Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

and other simple pastimes of that nature.
They had no special quarrel with the
United States, except that it showed too
great a disposition to interfere with the
special interests the Pulujanes thought
vested in themselves. The peaceful natives
who live along the sea coast in Samar
were the chief sufferers. If left to them
selves they would gladly have allowed
the Pulujanes to infest the interior as
much they liked, as long as they them
selves were able to buy immunity by pay
ing tribute to the brigands, for that is all
they were.
The 4th Battalion was there to break
up the Pulujanes and they went TO work
with vim. First of all. the honest but
completely terrorized natives were made
to understand that their prosecutors were
about to be subjugated but that it was
essential that they. the people that the
American forces were protecting, should
abstain from giving the Pulujanes aid and
comfort. The civil administration caused
the towns to pass ordinances prohibiting
the people from going more than a thou
sand yards from any town into the in.
terror, saying that the military authorities
would consider any natives found outside
of that zone as Pulujanes and would deal
with them accordingly.
Cunning Old Native.
The leader of the Pulujanes was an old
brigand named Otoy. who had been an
outlaw since 1884. There was nothing po-
litical about his discomfort. The Span
iards wished to bring him in to answer
for numerous robberies and murders and
he wished to stay out in the bosque and
continue his profitable and amusing dep
relations During the Spanish regime
sporadic attempts were made to bring
him in. but he always managed to elude
his would-be captors and continued the
marauding tenor of his way. The Amer
leans, almost from the moment they eS-
tablished themselves in Samar, started
out after him, but he had not lost any of
his cunning with age. He managed TO re-
main permanently about one lap ahead of
the avenging law.
One of Otoy's busiest little assassins
was fierce old fighter named Atibadoy.
He had managed to make himself about
as obnoxious as his respected chief and
the authorities were very anxious to in
terview him.
1t was this interesting people that it
was necessary to put through a thorough
process of pacification. The scouts, with
Maj. Rowland at their head went about
1t in a systematic manner that soon pro-
duced results. Flying columns were sent
all through the interior. which managed to
run down and d.spers. d great many
bands of the Pulujanes, and, what more
10 the point, managed 20 capture num-
Der OF their precious rifles. When several
Pulujanes were captured alive finally.
they were most kindly treated and sent
back out in the bosque to tell the remain
ing outlaws that the commandante down
in Borongan would like to have them
come in and surrender and if they did ne
would guarantee them square deal.
Atibadoy probably had begun to tire of
his nomadc existence. He was for the
exciting, care-free life of the gay brigand
all right, when all that he was up against
was a terrified peasantry who contribut-
ed generously to the satisfying of his
wants, but he was not in favor of be-
ing continually short jump ahead of
tireless bunch of scouts He saw that
the prospects of his being eventually
creased by some Visayan in the uniform
of the United States We're too imminent
for comfort. He decided to surrender
and this time the intention was bona
tde. He sent in word to the comman-