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The regiment was in the trenches in a moment and remained there till dawn The first light of day revealed, lying in a great pool of his own blood, "Big Bill," the bull buffalo that drew the headquarters water-cart, who had been out grazing that night AN ENCOUNTER WITH BOLOMEN A True Narrative of a Personal Experience in the Philippines By a Lieutenant of Infantry The organized bands of Filipinos known as bolomen are so called because their principal weapon is the long, broad-bladed, vicious-looking knife called the bolo, with which they do their deadly work.— Bamboo Tales
The Tagalo or Pampango fights with the bolo, the Moro often with the creese, and with all these brown-skinned men the game is the same--to leap up unexpectedly, from the tall grass, before the soldier has had time to throw himself on his guard A swift, short-armed cutting movement--a mere slash, delivered with muscular effort, and the soldier is gashed across the abdomen.— Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros
His weapons were a bolo, a creese, and a bow and arrow.— The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old

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