaruan fiasco in, 944–945.

Pangasinans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263, 933.

Paper pulp from bamboo, 847.

Paragua. See Palawan.

Paua, Ignacio, Chinaman in Aguinaldo’s service in Bulacan, 156–157.

PeÑa, Colonel, barbarities practised by, 215.

Peonage in the Philippines, 676 ff.;
definition of term, as distinguished from slavery, 683;
more serious than slavery in the Philippines, 714;
reduction of Filipinos to, through their fondness for gambling, 715;
facts as to, 715–720;
interest of Philippine assemblymen in maintenance of, 720–721;
greatness of problem, 729.

Petroleum, prospects of obtaining, in Philippines, 885.

Philippine Assembly, the, 357, 768–791.
See Assembly.

Philippine Commission, first:
appointment of, 8;
instructions given to, 301–302;
arrival at the islands, 304–305;
proclamation issued to Filipinos by, 310;
friendly relations established by, with Filipino leaders, 311;
examination into conditions and events by, 311–312;
visit of Colonel Arguelles to, 312–313;
plan of government submitted to President by, 316;
interviews between Filipino officers and, 316–317;
odd conduct of Mr. Schurman, 317–318;
work of, in gathering information about country and people, 319;
recall of, and report by, 323–324;
publication of report, and soundness of conclusions of first Philippine Commission, 324;
text of instructions of the President to, 975–977;
text of proclamation issued by, 977–980.

Philippine Commission, second:
appointment of, 325;
instructions issued to, by President McKinley, 326–330;
arrival of, in Manila, 330–331;
assumption of legislative power by, and first official acts, 332–334;
later important legislative acts passed by, 334–335;
journeys of investigation and to establish civil governments in different provinces, 335–340;
inauguration of Mr. Taft as civil governor, 344;
tour of northern provinces by commission, 344–345;
complete central civil government established, 345;
addition of Filipino members to, 345–346;
code of laws enacted by, 346;
chief important results of work of, 346–351;
text of instructions given to, by the President, 981–988.

Philippine General Hospital, Manila, 432–433;
overflow of patients at, 442;
building of the, 496;
attempts made by University authorities to secure control of professional work of, 499;
author’s efforts in behalf of, 640;
interest of, for the tourist, 802–803.

Philippine Island Medical Association, 443.

Philippine Legislature, the, 357, 768–791.
See Legislature.

Philippine Medical School, opening of, 497.

Philippine Normal School, 502–503, 507, 511, 517;
use of polished rice for food at, 520–521.

Philippine Railway Company, 876.

Philippines, author’s first visit to, 2–3;
second visit to, 4–6;
first and second commissions appointed to, 8–9;
widespread and radical misapprehension in United States concerning, 12;
area and population of, 218, 649, 792;
establishment of civil government in, 325–345;
careers and services of different governors-general, 351–356;
delegates to Congress of United States from, 357;
executive officials and legislature of, 357, 768 ff.;
governments in provinces and municipalities, 358;
the judiciary, 359, 400–407, 988–999;
civil service in, 360–377;
policing of, 378–399;
work for improvement of health conditions in, 408–448;
coÖrdination of scientific work in, 488–500;
establishment of school system and progress made in education, 501–531;
non-Christian territory and people, 532–636;
slavery and peonage in, 676–729;
total number of islands included in, 792;
climate of, 792–794;
scenery, 794–795;
typhoons, 795–796;
volcanoes, 796–798;
mountains and rivers, 798–800;
flowers, birds and insects, 800–802;
points of interest for the tourist, 802–805;
fishing and shooting in, 806–828;
private and public lands, 829–845;
forests, 846–860;
improvements in postal facilities, telegraph system, waterways, and land transportation, under American rÉgime, 861–883;
commercial possibilities, 884–910;
rÉsumÉ of results of American rule in, 921–932;
question of present independence of, 933–960;
course to be followed by United States concerning, 961–973.

Physicians, institutions for training of, 434–435, 488 ff.

Piera, Salvador, Spanish lieutenant tortured by Insurgents, 187–190.

Pilar, General Gregorio del, 315.

Pilar, Pio del, 128, 129;
brutalities practised by soldiery of, 108–111;
authorised by Aguinaldo to begin guerilla warfare, 285.

Pineapple raising, 903–904.

Pirates of Mindoro, 220.

