DATU PIANG (AMAI MINGKA /AMA NI MINGKA)
1846 ~ 1933
MUSEUM PHOTOS:
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Ohio.
Caption:
Cross Reference:
1. Case No. 3. Weapons Collected In The Campaign Among The Moros Of Mindanao, P. I., By
Lieut.-Colonel Hayes, 31st U. S. Vol. Inf., 1899 -1901:
16. Moro sondang or serpentine kris presented by Datto Piang, at his home in the old Spanish
fort at Reina Regente, Island of Mindanao, P. I.
1. ___ (1917). Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications. Volume XXVI. Page 538.
Cross Reference:
1. Case No. 3. Weapons Collected In The Campaign Among The Moros Of Mindanao, P. I., By
Lieut.-Colonel Hayes, 31st U. S. Vol. Inf., 1899 -1901:
1. ___ (1917). Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications. Volume XXVI. Page 538.
No. 5. Moro guluk or serpentine kris dagger, with solid silver mountings, presented by Datto
Piang, at Cotta Bata, Island of Mindanao, P. I.
Notes:
Datto Piang and his uncle (?)
POSTCARDS AND OTHER PHOTOS:
Caption: Datto Piang is the father-in-law of Datto Ali the worst enemy the United States Army
encountered in the Philippines.
Circa: ___ Publisher: H. H. Co. N. Y.
Caption: General Corbin returning the bolo to Datto Piang a famous warrior who surrendered at
Zambooanga.
Circa: ___ Publisher: H. H. Co. N. Y.
Cross Reference:
1. Davis, Oscar King (1908). William Howard Taft: The Man of the Hour. Page 165.
Source: Boyce, William D. (1914). United States Colonies and Dependencies. Page 378.
Source: Bryan, William Jennings (1907). The Old World and Its Ways. Page 188.
Source: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage (1904). The Gems of the East: Sixteen Thousand Miles of
Research Travel Among Wild and Tame Tribes of Enchanting Islands.
Circa: February 21, 1915.
Source: The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. LXXXII. May to October 1911.
Photo Credit: Field Museum of Natural History
Source: McCoy, Alfred W. (2000). Lives at the Margin: Biography of Filipinos Obscure, Ordinary,
and Heroic. Page 192.
Cross Reference:
1. "Oh, you should have seen him when they had the fair at Cotabato," said the American, with a
smile. "He came down the river in a barge of state, propelled by seventy rowers. From the mast
flew his own peculiar flag, yellow, red and purple - and I can tell you the bamboo craft was 'some
decorated.' There was a clown at the bow, who performed antics, and a dancing fool - just like the
kings of old. There were twelve male drummers, dressed in scarlet, and a row of female tom-tom
players. As for Dato Piang, I haven't enough adjectives to describe his splendor. You can bet that
barge made a hit!"
1. Boyce, William D. (1914). United States Colonies and Dependencies Illustrated. Page 379.
Cross Reference:
1. a Remington is considered a great treasure, while a captured Spanish mauser is a most
wonderful acquisition. Bronze cannon form a great part of the treasure of the dattos. They range
in size from three to eight feet in length and have bores of from one to three inches. Powder of
an inferior quality is manufactured, but slugs or pieces of iron of any kind are used for projectiles.
Piang has a number of very large bronze cannon and field pieces of Spanish make captured
from or abandoned by the Spaniards.
1. Armstrong, S C (January 1903). The Southern Workman. Vol. XXXII, No. 1. Page 327.
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Circa: 1902. Photo and Publisher: B. W. Kilburn.
Cross Reference:
1. (Caption) Datto Piang, King of Mindanao, standing w. countrymen & US military officers,
during Philippine Insurrection.
1. LIFE
In this photo: Piang Datto
Photo: B. W. Kilburn / Time & Life / Getty Images
Jan 01, 1899
Circa: 1932.
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