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A TYPICAL HIKE AFTER GUNS
a vigorous growth of the cogon grass, often rearing its sil-
very plumes full fifteen feet from the ground, which,
gracefully fanned to and fro by the cool night breeze,
produced an effect under the shimmering moonlight that
was simply indescribable.
Several small barrios were rapidly passed, but all was
dark and silent except the angry barking of the dogs, in
the number of which, as in number of children, the Fili-
pino excels. Many of the barrios were supplied with tame
geese which as alarmists often discount the dog. They
detected strangers at night before the dogs did and the
alarm they raised left nothing to be desired. That these
alarms might not defeat our objective, the men at the
point were instructed to lead at a gallop through these
barrios and for some distance beyond at the first bark or
cackle. Between ten and eleven o'clock the column halted
at a barrio in the foothills to commandeer a guide, our
men not being acquainted with the trails.
When it was necessary to surprise and round up a bar-
rio in night raids, the scouts were trained to dash in at
full speed, the first four falling out to surround the first
house, the next four the next house, and so on. These
villages are usually built on each side of a main street.
This plan was generally a success in a surprise, but oc-
casionally conditions were reversed, and instead of si-
lence, or surrender, our troops would be received with
volleys from the magazine Mauser, after which the insur-
gents would vanish like phantoms in the forest, the
barrio would be burned, and, with casualties, if any, the
column would face homeward.
This time the surprise was a success with a complete-
ness and rapidity truly remarkable. Native houses,
built of bamboo and elevated on posts several feet from
the ground, were entered by a small bamboo ladder.
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Hoyt, Henry Franklin. A Frontier Doctor, book, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/m1/283/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.