Pneumonic plague, 429.

Poisoning of American soldiers by Insurgents, 754–755.

Police, passage of act authorizing establishment of local, 333.

Policing of the Philippines, 378–399.

Polo-playing at Baguio Country Club, 467.

Pond, Dr. Arlington, 440.

Population, statistics of, 646–651, 999–1003.

Postal savings bank statistics, 916.

Postal service, improvement in, by Americans, 861–864, 866.

Posts, Bureau of, 863, 865.

Pratt, Consul, charged by Blount with repudiation of promises of independence, 19–20;
first meeting of, with Aguinaldo, 25–26;
efforts of, to secure Aguinaldo’s coÖperation with American fleet, 27–28;
statement by, refuting promise of Filipino independence, 29–30.

Presidentes of pueblos, absoluteness of rule of, 243.

Press, attitude of, toward sanitary work in the islands, 420–422, 446–447;
abuses of the native, 952–953.

Priests, atrocities practised on, by Filipino Insurgents, 172–205, 206 ff.;
help given first Philippine Commission by, 319.

Private schools, 526–527.

Protestant and Catholic missionary methods, 642–643.

Provinces, government of two classes of Philippine, 358;
establishment of non-Christian, and organisation of governments for, 559 ff.

Provincial governments, abuse of authority by officers of, 953–957.

Public Land Act, the, 830 ff., 844;
homestead applications under, 833–834.

Public lands, disposition of, 847, 829–843.

PulÁjanism in Samar, 393.

Pure Food and Drugs Act, enforcement of, in Philippines, 443.

Railroad to Baguio, 481–482.

Railroads, statistics of, 875–876.

Regidor, Antonio, advice of, to Agoncillo, 70.

Religious fakes, 944–949.

Republic, question of destruction of an embryo, by Americans, 242–269.

“ReseÑa VerÍdica,” the, 51.

Reyes, Salvador, Filipino assassinated for loyalty to government, 333.

Ricarte, General Artemio, 252.

Rice, production of, in Mindoro, 221;
general conditions of the industry, 888–891.

Rinderpest, campaign against, 904–905.

Rio Grande de Cagayan, 800.

Rio Grande de Cotabato, 800.

Rios, bandit, account of, 949.

Rios, I. F., 251.

Rivers, underground, 798–799;
attractions offered to tourists by Philippine rivers, 800.

Rizal, Dr., complaints against guardia civil in book by, 380;
quoted on slavery, 676–679.

Rizal, P. Mercado, Insurgent general, 128.

Road-building among and by wild tribes, 562–564, 626, 875, 876–882.

Roads, appropriation of money for building, 332.

Roldan, JosÉ, trouble-maker in Albay, 388–389.

RomblÓn, island of, 230;
estimate of population, 1000, 1003.

Roosevelt, Theodore, Blount’s remarks concerning, 225, 242 n.;
support of civil service in Philippines by, 375.

Root, Secretary, supports commission in passage of civil service act, 360;
telegram from, to Mr. Taft at Baguio, 459.

Rosario, Arcadio del, on author’s work against slavery and peonage, 729.

Rubber, production of, in Mindoro, 221;
conditions in general for production of, 902.

Rucker, Kyle, letter by, quoted, 708–709.

St. Louis Exposition, exhibition of non-Christian peoples at, 643–645.

St. Paul’s Bay, Palawan, 798.

St. Paul’s Hospital, Manila, 433.

Salaries, paid in Philippine civil service, 368–372;
of judicial officers, 400–407, 996–999.

Salvarsan, a remedy for yaws, 430.

Samar, island of, 230.

Samar Province, area and population of, 218;
disorders in, 392–394;
census figures, 1000, 1003.

Sanchez, Domingo, 449.

San Cristobal, Mt., “colorum” on, 944.

Sandico, Teodoro, 40, 41;
quoted, 61;
becomes an Insurgent spy, 128;
secretary of interior in Aguinaldo’s cabinet, 266.

San Isidro campaign, General Lawton’s conduct of, 322–323.

San JosÉ, College of, 502.

San JosÉ Estate, Mindoro, 834, 838, 839.

San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, 420–422, 433.

Santos, Dr., quoted on the meeting between Pratt and Aguinaldo at Singapore, 31–33.

Santo TomÁs, University of, 502, 525–526;
museum at, 802.

