The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-07-09
STRENUOUS LIFE
ON EDEN" ISLAND
MOrOs, Supposed to Be Gentle
Are Terrible Foes, When
Aroused.
TAKES MANY
BULLETS TO KILL.
Not Afraid Of Pistols and Are Always
Ready With the BOlo, With Which
They Iuflict Horrible Wounds.

They Iuflict Horrible Wounds.
Jolo Jolo, p. l., June % To those
who are interested in Philippine at.
fairs and who advocate the theory
that war, il it must be, should be
waged as gently as possible against
these tractable "brown brothers."
the Moros, a short account OF recent
events in the little island OF Jolo
might prove something Of a surprise
and novelty. il read in the light Of
the three following considerations:
First, this Is called the eden" Of
the Philippines and those who are
stationed here are supposed to be
especially fortunate,
Second, the native Moros are sup
posed to be peaceably inclined, pro-
vided they are not provoked.
Third, in view OF this supposed
peaceableness, our soldiers are under
orders to she effect that they are not
to fire upon a Moro until actually
ATTACKED by him, however suspicious
may be his actions.
Now, In the mind OF the home
dwelling, theorizlng American, the
Moro, armed only with the barong
or bolo, might seem quite at the
mercy OF the man with the modern
six shooter; but to those who have
learned, by bitter experience, that all
six bullets fired into the body OF the
Moro may leave him as lively as ever
ami still in the ring, while each stroke
Of his heavy barong cuts down
through flesh and bone as though
they were so much wax, and that he
can also throw the deadly thing &C.
curately at 80 yards, the case takes
on u new aspect entirely. Our hos
pital surgeons here assert that the
barong does more damage at short
range than the revolvers carried by
our men.
The sad business OF March 10
might 60 to prove this. On that day
some OF our engineers were at work a
short distance along the shore and
near the place OF Datoh Cable. CA
Datoh is prince, or head of a tribe. J
"FRIEND" PROVED A DEADLY FOE.
They were blasting out rock for
repairs upon the pier. Cable had
protested against this n week before,
saying that the blasting caused the
cholera among his people-for you
know the Moro is fairly stepped in
ignorantsuperstition. OF course the
work could not be stopped for such
nonsense, and the blasting continued.
A derrick was lying on the ground
and two men were sitting upon it
when a Moro came around the bend
OF the road. There was nothing I'M
usual or alarming, as many OF them
passed that way in the course OF the
day, and Cable had always pretended
great friendship for the Americans.
The Moro called out "Bugai."
Chat is "Friend), then suddenly
lowered his gun to shoot at them,
but it would not 60 off. He drop.
ped it, and Selling his "dear IA
miliar," the "bloody barong," he
rushed at our men in mad frenzy.
The soldiers leaped up to face him
and shoot, but one caught his feet in
the derrick, lurched forward, and al
most before he had struck the ground
his shoulder and back were laid open
with a fearful blow from the barong,
which cut clean through ten Of his
ribs. He rolled over, struggling to
free his feet only to receive a deep
cash across the chest, and yet anoth-
or and another which cut clean of
| first his hand and then his arm, while
still the Moro, in bestial fury, rained
down blow after blow, for thus it is
these gentle savsges" use their
knives, and it Is in the interest oil
such friends" as these that our
brave fellows are warned not to be
too handy with their guns.
You may ask "And what were'the
other engineer corps men doing al
this timer" And when / tell you
that they we're literally pumping
bullets into the Moro traitor and
assassin you will be wondering why
he did not die.
BULLETS ONLY A GENTLE sTDfULANT
But there again lie another peculi
arity of these Moros. They do no,