New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM WOUNDS.

Dean was Immediately taken TO the nearest con-
stabulary post at Echague by his escort OF Fill
ptno soldiers. Eventually he recovered enough 10
get about. though he always suffered aeonies ifol
his wounds which horribly noticeable. II
was ONLY pluck and morphine which kept him alive
Dean was made supply officer of the Mania gar
rison, and later, account or poor hedlth' was
transferred to Subig, Zarnbales Province, where he
died on November 10. 1904 He had taken an over
dose OF morphine TO allay unusually severe at
tack of the pains by which he was periodically Vls
tied better liked or Drawer officer never hNeu'
Deans mistake lay in advancing INTO tne piusH
TO find the carabao. Had he remained III the open
and had he not dismounted. he would nave oeeh
ouya IN ths dav The carabaO. after reachlhS
conceaIment had circled around to charge from the
side rear.
There are many instances in which wounded
oerahao have backed on their tracks and waited
49, ,ho,r Troll 10 attack their pursuers unawares
In almost every district in which wild caraoa"
abound you will find a number OF cases VIZ"
native hunters have been gored to death' Cdpt"n
uarpoId of the Philippines Constabulary' had one
Of hts hunters killed while very recent huIi'
Often a domesticated carabao in some remote
nrovinces and unacquainted with the scent VI
white man will charge him without pfoFo"''O
Colonel H. H BandholtZ, of the regular 'hi'iS'
and now acting chief of the Philippines ConS'tipu
larry cites an instance where donesuc It'l a'"o
chased an American soldier. who hed Hi'o "
church and closed the portals behlio "ll' ~
e,ctted carabao leaped through "ihuo" VI ~
beppened to be at their devotions In d ie" nv
ants tho carahao alone among those pres
ent" "A bull in china shop lsh a 49,
stance TO a carabao in a catnedral' 9" ~
d,er who had this dodge-in-ano-out :,
The writer has just finished carapao nun "
-,,ta,n valley district known as the Bagao
aoton It is celebrated among the natives lor i''
wild carabao Our party was fortunate III Oel"e
ab,A to put up at the Hacienda de Caiappacao'
abons rbe most famous estate in the valley
-, oF a hath something different TO eat lhaii
,oe without butter and fried chicken and' pest oi
all the hacienda is within less than TWO Gays pS
horseback from the hunting grounos.
o., dasttnatton was a town called Taiti. up on
the Paret River, tributary of the Casayan The
parst River rises in the mountains on the east
coast of Luzon. The only way 10 eet INTO the
oarabao country is in the dry season. when the
trails become hard. 1t is Impossible 10 MAKE .tIo
trim during the rainy season which lasts from 'iio
middle OF August until about the middle oil Decei
her Several parties of constabulary ofncers nave
-. a,,ob. nm here by unexpected storms. and
have been compelled to wait a week or two over
time. - .... ,aass
from Calabbacao TO Amulung' iFohn Aiiuiui's ~
Bagao and from Bagao TO Talt-
Tto ,ras,dapte or executive officer. of Taiti ar
-ayad in white pants a derby hat OF ancient
make and carrying silver headed cane came out
10 meet u.s. Word had been passed 10 neishbor-
ing .rancherlas." and he had secured about one
hundred and fifty men. all eager for the hunt. IN
addition we had brought along about hfty men
from the hacienda. the wet season not yet being
completely over. They were queer assortment or
hunters-Igorrotes from the mountains. nne, large
s,,nnIe fellows savages clear through. clad with
onlv gee strings: Calingos from the foothills.
dressed in brightly colored tunics. which they
manufacture from the wool Of their sheep and
fleece Of their goats.
Then the aged and dignihed Presidente of Taiti
called the band together to take counsel. A fine
old Igorrote woman who had been beating the
brush said sho had three osrabaos running