Sargent, Naval Cadet L. R., trip made by, through provinces, and report of, 153 ff.

Scenery in Philippines, 794–800, 805.

Scheerer, Otto, 342;
visit to home of, at Baguio, 454–455;
coÖperation of, in drafting act for government of Benguet, 559;
help given Benguet Igorots by, in organising settlements, 568.

Schoolhouses, construction of, 516.

Schools, establishment of, 346–347, 504–507;
under Spanish rÉgime, 501–503;
number of Filipinos as teachers in, 507.

School teachers, compensation and vacations of, 370–374.

Schurman, J. G., a member of first Philippine Commission, 8;
proceeds to Philippines, 302–305;
variable opinions and unique conduct of, 317–318;
returns to United States, 319;
conflict between statement signed by, in 1900 and statement credited to, in 1902, 325.

Scientific work, coÖrdination of, 488–500.

Sea-bass fishing, 812.

Seasons, dry and wet, in Philippines, 793.

Sergeant fish, the, 810–811.

Settlement Farm Schools for non-Christians, 510.

Sewer system in Manila, 432.

Sherman, Dr. P. L., 306, 307.

Shooting in the Philippines, 818–828.

Shuster, W. Morgan, secretary of public instruction, 496.

Sibul Spring, 798.

Silk growing, 905–906.

Singapore, varying accounts of meeting between Aguinaldo and Consul Pratt at, 25–33.

Singapore cane, in Palawan, 222, 847.

Siquijor, island of, 230;
work of Lieutenant-Governor Fugate in, 965–966.

Slavery in the Philippines, 676 ff.;
in Spanish times, 676–679;
denial of, by Quezon, 679, 682, 683 ff.;
account of, in the Moro Province, in Isabela, in Misamis, and elsewhere, 680–693;
test suits brought against, 694–698;
lack of law to cover offence, 697–698;
blocking of anti-slavery legislation by Philippine Assembly, and reasons, 698–714;
importance of problem, 729.

Sleeper, Charles H., efficient bureau chief removed by Democratic administration, 375.

Smallpox, early prevalence of, 409;
vaccinations for, and results, 424–425.

Smith, General James F., 319;
career of, in the Islands, and service as governor, 353.

Snipe shooting, 819–820.

Sorenson, Inspector, report by, on slavery in Isabela, 683–684.

SorsogÓn, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 214.

South Ilocos, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 207–210.

Spanish language, never in common use, 936.

Special Provincial Government Act, 560.

Steamship service, improvement in, 866, 869.

Steere, Joseph B., 1–2.

Stillman, Dr. W. O., inquiry into slavery in Philippines by, 704–705.

Strong, Dr. R. P., discovery of cure for yaws by, 430.

Sugar industry, crippling of, by American sugar men, 838–839, 898.

Sugar production, in Mindoro, 221, 593–594;
general conditions and statistics of, 897–899.

Sultan of JolÓ, the, 225, 227, 229.

Superstitions, Filipino, 944–949.

Surigao, slave-taking raids into, 711;
estimate of population, 1000, 1003.

Survey of Philippine coasts, harbours and waters, 873–874.

Sweitzer, F. W., 810.

Taal Volcano, 797–798.

Tablas, island of, 230.

Taft, William H., a member of second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
inauguration of, as civil governor, 344;
resignation of, and notice of great work done by, in Philippines, 351;
opening of first session of Philippine Legislature by, 770.

TagÁlogs, the, 263, 591–594, 933.

Tagbanuas of Palawan, 594–595, 608;
present condition of, 608.

TalacÓgon, settlement of, 614, 616.

Tamarau, hunting the, 823, 824–827.

Tanguingui fishing, 809.

Taos, name for common people, 771 n.

Tariff, benefit to Philippines from the, 911–917.

Tarlac, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 159–165;
estimate of population, 1000.

Tavera, Dr. T. H. Pardo de, 9;
becomes member of second Philippine Commission, 345.

Taxation, reform of system of, 350–351;
of wild tribes, 561–562;
internal-revenue, 911 ff.

Tayabas, estimate of population, 1000.

