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Updated: May 10, 2025
Decides to go on head hunt despite protests of parents. Is detained on his trip by young alan girls. Finally reaches Igorot town and by means of magic kills all the people and takes their heads. Heads take themselves to his home. On way back he plays bamboo jew's harp and it summons his brothers to come and see him. They chew betel-nut and make sure of relationship.
It is not alone the Igorot who has this peculiar preference the same condition exists widespread in the Archipelago. Locusts, or cho'-chon, are gathered, cooked, and eaten by the Igorot, as by all other natives in the Islands. They are greatly relished, but may be had in Bontoc only irregularly perhaps once or twice for a week or ten days each year, or once in two years.
Certain Igorot, as those of Asin, make forcible conquests on their neighbors and carry away persons for slavery. Asin made a raid westward into Suyak of Lepanto Province in 1900, and some American miners joined the expedition of natives to try to recover the captives. But Bontoc has no such conquests, and, since the people have long ago ceased migration, there is no conquest of territory.
Commerce The Bontoc Igorot has a keen instinct for a bargain, but his importance as a comerciante has been small, since his wants are few and the state of feud is such that he can not go far from home. His bargain instinct is shown constantly. The American stranger is charged from two to ten times the regular price for things he wishes to buy.
The roofing of the balaua is completed, all necessary repairs are made to the dwelling, for dire results would follow should any part of the house break through during the concluding days of the ceremony. Also a little bench is built near the hearth, and on it are placed coconut shell cups and drinks for the use of the Igorot spirits who usually come this night.
Some were cleared by the Igorot for agriculture, and doubtless others by forest fires, such as one constantly sees during the dry season destroying the mountain forests of northern Luzon. General observations have not been made on the temperature and humidity of much of the mountain country of northern Luzon.
The peso, the silver dollar, is commonly called "peho." However, the medio peso is known as "thalepi," from the Ilokano "salepi." The Ilokano language was the more readily adopted, since it is of Malayan origin, and is heard west of the Igorot with increasing frequency until its home is reached on the coast.
Dwellings are also disposed of if the original occupant is to vacate and some other person desires to possess the buildings. Death may destroy one's personal property, such as hogs and carabaos, but almost never does an Igorot "lose his property," if it is real.
Though originally of one blood, and though they are all to-day in a similar broad culture-grade that is, all are mountain agriculturists, and all are, or until recently have been, head-hunters yet it does not follow that the Igorot groups have to-day identical culture; quite the contrary is true.
On agriculture hangs his claim to the rank of barbarian without it he would be a savage. Igorot agriculture is unique in Luzon, and, so far as known, throughout the Archipelago, in its mountain terraces and irrigation. There are three possible explanations of the origin of Philippine rice terraces.
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