The Igor Ross tribe traveled around the world to do programs, which made these two people rich.

A group of tribal men are dancing. A barefoot man wears only a thong and leads a dog with a rope. The dog suddenly growled. Then, with a deft stroke, he cut the animal's throat, then cut its lifeless body into pieces and threw it into a jar. This is Igor Ross village on Coney Island, 1905. This is an American conversation.

The Igorots, or the Luots of BangToigo with complete tribal names, come from a remote area in the northern Philippines called Bangto. Truman Hunter, an opportunistic former doctor who later became a performer, came up with an idea to transport 50 Igoros to the United States and display them in a simulated tribal village on Coney Island.

The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, luna Park and the Man Who Works the Miracle of the Century at its Core; The lost tribe of Coney Island tells the story of two cultures colliding in the pursuit of money, adventure and the American dream. This is a story that makes us question who is a civilized person and who is a savage.

Maihant is an American Spanish War veteran and a former deputy governor of Bontok, where he made a trustworthy friend, Igor Ross. The United States took over the Philippines from Spain as part of the provisions of the Paris Treaty ending the war between the two countries in 1898. The United States also accepted the administration of Puerto Rico and Guam and ceded it to Cuba. However, in the next few years, Philippine nationalists were not interested in becoming subjects of another colonial country, and fought a protracted war with the United States for three years, resulting in 4,200 American deaths and hundreds of thousands of Filipino casualties, including bats and civilians.

The assumption that the United States controls overseas territories has aroused deep introspection at home. Is it right for the United States to buy overseas empires? If so, when are Filipinos ready to take over their management responsibilities? Facing more and more domestic public opposition, the United States initiated the peace process led by future President william howard taft, which provided conditions for Philippine autonomy and eventual independence. 1905,

Truman Hunt went to Bontok and made a bold proposal to Bontok Igrott: If they agreed to leave their family and friends for a year and go to the United States with him to show their local customs, he would pay them a monthly salary of $65,438 +05.

On Coney Island, the Golosz people performed a distorted version of their tribal rituals. They sang and danced, held fake weddings and dog banquets, and brought mutton from the pound.

They interviewed millions of ordinary Americans, anthropologists, linguists, famous singers and actors, and even the daughter of President Alice Roosevelt. The men, women and children of the tribe inspired poems, newspaper cartoons, advertising slogans and jigsaw puzzles. Recently, it was reported by * * *, * * and the Associated Press that the Igoros family made a lot of money from Hunter.

But he spent as much money as Igoro earned. He doesn't want to share his profitable business with anyone. However, after Hunter, another group of Igoros came to America. They traveled with Richard Schneidewind, another Hispanic veteran and former cigar salesman.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/905, portraits of a young Igot girl (through Claire Prentiss), Truman Hunter and a group of Igots (through Claire Prentiss) and Richard Schneiderwind (through Claire Prentiss) in Coney Island. (Through Claire Prentiss) These two people are completely different. Hunter is a charming adventurer, and he began to think that I was a fashionable person. Schneider Wende married a Filipino woman who died while giving birth to her first son. He treats "his" tribal people like family members. He invited them to his home to meet his son and have dinner with them.

Schneider took his Igorrote exhibition group to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Expo held in Portland, Oregon on 1905, and then went to Chutes Park in Los Angeles, where it was very popular.

Hunter was furious. He divided the tribe into several troupes to maximize profits. Hunter's team has toured the country for dozens of times, with stays ranging from days to weeks.

The competition between Hunter and Schneider Wendell is fierce. 1906 In May, Hunter and Schneider Wen settled in Pettin Park, Chicago. There, two performers tried their best to destroy each other's exhibits.

Hunter slandered Schneiderman's reputation in front of his newspaper friends. Schneider Wendell and his business partner Edmund Feld wrote to the Director of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, an American agency located in the War Department, which is responsible for managing the newly acquired territory of the country. Their letter said that the village run by Hunter and his colleagues in Chicago's San Suki Park was in very bad condition. They wrote that 18 men and women of Hunter's team were huddled in three small tents with A-frame, which were located on a muddy ground under the roller coaster. Their description, although it can be said that it is more out of business competition than concern for human compatriots, is accurate.

A member of the public-probably proposed by Schneider Wende and Feld-wrote to the bureau complaining that the Botoyigors lived in a dirty environment. There are also rumors that Hunter stole the salary of the tribe, two people died on the road, and the executors failed to bury the bodies.

Hunter and Schneider Wen both brought their Igor organization to the United States with the permission of the United States, which is an entity with a clear motive to portray the Filipino people as primitive people. If such a society is full of "backward" citizens like Igor family, how can it govern itself? If Hunter really mistreats Golosz, it will be difficult for * * * to get involved in a major scandal, which may make public opinion further oppose the permanent existence of the Philippines.

Shocked, Clarence Edwards, director of the Bureau of Island Affairs, and his deputy, Frank McIntyre, called one of their agents, Frederick Barker, to investigate these allegations.

Hunter fled the town when he learned that the FBI had sent someone to inspect his business. He continued to escape, taking some tribe members with him.

Then a manhunt was launched. Detective Pinkerton, his agent, creditors and a woman who accused Hunter of bigamy chased the actor all over the United States and Canada. Hunter proved himself to be a cunning opponent. Finally, in 1906 10, after a sensational trial in Memphis, Schneider Wende was arrested on several charges of stealing Igoros, and was sentenced to 18 months. Schneider Wende and his competitors

Extinct and become the leader of Igor Roth's exhibition industry. /kloc-in the winter of 0/906, Schneider Wende returned to the Philippines, assembled an Igor Ross tour group and began his second trip to the United States. From 65438 to 0908, the United States made its third trip. 19 1 1 year,

Schneider Winder was allowed to take 55 Igoros to Europe for exhibitions in France, Scotland, Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium, despite strong opposition from elders of Botoc tribe and officials in nearby towns.

Schneidewind and his colleagues are not familiar with the European entertainment industry, and