Taylor, Major J. R. M., translation of Insurgent records by, 16–17;
condition of narrative of, and citations of, 18–19;
on Aguinaldo’s early career, 22 ff.;
quoted, 45, 49 ff., 75, 85, 96 ff., 106, 107, 108 ff., 135, 145–146, 165, 234–235, 295–300;
summary by, of extent of Insurgent coÖperation with American forces, 122–126;
quoted relative to insulting of Americans by Filipinos, 133–134;
on Aguinaldo’s preparations for attacking Americans, 137–142;
on atrocities practised by Insurgents on Spanish prisoners in Cagayan valley, 171–172;
on destruction of land records by Insurgents, 214;
author’s indebtedness to, in describing government set up by Aguinaldo, 244;
on horrors of guerilla warfare, 285–286;
quoted on General Otis’s promulgation of proclamation of first Philippine Commission, 310 n.;
on method of procedure of second Philippine Commission, 334;
on murders by the Insurgents, 742, 751–752, 763–764, 765;
on the plot to massacre all Americans in Manila, 758–763;
summary by, of facts concerning murders committed by Insurgents, 766–767;
on the multiplicity of dialects, 935.

Teachers’ Camp, Baguio, 468–469;
early unsanitary conditions at, 519.

Tea raising, 902.

Telan, Agapito, slave-dealer, statement by, 687–689.

Telegraph service, improvement of, 864–866.

Telephone systems, 865–866.

Thomas, Dr. J. B., 569.

Ticao, island of, 230.

Tingians, author’s visits to settlements of, 538–547, 549–553.

Tinio, Manuel, appointed Director of Lands, 376.

Tirona, Colonel Daniel, abuses practised by, in Cagayan valley, 171 ff.

Tiwi Spring, the, 798.

Tobacco production and consumption, 898–899, 900, 901.

Todd, Captain Albert, 504.

Took-Took people, visit to the, 545–547.

Tornroth, Captain, pampano taken by, 810.

Torres, Isidoro, murder of friars recommended by, 731–732.

Torturing of Spanish by Insurgents in 1898, 156–241.

Township Government Act, 560.

Trade, possibilities for, 906–910;
statistics of volume of, 912–917.

Trade routes, building up of new, 929.

Trade schools, 507, 511.

Trails, construction of, in territory of non-Christian tribes, 562–564, 882.

Transportation, opening of lines of, to wild provinces, 561–564, 574, 583, 589, 626, 875–883;
improvement in means of, by water, 866 ff.

Trias, Mariano, secretary of treasury in Aguinaldo’s cabinet, 266.

Tuason, Juan, 264.

Tuberculosis in the Philippines, 409;
problem of eradication of, 444;
bearing of the Benguet Road on relief of, 463;
beneficial effects on, of climate of Baguio, 479.

Tuguegarao, Insurgent atrocities at, 174–176.

Tulisane, meaning of word, 593 n.

Tumay, Dato, Moro chief. 596, 601–608.

Tunas in Philippine waters, 817.

Turnbull, Lieutenant, 397.

Typhoons, damage from, at Baguio and along Benguet Road, 471–472;
description of, 795–796.

Underground River, the, 798–799.

Universities, Philippine, 498, 502, 525–526.

University Hospital, Manila, 433.

University of the Philippines, establishment of, and various departments, 498, 527–528.

Vaccinations, number performed and results, 424–425.

Van Schaick, Captain Louis G., governor of Mindoro, 591, 593.

Vegetation in Philippines, 794–795;
in tropical forests, 846–847;
as a difficulty in the way of development of mining industry, 885.

Vigan, conditions at, under Insurgent rule, 207–208;
experience in the surf at, 344.

Villa, Simeon, diary of, 54, 279–280, 659;
atrocities practised under, in Cagayan valley, 170–205;
present powerful position of, 240;
secret assassination of Spanish advocated by, 733.

Villamor, Colonel Blas, 538, 540;
lack of success as lieutenant-governor of Apayao, 581–582.

Visayan Islands, conditions under Insurgent rule in the, 206 ff., 231–236;
Blount’s misstatements and actual figures concerning area and population of, 217–219;
islands included in the group of, 230.

Visayans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
internecine warfare between TagÁlogs and, 273 ff.;
assassination and murder of, under Insurgent rÉgime, 734–735;
number of, 933.

Vocational training in intermediate schools, 523–524.

Volcanoes, 797–798.

Voting qualifications in the Philippines, 522–523, 944.

Walters, R. E., governor of Mindoro, 593.

Wants, scheming engineer, story of, 613–615.

