Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-01
Amerca's Greatest
Soldier
II. F. Wheeler

well knew. We're not confined to those
against whom the two expeditions had
peen directed. Before even the first
Sultan of Binidayan and the sultan,
going juramentado, was killed.
Letters We're sent, after the Macui
campaign, to the east lake and Baco-
la Moros. giving them every emporium
ity to come to friendly terms They
were told that even though previously
| hostile they might visit Camp Wears
ard that the United States govern
ment. as represented by Pershing,
would welcome change In their hos
tile attitude. Several Moros on the
eastern side of the lake, took advan-
tage of the opportunity, including
RaJa Nurul Caquim. who controlled a
| people that they must not interfere
with the Americans under penalty of
| severe punishment. Moros from Butig
and Bayabao also called at Camp Vic
arc and declared that t/y wished no
more war.
| Nothing of a friendly nature, how
| ever, was heard from Bacalod.
| RECOGNIZED BY MoRos.
| Meantime in November, Pershing.
under escort of Anal Manibilang and
some of his people, crossed the lake
in vintas with $50 men. He visited
several towns, among them Madaya
and Marahui and proceeded thence to
, Lltgan, returning to Camp Wears over
the same route. Persl/ng was shown
every attention, especially at Madaya
ana also at Marahui where, on market
day, large conference WIS held at
tended by some 500 Moros from all sec
! tons of the lake. Pershing was re-
ceived with marked Difference and the
Moros acclaimed him widely as a dat
to in comparison with whom all other
| dattoS We're as nothing.
What followed in the lake country,
prior to the next expedition, which set
out on April 10, 1903, is best told in
Pershing's own words. l quote from
report which he made to the War
department.
| In December" he wrote, Cholera
reached the lake and has probably ex-
! tended to all the rancherias Our mar
kct was closed for time and a strict
quarantine against Moros was estab-
| lished. l had letters of instruction
prepared in Moro and sent to all the
principal rancherias explaining to
them how to avoid the disease and of
fering to supply medicine in limited
\ quantities to those who wished 1t.
In some places these instructions
were followed In the main and 1t had
the effect of holding the disease in
check to a large extent. According TO
the best obtainable information it is
probable that about 1900 people died
| of this disease.
/ After the Battle Bayan, An May.
| 1908, a relative of the formers ultan,
Datto Maguindanaom was unanimous
! ly elected sultan of that rancheria and
| visited camp several times, expressing
the friendship of his people. 1t soon
became known, however, that Bayan
harbored feelings of resentment toward
us and they were strengthening their
fort at Maliunac preparatory to MAX
ing another stand against us.
MORE TROUBLE WITH NATIVES.
The actual leader of these Moros
was an old pandtta by the name 81
Sajiduciaman. Knowing his friendship
| for Anal Manibilang and one or two
others, L summoned them to Camp
| Wears to aid me in bringing him to
| see the folly of further resistance. Ia
view of the proximity of Bayan and
on account of the Pandtas influence
with other Moros it was important
that we should win him to our side
without resort to force of arms.
| AN interview was finally arranged,
at which he and l agreed to be per-
sonal friends, but he claimed to be
unable to give any assurance as to
the future action of his people
I'm January, his followers began TO
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US and the sultan was forced by them
! to return to cato, his former home,
thus confessing he could not control
them and practically relinquished his
rights. AS he is man of little force
of character, for whom the Moros have
little respect l made no effort to in
| duce him to remain at Bayan.
Again addressing Sajiduoiaman di-
rectly, | told him that he must come
to camp and explain to me the mean
/ ing of the attitude of his people. In the
conference that followed he said he
| had desired to be on friendly terms
with us and that the Bayan Moros
had committed no offense, but that
they did not desire US to visit their
rancherias
| Il told him that such friendship was
of no value to us and that | should
therefore not consider him a friend.
AS a result a visit was arranged and
made and we were received with every
manifestation of friendship. Since then
there have been no complaints and
many Bayan Moros are today en-
ployed about Camp Wears.
| Toward the latter part of June re-
ports indicated that cholera was abat-
ing to such an extent that, with eau
ton, practice marches for short dis
tances might be resumed. These
marches We're originally undertaken to
have no fear from the presence of our
troops in their territory and nearly
every Onayan rancheria has been
visited.
with a command consisting of a
battery of artillery, one troop of cav
airy and three companies of infantry
"A march was made to Gaia under the
assurance that we would be received
in friendly spirit. Arriving in the vi
cinity we were met by Anal Buncu-
rang, whom | had previously sent with
messages, who told us that cholera ex-
listed there and that they did not de-
sire us to visit them.
I From this and their general atti-
tude 1t was evident that there was an
unfriendly faction among them and
/ that insistence upon a visit at that
time would probably bring a clash.
reluctantly returned to Camp Wears,
passing through Macui, where, at the
crossing of the Malaig river. five
Moros fired on the column, wounding
one man. These Moros, together with