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A Morn datu with his retinue, and the favourite wife of a datu with her maids-in-waiting 170
Picturesque bead bedecked Bogoboa of the Davao country 176
Philippine non-Christians: A Bontoc Igorrote (top left), a Mora and two Kalinga chiefs (with shields) 182
On the long trail in Northern Luzon. Mrs. Taft second from the left 186
Mr. Taft and Charlie enjoying their favourite exercise 186
An Igorrote Head Dance and a company of cargodores with their dogs which are to he killed for food 190
Views of the extraordinary Igorrote rice terraces. Practically all of the wild men's country is cultivated in this manner 192
Igorrote chief proudly displaying his house decorations of human skulls and carabao horns 196
Bontoc Igorrotes with ganzas showing handles made of human jaw bones 196
Benguet Road before and after completion. Not the most thrilling curve on this spectacular highway 200
The Zigzag. How the Benguet Road climbs to an altitude of over 5,000 feet in six miles 204
Mr. Taft taking the oath of office as first American Governor of the Philippine Islands 208
Two views of Malacañan Palace. The first picture shows the wide, roofless veranda over the Pasig River 214
Scenes attending Governor Taft's arrival in Manila after his first absence 250
Arch erected by the Partido Federal representing Filipina offering another star to the American flag 258
Mr. and Mrs. Taft with members of their family and staff including Major Noble, aide (at left), and Mr. Fred C. Carpenter, private secretary (right), in costumes worn at the Venetian Carnival 270
Mr. Taft and Colonel Goethals, in Panama 290
(From left to right) Mrs. Jaime de Veyra, Mrs. Taft, Governor Smith, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Taft, Mr. Sergio Osmena, Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, and members of the Assembly in the Ayuntamiento, Manila 312
The White House as it looked on the evening of the Fourth of March, 1909 324