Water cure, the, 177;
as practised by American soldiers, 281.

Waterspouts, 796.

Waterways, improvement and development of, 870–874.

Weather Bureau, the Philippine, 886.

Welch, civil service official removed by Democratic administration, 375.

Wilcox, Paymaster W. E., trip made through provinces by, and report of, 153 ff.

Wilcox-Sargent Report, the, 153 ff., 192–196, 206, 211, 236.

Wildman, Rounseville, charges made against, by Judge Blount, 20;
Aguinaldo’s claim of promise by, of Filipino independence, 45.

Williams, O. F., charges made against, by Judge Blount, 20.

Wilson, John R., efficient official removed by Democratic administration, 376.

Wilson, Woodrow, words of, concerning independence of the Philippines, quoted, 971–972;
present policy of, 973.

Women, humane treatment of Filipino, by American soldiers, 278–281.

Wood, General Leonard, enthusiasm of, over Baguio, 473.

Wooden, William M., 609.

Woodworking, education of Filipinos in, 511.

Worcester, Dean C., events leading to first visit to Philippines by, 1–2;
spends a year in the Islands (1887–88), 2–3;
second visit to Islands (1890–92), 4–6;
attitude upon breaking-out of war with Spain, 6–7;
interview with President McKinley, 7–8;
appointed a member of first Philippine Commission, 8;
a member of second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
becomes secretary of the interior in civil government of the Islands, 9, 345;
duties and activities of, as secretary, 10–12;
long service and final retirement (1913), 12;
purposes to correct false impressions concerning Philippine affairs, 12 ff.;
adverse criticism of Judge Blount by, 14–15;
outline of plan to be followed by, 15–16;
arrival in the Islands as member of first Philippine Commission, 304–305;
at the taking of Malolos, 306–309;
cablegrammed description of battle sent to Chicago Times-Herald by, 309–310;
activities of, in connection with work of first Philippine Commission, 310–324;
in charge of army spies, 321;
trip with Professor Moses through PangasinÁn, La Union, Benguet, Lepanto, and Ilocos Sur, 341–344;
action upon breaking out of Asiatic cholera in Manila, 414–416;
forces retraction of newspaper story concerning San Lasaro Hospital, 420–422;
work in behalf of training of nurses and physicians, 434–437;
takes exploring party to Benguet and Baguio (1900), 451–453;
later visits to Baguio, 456–460;
services in connection with scientific work in Manila and elsewhere, 488 ff.;
resists attempt of University officers to secure control of professional work of Philippine General Hospital, 499;
exploration of non-Christian territory by, 534 ff.;
experiences with head-hunters, 535–538, 539 ff.;
journey across Apayao, 551 ff.;
trip down the AbulÚg River, 552–553;
suffers attack of pneumonia while in the Kalinga country, 554–556;
other trips to territory of the wild men, 556–557;
Blount’s chapter on “Non-Christian Worcester,” 557–558;
opening of lines of communication through wild men’s country, 561–564;
experiences on annual inspection trips, 564–566, 596 ff.;
affair with Moros at Lara, 596–600;
at CulasiÁn Bay, 601–607;
adventures while investigating conditions in AgusÁn River country, 612–622;
correction of misstatements by Blount, relative to unimportance of non-Christian peoples, 637–659;
tribute by, to subordinates in work with non-Christian tribes, 672–675;
appreciation of Kipling’s poem “If,” 673–674;
attention drawn to existence of slavery, 692–693;
fight to stamp out slavery, 694–729;
game-fishing and shooting experiences, 806 ff.

Worcester, George S., 597.

Wright, Luke E., appointed to second Philippine Commission, 9, 325;
becomes secretary of commerce and police, 345;
distinguished service of, as successor of Governor-General Taft, 351–362.

Zambalans, numbers of, and delegates to Insurgent congress, 263;
last census figures, 933, 1000.

Zambales, conditions in, under Insurgent rule, 211–212.

Zamboanga, conditions in, after retirement of Spanish, 228–229.

ZamboangueÑo, slave patois, 680.

Zapanta, Lieutenant, 397.

Zebus, adapted to the Philippines, 905.

Zialcita, Captain, Insurgent officer, 148;
visit to first Philippine Commission from, 315–317.

Zinn, Mr., private secretary, 618.

Zurbano, Emilio, orders issued by, authorising murder, 746–747.