General Adna R. Chaffee soon afterwards paid a visit to the recently
established camp, arriving with his escort May 10, 1902.
He was given a full account of the battles hitherto fought in that
region--Bayan included--from officers who themselves had been daring
participants in all the fights.
He immediately decided to send messages to the principal sultans and
dattos, who were then commanding tribes of savage bolomen along the most
impassable regions of the lake shores. The subject matter of his
messages were authoritative invitations to come into the camp and hold
a friendly conference with him.
He received favorable replies from many of them and two days later the
following named sultans and dattos decided to respond to his invitation:
Sultan of Genassi; Sultan Amai Tampugao of Tubaran; Sultan of Binidayan;
Datto Sa Bayang of Bayan; Datto Pedro of Uato; Datto Agar of Makadah;
Datto Agato of Madatlum; Datto Amay Mala-Mala of Taburan; Datto Amay
Magatano of Binidayan.
After they had reported it was thought that the greater part of the Moro
trouble had subsided. But this was not so--far from it. Their terms of
peace were, to say the least, short lived, for in the early part of the
month of July a detachment of men was brutally and unexpectedly
attacked by a band of bolomen on the trail. They were outnumbered by the
enemy, and consequently many of the Americans were wounded and some
three or four killed outright.