The Hassan uprising was a rebellion among the

Moro people The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. ''Moro nation'' or ''Moro country''). As Muslim-majorit ...

Jolo Jolo ( tsg, Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has ...

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

's Crater Lake region, preparing to attack

.Arnold, J.R., 2011, ''The Moro War'', New York: Bloomsbury Press,

Leonard Wood Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a United States Army major general, physician, and public official. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor-General of the Philipp ...

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". The Moro's fled and the Americans burned the fort. 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. Although never capturing Hassan, Wood did end up killing 1,500 Moros, which included women and children. The uprising ended in March 1904, when Hassan and two others were cornered by 400 men under Scott's command at Bud Bagsak. It took 34 gunshots to finally kill Hassan. 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. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32784697@N02/3061205826 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/400468591842002778/ http://www.manilatimes.net/juramentados-and-the-development-of-the-colt-45-caliber-model-1911/107609/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/12807180161569337/ 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.

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Rebellions in the Philippines Moro Rebellion Battles of the Philippine–American War Battles involving the United States History of Sulu Military history of the Philippines 1903 in the Philippines 1904 in the Philippines {{US-battle-stub