The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

smith and asked him to show him a
barong he was making. The black
smith unsuspectngly handed II TO him.
and with one blow Jokanime cut his head
from his shoulders. | hear of other dat
tos who when they want a man killed
merely point out the man to one of their
attendants, and with a significant ges-
ture draw the index finger of the right
hand around the throat. This is enough,
and the man dies.
While calling on the sultan of Jolo,
during his visit to the island of Jolo,
General Bates lost knife. It was found
to have been stolen. and the sultan was
much surprised that the general did not
cut of the thiefs head.
am surprised every day at the slight
regard the Moros have for life and
death. You may have heard something
or the Juramentados. These are Moros
VINO have sworn that they will kill Chris
tians, and keep on killing until they die
In their tracks. Their theory is that the
Mohammedan who kills a Christian is
sure to go TO heaven and the more he
kills the higher will be his place upon the
steps of the throne. Until lately. when
men have taken this oath, the dattos
have claimed that they could not control
them, or at least, that they were not
responsible for their acts. but of late
they have been ordering such men to
be killed on sight. They had n lesson
from Gen. Arlos, who was in command
of the Spaniards some time ago. Some
of the warriors of the datto OF Gotta
bato had killed a number of Spaniards.
and when the datto was called to ac-
count he replied that he could not re-
strain his men, for they were JurAmp1-
tados. As an answer Gen. Arlos sent a
gunboat and sheled the dattos town,
Strengthening 400 people. When the datto
complained the Spanish general coolly
replied: Cant help It; my men are
Juramentados
Hoqo They Prepare toxin.
have kept my eyes open during my
walks through Moro villages about here.
for. although the people are generally
quiet, they are all armed with knives,
and there is no telling when one may
not go into a state Of Juramentadotsm,
or, as the Malays saws. run amok."
There is one advantage the Juramentado
fanatic has over the average murderer.
He is like n rattlesnake In that he gives
warning before he strikes. He informs
his people before he goes into his state.
He has his eyebrows shaved, takes a
bath and puts on his hest clothes, usu-
ally dressing in white He then goes
to a priest and takes an oath before
him that he will die killing the ungodly.
He then arms himself with one of these
terrible bolos. or krises, and starts out.
killing every Christian he meets until he
IS himself killed. As he goes on through
his path Of death he often dlsregards the
religious character OF his victims, and
Kills every one he meets, being insane
In his endeaVors to add another and stiil
another dea to his list. Cases are
cited where the Jurameutado, being
chased by soldier with gun and bayo-
net. has turned. and seizng the bayonet,
forced It into his body In order that he
might thus get closer 10 and XIII the
man at the other end of the gun.
The Su tan on Killing Americans.
SO far no Americans have been killed
by Juramentados. Gen. Bates guarded
against such possibility TO some eN-
tent by telling the sultan and dattocs
that n "A Juramentado killed an Ameri-
can he would kill not only the murderer
but also the priest who swore the oath