dattos

Secretary, _Tuan Hadji Omar_, a priest, _Pandita Tuan Sik Mustafá_, and several _dattos_.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

In many parts of the islands there are tribes governed by chiefs called "dattos."

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

He received favorable replies from many of them and two days later the following named sultans and dattos decided to respond to his invitation:

The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles John J. Reidy

On reaching the post we found that the boats belonged to two prominent dattos visiting there.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

He immediately decided to send messages to the principal sultans and dattos, who were then commanding tribes of savage bolomen along the most impassable regions of the lake shores.

The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles John J. Reidy

The situation did not look so very bright for me; but at a conference of the interested dattos they reluctantly decided that I might depart.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

Procrastination on the part of the conferring dattos made a failure of the expedition.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

All the priests wear bright robes like the dattos, but the clergy is distinguished by a special _bangcala_, or turban, which is ornamented by a string of silver rings.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

Our destination was the town of Uato, on the shore of Lake Lanao, where, in obedience to our instructions from the Filipino _junta_ at Hong Kong, we were to arrange a conference with the leading dattos in regard to an alliance of the Filipino and the Moro forces to conduct a joint campaign against the American army of invasion.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

Though many of the dattos are disposed to treat the Americans as friends, three in particular will entertain a different attitude.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914