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The bamboo outriggers, with which all Philippine boats are provided, would serve to keep it from actually sinking, and the occupants, being up to their chins in water, could easily be despatched with the barong, thus economizing ammunition; and he added, 'My rifle makes but a small hole in one side of a canoe, senor, while yours would make a much larger one, and the ball would go clear through. Toolawee was nothing if not practical."
"Just before our final departure from Sulu, he presented himself before me and remarked, 'Señor, I want to buy your rifle. 'But, Toolawee, I replied, 'you do damage enough with the one you have; what do you want of mine? 'My rifle is good enough to kill people with, but I want yours for another purpose, my good Moro made answer.
Worcester and Doctor Bourns on their second visit to Sulu, many moons before our occupation of the place. Toolawee was at that time acting as "minister of war" to the nominal Sultan, having for reasons of his own become a renegade. Mr. Worcester says of him: "A Moro by birth and training, he had thrown in his lot with the Spaniards.
You can take their weapons and clothing, while I will cut off their heads, shave their eyebrows, show them to papa, and claim reward for killing Juramentados. Toolawee never really forgave us for refusing to enter into partnership with him on this very liberal basis.
Small wonder the little beauty rated her charms high. It was in Bongao we first made the acquaintance of Toolawee, the chief vigilante of Sulu. It seems this personage had been sent to the Tawi Tawi Islands as pilot of the launch Maud, which, under his careful seamanship, was then lying high and dry on a coral reef within sight of the little garrison.
Pirate under Spanish régime, chief of police under American administration, Toolawee is known to fame throughout the archipelago, though perhaps most of his reputation depends upon Mr. Worcester's delightful account of him in "The Philippine Islands." As all may remember, Toolawee acted in the capacity of guide, philosopher, and friend to Mr.
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