The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-03-22

boo being held in place permitted no
water to escape, consequently the alb
domen would gradually assume an
enlarged appearance; then the patient
would suddenly be placed upon his
back, and weighty object generally
native boy) would be dropped upon the
swollen palt Of the patient undergoing
treatment The miniature fountain
which would Immediately issue from
his mouth, would be laughable were it
not for the fact that the intense suffer-
ing that accompanies the treatment,
fills one with compassion for the un-
fortunate native, and that, too, in
spite of the fact that had any of us
fallen into their power we should have
been mutilated by the most. cruel
methods known to these Moros, and
then killed, as they took no prisoners.
do not want you to have the idea
that the "water-cDre" was dispensed as
a regular means of punishment; it was
not; but when it was (by our Officers)
the END justified the means. There
were no roads on the island, and
owing TO the dense underground in
the jungles, hiking was severe; we
would cross the same river twenty or
thirty times day, it being shoulder
deep in most places, and running very
fast which would compel us to hold to
each other when crossing. Constant
rains had made the ground into vast
pool of mud, and at each step we
would sink ankle or knee deep, occa-
sionally stubbing our toes on unseen,
stones, and sometimes sinking waist
deep in the numberless sinks of slime
Nights would find us ready to sleep
anywhere, moss of the time under
trees. as villages were very scarce, and
the majority of them built fifteen or
twenty feet above the ground in the
trees. The chiefs of the tribes were of
an unfriendly nature, and always
ready to make trouble.
Our detachment was large, so we
took whatever was necessary without
any serious trouble, otherwise we
would have starved, for no amount of
kindness had any effect on those
savages. We were to destroy all vii
lagos found, disarm the natives, cap
ture the chief or datto leading the
tribe, and gain whatever information
we could pertaining to the stronghold
we were trying to take. We found il
was an easy matter to comply with the
'. first part of our order, but an exceed
ingIy difficult one to enforce the latter
Of all the bands that we encountered
none would surrender and consequent
ly our campaign was short but livel!
one, each man showing plainly the re
suit of twenty-seven days of sharl
but unsuccessful hiking for DATE
Palo and his band. It has been m.
pleasure to take part in several hike
on Mindanao, but the one referred t.
in this paper seemed to be the mos
strenuous of all.
Our department commander, NAL
! of sterling character, one that bot
officers and enlisted men would serv
!, unflinchingly, was always to be foun
j, with some detachment that was hih
: ing, and for that reason it no othel
. was we'll qualified to know the bes
8 methods to use, in case natives wit
8 an exceptional ability for secretnes
8 were found, and the Moros of Minds
: mao and the Sulu Archipelago we're 9
f this class in particular. But abou
this time there occurred change 9
! department commanders, and as thi
officer did not care to hike, but pr'
j ferred his comfortable chair at heat
i quarters from where his orders wei
l. issued, affairs became much worse.
Q Depredations by the different tribe
t became very numerous, hikin
d almost continuously, and the resu
could be nothing but unsatisfactor
n The explanation is simple. The fir
o order issued by this officer was to Il
q effect that no matter how serious Il
n offense, the rative must be treate
,r with absolute kindness and sent
n headquarters for trial, where DiI
% times out Of ten he would be turns
l. loose again with supply of ratiol
b and an order to return to his tribe as
b punishment.
,fl Kind treatment had failed befo
% i