I have had much to do with Indian warfare, but have never seen any cruelties to be compared with those inflicted upon our soldiers by the Filipinos, and these occurrences were not rare, but general,--happening all the time.
Dodge compares the treatment of American soldiers in the Philippines to historical Indian warfare, emphasizing the severity of the violence they faced.
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