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Swish of the Kris: the Story of the Moros by Vic Hurley Swish Of The Kris: The Story Of The Moros By Vic Hurley Original publication © 1936 E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Filipiniana Reprint Series © 1985 Cacho Hermanos, Inc. This publication (HTML format & original artwork) © 1997 Bakbakan International http://www.bakbakan.com/swishkb.html ÿThe kris may be of any length and two or three inches wide. All of the knives, no matter what shape, are encased in wooden scabbards, and have a keenness of edge equaling that of a Damascus blade.þ Major O. J. Sweet 22nd Infantry U.S. Army This book is part of a selection of rare Filipiniana books which have long been out of print and are no longer available. Through the admirable efforts of concerned groups such as the Filipiniana Book Guild, the Historical Conservation Society, Cacho Hermanos and the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, more Filipiniana materials have been reprinted and made available to the general public. These rare books, selected by Professor Renato Constantino, form part of the Filipiniana Reprint Series published by Cacho Hermanos. "It is to be expected that American author Vic Hurley would regard Muslim leaders and resistance groups as bandits and terrorists. But if we read his graphic accounts of Muslim resistance from the people's point of view, we will see these battles for what they really were -- a determined heroic defense by the Muslim of the integrity of their societies. "And despite the colonialist bias, there is in the author's accounts a grudging acknowledgement of the fighting prowess of the Filipino Muslims." -- Renato Constantino, 1985 Due to the many requests for copies of the reprinted book which, ironically, have become as rare as the original, Bakbakan International has undertaken to publish the complete manuscript on the Internet so that we may be able to share with many this priceless record of our history. Because of the length of the book and our limited resources,it will be published in stages, complete and unabridged, by chapters within each section. Reynaldo S. Galang International Director Bakbakan International 1 September 1997 CONTENTS Author's Note Acknowledgements Foreword I. The Coming of the Krismen 1. The Setting 2. The Coming of the Kris 3. Early Contacts In Mindanao 4. The Spread of Mohammedanism 5. The Spanish Conquest of the North 6. The Seat of Moro Power II. Kris versus Toledo Blade 7. The First Expeditions to Mindanao 8. First Footholds in Moroland 9. Corcuera and Almonte 10. The Sulu Pirates 11. A Century of Conflict 12. The Captivity of Alimud Din 13. Stalemate in Mindanao 14. Juramentados and Amuks 15. The Later Wars 16. The End of the Feud with Spain 2 III. Kris versus Krag 17. Mindanao and Sulu in 1898 18. The Formation of the Moro Province 19. The Battle of Bud Dajo 20. An Era of Banditry 21. Jikiri 22. The Mindanao Campaign 23. Juramentados and Piracy 24. The Battle of Bud Bagsak 25. The Moro Disarmed IV. America's Mohammedan Wards 26. The Moro Today 27. Moro Laws 28. Moro Customs and Traditions 29. The Plaint of the Moro Notes on the Moros List of Native Words Used in the Text 3 Author's Note The casual visitor, stopping in Zamboanga or Jolo (holo) between boats, sees the Moro as a slightly grimy individual with a bad reputation. Faintly disturbing stories of the prowess of this villain with the razor-edged kris (creese), sometimes reach the tourist's ears. Most of the stories are true. The visitor may also hear something of the enmity which exists between the Filipinos and the Moros. This is also true, as the Filipinos may discover when America leaves the islands. What the tourist does not realize is that this sinewy, brown man, gaudily dressed in brilliant silk trousers and colorful turban, has an astounding history. There are many men better qualified to write the military history of the Moros than this author. I know one man who could have done so and it would have been a wonderful book. He knew more about the Moros than any man in the world, I believe. He is dead now. Just before he died, I said to him, "Papa, why don't you write the story of these Mohammedan wards of ours?" He was a Colonel in the United States Army but everyone called him "Papa". Papa said, "Someday I will, Vic. It will have to be after some of the high rankers have gone to their rewards. I'd step on too many toes now." But Papa passed on, as all good soldiers do, and that history of the Moros remained unwritten. Almost, once, a newspaper man did the job. He was editor of the first newspaper in Mindanao, and he was eminently qualified. But he became busy with other things and the material turned yellow