Hassan uprising

The Hassan uprising was a rebellion among the Moro people of Jolo during the Moro Rebellion. It was led by a Muslim datu named Datu Hassan, the youngest son of the Great Raja Muda Ammang. Panglima Hassan had assembled followers in Jolo's Crater Lake region, preparing to attack Jolo.^: 100 Leonard Wood led a force of 1,250 soldiers, including Robert L. Bullard's 28th Infantry, in an attack on "Hassan's Palace", the "strongest cotta in the Sulu Archipelago".^{: 100–101} The Moro's fled and the Americans burned the fort.^: 101 Hassan surrendered but then escaped, which led Wood to destroy every hostile cotta he encountered, resulting in the death of Datu Andung on Mount Suliman.^: 101 Although never capturing Hassan, Wood did end up killing 1,500 Moros, which included women and children.^: 102

The uprising ended in March 1904, when Hassan and two others were cornered by 400 men under Scott's command at Bud Bagsak.^: 102 It took 34 gunshots to finally kill Hassan.^: 103 The Moros only had a few rifles and kris blades. The injured Hassan holding a kris in his mouth almost reached an American who was injured. It was only a head shot with a .45 caliber which killed Hassan since an American was about get hacked with a barong wielded by Hassan despite being shot 32 times already by Krag rifle bullets.