It was now very evident, judging from their recreant action, that the
natives had broken all treaties of peace and violated the laws of
friendship, so honorably laid down by the Americans.
This evidence of their recriminating and rebellious nature was doubly
substantiated, when on August 1st the Sultan of Bacolod, who until then
had remained peaceable, sent to Captain J. J. Pershing, commander of the
troops at Camp Vicars, the following insolent message, which is
translated below for the benefit of our readers: