Note 27 — Chapter XXIII · Corrigenda
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On August 29, 1899, the Insurgent governor of Nueva Vizcaya reported27 that he had only a few rifles, that the “Igorrotes” were preparing to attack the towns, and that he had been forced to kill and wound a number of them. On September 6, General Tirona in Cagayan asked that General Tinio be ordered to give him some of his rifles to protect the people, as the “Igorrotes” were cutting off heads and the towns were in danger. Tirona said that he had nine hundred rifles; Tinio thought that he himself had some two thousand and could spare two hundred as the conditions along the coast were not as serious as the conditions inland with the savages preparing to attack.28