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The Manóbos of Mindanáo: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
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Language: English
uch a way as to form a veritable abatis of timber.
In one place I saw a very unique and effective form of defense. A fence
surrounded the house. To gain access to the latter it was necessary to as-
cend a notched pole about 2 meters high and then to pass along two hori-
zontal bamboo poles about 10 meters long. Numerous deadly bamboo cal-
trops bristled out of the ground underneath the precarious bamboo bridge
that led to a platform whence the house could be reached only by climbing
the usual notched pole. Whosoever ventured to cross this perilous bridge,
would certainly meet death from one source or another, either from the
hurtling shower of arrows from above or from the bristling caltrops below.
THE ORIGIN OF WAR
Fighting arises from one or more of the following causes: Vendettas, sexual
3 JOHN M. GARVAN
infringements, debts, and sometimes from a system of private seizure, by
which the property or life of an innocent third party is taken. The Manóbo
expresses the same thing in a simpler way by saying that war has its origin in
two things, namely debt (blood debt included) and deceit. It has been said
that glory and the capture of slaves are the springs of war in Manóboland,
but this, in my opinion, is not true. Nor will I concede that war is under-
taken for merely religious reasons. It is my belief, verified by numerous
observations made during several years of intimate dealing with Manóbos
throughout eastern Mindanáo, that fighting or killing takes place in order
to redress a wrong or to collect a debt, whether it be of blood or of anything
else. It is true that many who have no grievance, take part merely for the
sport, the spoil, and the glory of it, but in no case that I know of was there
wanting on the part of those who inaugurated the war a real and reasonable
motive. I have heard of cases of unjust warfare but my informants were ene-
mies of the parties against whom they complained and most probably were
calumniating them.
VENDETTAS
Vendettas, which exist in many more enlightened countries of the world, are
the most common cause of war, or it would be better to say, of the continu-
ance of war.
There is no doubt, in my mind, but that the whole eastern quarter of Min-
danáo would flame out into interclan warfare, were it not for the efficient
form of government now established there. I can bear witness to this fact,
as I was cognizant of various raids that took place from 1905 to 1907 and
of the fact that they were much less frequent from the close of 1907 till my
departure from the Agúsan Valley in 1910.
As in other countries, so in Manóboland, not only is the vendetta regarded
as legitimate but it is considered the duty of every relative of the slain to seek
revenge for his death. Living in a state of absolute independence from the
restraints of outside government, as they had been up to the beginning
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