The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-05

bamboo thickets. routing the enemy. driv-
ing his entire force back throag1 Taguig
and up the west lake shore. taking gsS
prisoners and causing "A heavy loss In kiii-
ell and wounded All this with the loss
~ but one man-Privste Van Buskirk Of
Company E-who was shot and Killed in
the charge
While the leading battalion was max
Ing this fight the rear battalion had inn
rrovised ferries from the canoes and put
the entire train across the bayou into the
town OF Pateros. where II was parked for
the night.
An Unparalleled Feat.
The regiment thus accomplished feat
almost unparalleled in military history.
FOR the rear guard with the wagon train
u advance beyond the firing tine, cross
river In the face Of the enemy's fire. rous
an enemy three times It's strength. cartIr-
ing half as many prisoners AZ Trey had
men engaged, taking TWO cities. IL Feat
OF su.TScien, daring novelty TO satisfy The
mos. faStsdiaur tastes for adventure. But
this was not all The occupation Of Pa
tary,s rendered the ensmy's position a. Pa
six untsnahle and during the night the
force there fodsd tn tent Ike the Arab
and silently 'vanloose3-" The next day
the Tweuiisth infantry entered fas'g with
ont resls arce.
Couptry Abandoned to the Soldiers.
PaslE was town ot 500 people PsteTos
haS SseN and TaTuix about s.@H. The ftrr
named was the hea 5Qusrters of the insar-
gen. army operating IN this section, and
there were found large quantity % stores
ana surplie- Including twenty tons o' SUI
gar. farty tons q rice. fifty tons % cocoa
NUS and a hundred AMI fifty barrels Ct
eggs
passx patares ard TaSusx are situated
or group AZ islands formed by numerous
small streams shich sew ca: % ,se lake
and r,ees ,ust below pasig Tire islands
are low ard uaarssv. hut intensely rich
ard fertile ara were SsAsFiy populated.
On ne day fSlE wtDx their entrance te the
fstgrssS TIE tvecrs burned S@e hoGsss 4riv-
sr~ an the remaining natives except about
~ ola rrs7 and ~araeu and children. cu.
IN atanx the lake shore Ore Island On
vAtr@ Tsxsssw s. situated vas almost en-
tirsty devoted = the poultry Industry. s~~
E,nrtsfv 5trkx and they were released ey
the tens - thousands ard swan ~ a7s
Down tAF seYsaux ard canals IN great
s@ekx. ThscksnS, turkeys. cAftls caribou,
horses ans sogs we're Numerous. Large
Ear.ssrS ~ ezra beans ard tomatoes aa&
sweet pasa5ese were found and the sai
ei~Ts y BE IL the rNpsa advance and ran-
fusion hz4 distances tAesr ras5ans Eaua3
iss trouble IN Gyfng az BE waste - s1e
eew se-~stet country Along the streams
wsr@ hundreds Of ft$a traps ard rets
watch NEEDED hat g ~ raised out q IRE
water - f3s-sfsA a z>ai s1gpiy q excel
Eeat 6sh. Rsnana groves were eFrfya sszr@
Rnss the frasf Hs@sses aS5y 70 e~@ CIR Iowa
aHss TipAzea a 5ay ~ tao liz she shade
Scouting Party Routed by Natives.
Fser s@w SAYS AFTER :he oecapass0n %
sAe 5ss4sas 80 gas a44es and peaceful The
~rcutln< parties -sas SA: s1r rai1es - ssaa
west aaz eAss reported 8nlS suasB Bodies
~ insurgents. wh5sAs fsst ~ S5@as wtE@Gu&
any III psrvas sss;vaEina 20 concentrate
Oh Erbssy. March l.. me Twentieth sr-
sAGsgs. wE.eA wxs Ia Pxsag was 1r1sre1