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old member of my troop) holograph the Quartermaster at Camp Overton for the launch 
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in order that they oould return. The sending them back being at the advice of 
Dr. Coffin. 
We marohed this day about eight miles getting into the SUbano oountry and made 
camp on Haquinagay river near the ranoheria of Datto Danunto. On talking with 
him through Gallardo, wh* is a good interpreter, it was ascertained that Americans 
had been to this place before. 
At this oamp I was struck with immense leaves of the Elephant’s ear plants 
growing about, and one whioh was measured was 7& feet long by 4 feet 7 inohes wide. 
June 16th: After about 2$ hours' maroh we came to the ranoharia of Catagan, 
Datto Anib, and rested here for about one hour. 
It might be of interest to state that from this place on no civilised man had 
ever before trodden, and that the people are all Subanos until Cumularang, near 
DumaquilaB Bay was reached. The people of Cumularang are Maguindanao Moros, and 
the town being so near the bay had been visited before our advent by the Spaniards 
and an American official or two, though we were the firBt United States soldiers 
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Anib volunteered to aocompany us to Malindang as a guide and we proceeded 
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on our journey oamping this night on the Malubug River making a distance of 7 miles 
for the day. The travel was now hard as it was in the mountains. 
At this oamp one of the oargodores found a poor grade of honey made by boee 
considerably smaller than ordinary house flios. 
June 16th: Our march wae a hard one, up, up, up, as we were ascending one 
of the highest peaks in the Philippines, and also one on whioh no white man had 
ever before been. At 2:00 P. M. we made a dry camp at an altitude of about 7000 
feet and I calculate that we marched only about 6 miles this day, this on acoount 
On this mountain there were many immense trees the 
of our rough and steep route. 
