Note 1 — USURPATION OF INDIAN LANDS BY FRIARS

This document was printed in the Manila newspaper La Democracia (the organ of the Federal party), on November 25, 1901; it was furnished to that paper by Hugo Salazar, a young Filipino—a native of Luzón, educated as a pharmacist, prominent in the Federal party during 1901–04, and in 1903–04 governor of Surigao province, Mindanao—under the pen-name of “Ambut.” It was printed with accompanying comments written by him, which here appear as foot-notes, signed “Ambut.” We are indebted to the courtesy of James A. LeRoy (now [1906] U. S. consul at Durango, Mexico) for a copy of the above issue of La Democracia, and for the above information. ↑