N Formosa, one seldom makes his escape. They put the sick man into the chair, now in a
raging fever, and he was carried by the four coolies. They
were nearing the end of their journey and were now among a people
not Chinese. They belonged
to the original
Malayan race of the island. They had been conquered by the Chinese, who in the early days
came over from China under a pirate named Koxinga.
As the Chinese name every one but themselves "barbarians,"
they gave this name to all the natives of the island. They had conquered all but the
dreaded head-hunters, who, free in
their mountain fastnesses, took a terrible toll of heads from their
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