in the trunks of his basement and the book remained one of those nebulous things "that ought to be done". So I have tried to do it. And when I look back to the seven years' association I had with the Moros while collecting the material, I wish I could have done a better job. For the Moros are a grand people. Everything written about them, almost, has been authored by their enemies. They are feared and hated by the Filipinos. They were feared and hated by the Spaniards. They spoiled a conquest. Every one of them is valiant. There never was a Moro who was afraid to die. Death on the field of battle is a privilege, and they guard their privileges jealously. History can never forget the Moros, for they did something in the 1500's, and the 1600's, and the 1700's and clear down into the 1800's, that was supposed to be impossible. They proved too strong for the Spanish conquistadores! G. V. H. San Diego, California May, 1936 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In collecting the material for a book of this kind, involving not only untold centuries of warfare but, in addition, a discussion of prehistoric populations of the Philippines, the sources have been so varied as almost to prevent acknowledgement. Much of the material was collected from the natives during the seven years I spent in Mindanao. During that period I made the acquaintance of elders of many Moro barrios, all of whom delighted in telling tales of the old days when the kri was the measure of a man. For the verification of dates and campaigns I have depended upon standard histories of the Philippines. Among the books consulted were: "The Philippine Islands" -- Foreman "Historia de Mindanao y Sulu" -- Combes "The Malay Archipelago" -- Wallace "Voyage Around the World" -- Pigafetta "Travels in the Philippines" -- Jagor "Letters From the Philippines" -- Crevas "History of the Philippines" -- Fernandez I am particularly grateful to John Hackett, editor of the Mindanao Herald, for the material on "Kris versus Krag." Many of the details of this period were obtained from the files of his paper. I am also indebted to many priests of the Jesuit Order who kindly placed at my disposal sources of information not usually accessible. The preparation of this book entailed a tremendous amount of reading, as the material has not, I believe, been before confined to a single volume. There are, perhaps, glaring omissions; there are probably some errors, although no effort has been spared to keep the text accurate. I make no claim for originality, as the story of the Moros is mostly history. I have supplemented my personal research by drawing freely upon all available sources in an effort to encompass within the covers of one book everything about the Moros that anyone might care to know. G. V. H. 5 FOREWORD "O YE WHO BELIEVE, when ye meet the marshaled hosts of the infidels, turn not your backs to them: Who so shall turn his back to them on that day, unless he turn aside to fight ,or to rally some other troop, shall incur wrath from God; Hell shall be his abode and wretched the journey thither." --Koran. The region of Mindanao and Sulu is one of the oldest battlegrounds in the world. Until the coming of America, these dark jungles and blue seas knew only the law of the strong, whose song was the song of the kris. Men of all creeds and colors have scrambled for a foothold in Mindanao--from India, Ceylon, Borneo, Celebes, Java, China, Japan, Portugal, France, Spain, Holland, England. Their bones moulder there, and only the spirits of intrepid adventurers remain. They reckoned not on the courage of the defenders of this soil. East meets West today in peace upon this centuries-old field of battle. Still in possession of his beloved isles remains the Moro; with this bosque warrior remains the American who finally conquered him. In 1899 the Spaniards laid down their weary swords and gave over the task of subjugation of the Moros to the Krag rifles of America. The opening gun of the Spanish- American War found Spain holding a few precarious positions in Mindanao, Palawan and Sulu. This to show for more than 300years of bloody conflict! The Moros controlled the balance of the southern Philippines. The close of the unsuccessful Spanish conquest of Moroland marked the beginning of the end of one of the most remarkable resistance in the annals of military history. The Moslems had staged a bitter and uninterrupted warfare against the might of Spain for a period of 377 years. It is doubtful if this record has been equalled in the whole bloody history of military aggression. The Dons, accustomed to the easy conquests of Peru and Mexico, met their match and more in the jungles of Mindanao.
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