16, 
October 6 
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and Sergeant Lewis, Hosp. Corps, very severely wounded by a 
cut from a campilan, severing shoulder through clavicle and 
spinousproees s or scapula, S&arteen 'hr o dead were counted 
by Major Maney's column, inc luding 2 Sultans and a Datto; 
and seven lant&ca s were captured, & returned witr. General 
Wood's column, to the old camp at Malungan early in the afternoon* 
We were promptly fired into by Mores across the river, who were east 
ly driven off by two companies placed across the river* After 
resting - 30 minutes and eating a light luncheon and drinking a cop 
of coffee, I accompanied a small command down the left bank of the 
Taraca River, along the district burned during vhs mo* niug. 
Each o®tta along the left bank was examined for cannon and Xan- 
te cos clear down to the mouth of the river, where '■ -i • Coy 
and I shot; had some game bird shooting, returning with the 
command to Mr lung an at dusk, 
} 1904, Three expeditions went out, leaving a battalion of the 
17th Infantry to guard the camp at Ma lung an, leaving at 7 A, , 
I accompanied General Wood * s main column, moving east up the left 
bank of the Taraca River. Friendly Moros had their property 
resj 
nected, but dozens of cottas (forts) were burned, and a good 
deal of shooting was attended with little result, x.; vv were no 
casualties on our side except a bamboo wound received by a soldier 
who fell into a spiked ditch*, At 10 A. M. we rested while a 
command was sent up the left foric of the Taraca River, i * -d 
the left fork, the main column advanced to Talauan, Consider- 
able unimportant fighting and firing took place without casualties 
on our s3.de, and many cottas were destroyed. 
