The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

4 SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND ITS PEOPLE

Bud Dajo, with army camp in the foreground.

his leading chiefs were discontinued. On November
12, 1904, however, the Philippine Commission passed
an act making the following annual payments to the
sultan and his advisers, to continue during the pleasure
of the Commission: P6000 to the sultan; P1800 to Hadji
Butu, and P900 each to Hadjis Tahib, Mohanmmet, and
Abdula, Panglirma Bandahala, and Datus Jolkarnain
and Kalbi.
On May 13, 1905, unrest became so general that it
had to be quelled by force. Important fights took place
at Mount Talipao and Bud Dajo, resulting in some
casualties among the American forces and many more
among the Moros.
The Moros again fortified Bud Dajo, and after
Panglima Bandahala and Datus Kalbi and Jolkarnain
had made repeated attempts to persuade the people
there to surrender their arms, Governor Scott ordered
that the place be taken by force. This was done on