Governor of the Cordillera

Shelton Woods is Associate Dean of the Honors College and Professor of East/Southeast Asian History at Boise State University.

Introduction

Part One: John Early's Path to the Igorots(1521–1906)

1. The Making of a Governor

2. Eight Million Souls for Twenty Million Dollars

3. War and Colonial Policies

4. The Discovery of the Igorots

5. The Philippine Constabulary

Part Two: The Creation of Mountain Province (1906–1908)

6. John Early in the Cordillera

7. Dean Worcester and the Making of Mountain Province

8. Early's Move to Bontoc: Teaching, Bricks, and Olympics

9. Lieutenant Governor of Amburayan

10. Lieutenant Governor of Bontoc

Part Three: Conflict (1910–1911)

11. Alcohol, Labor, and Land

12. The Problem of Kalinga and the Hale Solution

13. The Bacarri Problem

14. The Bacarri Massacre

15. The Report

16. Igorots on Display

17. Schneidewind Meets His Match

18. New Players, New Problems

19. Early's Last Stand

20. Tragedy in Europe

Part Four: Banishment, Politics, War, and Scandals (1911–1921)

21. Early's Exile South

22. Changes in Mountain Province

23. Colonial Policies: Harrison, Osmeña, and Quezon

24. World War I and a Troubled Yet Vibrant Economy

25. Marriages and Scandals

26. Wilson's Parting Shot and the Republicans Return

Part Five: Sweet Dreams and Nightmares Come True (1922–1932)

27. The Wood-Forbes Mission

28. Governor-General Wood

29. Vindication

30. Political Deadlock

31. "We Felt It Was Our Duty to Confirm Him"

32. Henry Stimson

33. Dark Days

34. Advisor to the Governor-General

35. Vice-Governor

36. "Please Write Your Story"

Epilogue