The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-09-15
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81 DISAPPEARED
Suiu Archipelago Has Been
Missing for Several
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LEO 10 Ay0lDsTROUBlE AT HOME
Len Mrjor Sweet q Legacy of Tribal
Quarrets.--Hs "a Thought
10 He ia singn.
ass more.

his 1Etana& 6eyeTAt 5mOllns dRo,
and has managed to completely con-
zeal his Whereabouts. He was traced
MS far ns Singapore, and then disup-
peared from view, leaving nothing to
explain his mysterious disappearance.
8It was rrnmored that he had gone
abroad to secure foreign aid in the
uprising against the American troops
of the islandfo of Suln. which are in
command Of MajorsO. j, Sweet of the
Twenty-third infantry, but this is not
credited; On the other hand, it is,
stated that he fled to escape the un-
pleasant duty o. rendering harsh
Judgment on the sins of one OF his
strongest allies, Maharnjah Indoman,
who Is alleged to have stolen the
wives, slaves. fighting cocks and all
sorts of things from the subjects of q
neighborinR chieftain,, sPagglima Hadli
5Tahil. 1t is allegedSthat TuliH made
reprisals on the subjects Of Indoman,
but that the latter, 30 far, had 6 to y
the better of the bargain.
Left Ali Sweets Hnnds.
Then, as the story goes. the sultan
saw that ii the affair came to him for
a settlement, in order to be just, he
would have to turn down his noble
henchman, lndomnn. So he jour
neyed to his capital, NAHUM, to Jolo,
where Major Sweet, the commander
of the American troops, is stationed,
and announced to him that he was
off on a business trip to Singapore.
He requested that the major, who is
nowadays called Father" by the Mo-
ros, look after his people while he was
zone. He intimnted that there might
be trouble. Major Sweet kindly con-
scented to do all he could.
A short time after the sultaii's de-
p~arture the legacy of trouble he had
left to Major Sweet developed. Indo-
man and Tahil, left to work out their
cases to suit themselves, marshaled
their followers into the field and
waged m insidious warfare against
each other. With krises, bierongs and
antiqnated shotguns they laid fcr
each other in the jungle. At the end
of t~wenty-seven days OF this savage
warfare the combined casualty list
had amounted to one Moro killed and
two wounded. The peaceful natives,
however, were terrified and they soon
poured all sorts of complaints into
the ears of Major Sweet at Jolo.
The sultana seemed unable to stop
the feud. Major Sweet dispatched a
messenger to both Indoman and Ia
iii and ordered them to return to
their homes. He Unlimited that If
peace were not restored at once the
American soldiers would descend up
on them and punish them both Sc
verely. Indoman, whom the major
knew to be responsible for the trou-
BILE, he threatened to have brought be-
fore the sultana4e and tried. The or
der had the desired effect. The two
tribes sneaked off to their homes.
Given IA Scare.
Bnt inSthe meantime a practice
march of the Twenty-third infantry
had been decided upon. With a de-
Ftachment of about 500 men andsa ma
chine gun Major Sweet left Jolo and
pushed into the hills in the direction
of the capital, twelve miles away.The
inhabitants saw the terrible line of
men, bristling with guns, md forsook
their homes. The ~sultaiia received
hundreds of them, who announced in
trembling voices that the Americans
were coming to drive them from their
homes and kill them.
The Sultana Senl3a messenger 10 Ma
jor Sweet begging him to do no such
rash act. The major sent back word
that no Moros would be harmed as
long as they remained peaceful
among themselves. In fact, he inn
pressed 1t SO strongly on the mind
of every native that the peace must
be kept that things in the Suln{ group
have been tranquil yer since, and will
no doubt remain so until the return
of the sultan. who will find himself
called upon after all to settle the diff
f~erences Of the two chiefs. S
Nothing has been heard regarding
the date of return OF his royal high
ness. He liz said to have levied a spe-
cia1 tax just before leaving which net
ted him $4,000. On the way to Singa-
pore at an out-of-the-way island in his
dependency which is occupied by
British subjects. From them he col
lected IN additional $4,000 which
they had agreed to pay him as n pen,
sion. Then with choice spirits of his
staff he continued on his way and has
since been lost in the flesh pots Of
wicked Singapore.