Encyclopedic Dictionary of American Reference
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ISBN13: 9780217713375
Paperback|9780217713375
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: From the Original by G W. Peters. AMERICAN MOUNTED INFANTRY INTERCEPTED BY IGORRATES. Next to the Tagals the lgorrates are the largest and most powerful tribe in the Philippines. Although hostile to the Tagals, they made war agalnst United States authority until April, 1900, when they acknowledged our supremacy and joined forces against their old enemy. The Igorrates are a distinct race, to be found chiefly in the mountain distrlcts oi Bangued, Lepauto aud Bontocs, Luzon lfiland. Their habits are repulsive, but ihey nevertheless possess some merits, for they are industrious agrl- tuHurists, skilled ln metal working and, quite unlike the licentious Malays. they are monogamlsts, and generally virtuous, inflicting severe punishment for infidelity. Their love of freedom is R passion which prompted them to resist many efforts of Spain to subjugate them, and for nearly two centuries they warred against Spanish power. Their final submlssion was made in 189, but they have ever since retained a large measure of independence, yielding obedience, however, to the Catholic Church, of which they are nearly all devout members. abolition of slavery. He was an ardent advocate of the compensated emancipation of slaves. He was U. S. Consul at Birmingham from 1865 to 1870. He wrote Handbook of the Nations and Walks in the Black Country. Burroughs, George, a prominent preacher at Salem and Portland, ' who was executed in 1692 on a charge of practicing witchcraft. Burrows, William (1785-1813), was acting lieutenant in Treble's squadron during the Tripolitan War. He commanded the Enterprise, which captured the Boxer in 1813, but was killed during the engagement. Bussey, Cyrus, born in 1833, commanded a brigade at Pea Ridge. He was chief ot cavalry at Vicksburg, and defeated ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217713375 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217713378 |
| Weight | 1.10 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 In |
| List Price | $28.66 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 340 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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