Note 12 — Chapter XXVIII · The Road to Autonomy
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According to the American Census of the Philippines, of 1903, the total population of Mindanao is 499,634 (see vol. ii., p. 126), of which 252,940 are Moros, and the rest civilized. In addition to said 252,940 Moros on Mindanao, the adjacent islets contain some 25,000 Moros.