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up three men who engaged in the affair. He was given 10 minutes 
in which to do this. After 3.2 minutes, artillery firing began, 
followed by Infantry advance, and three cottas were entered and 
burned within 15 minutes, and the Da tto killed. With these 
cottas still burning the column, at 12:45 continued to advance cn 
Taraca. At 4 P. M. we camped at Malungan, on the Taraca River, 
after shelling the place and shooting it up with heavy Infantry fire. 
A number of cottas were taken and put to the torch after having 
been fired upon. There was a good deal of return firing, but no 
American was hit* 
, 1904. Colonel Ma rdon P. Maus, with two troops of the 14th Cavalry 
and two companies of the 22nd Infantry, from Camp Marahui, ar~ 
rived from Pehtad for conference with Genl. Wood, at 6 A, M. 
He was accompanied by Major Bullard, governor of the Lake Lanao 
District. The 2 troops of cavalry joined Colonel Gerrard’s squad- 
ron across the Taraca Rivet* The two companies of Infantry acted 
as escort to Colonel Maus, returning to his camp at Pehtad. The 
main camp at Malungan (Ampuanaka's cotta), on the Taraca iver, 
was broken up at 8 A. M. , and the Taraca cottas were successively 
reduced and burned in the direction of Lake Lanao* About noon 
the cotta of the Sultan of Taraca was, and many others at 
the mouth of the river were taken and burned by General Wood’s 
main column, while a cavalry advance. was synchronously made 
on the right by Colonel Gerrerd's cavilry, on the right bank 
of Taraca River; While Major Maney’s battalion paralleled these 
lines on the left, reducing many large cottas and meeting with 
considerable resistance# His loss comprised one man killed. 
