The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-03
MEXICAN TROOPS MASSACRED
Led into Ambush by Yaqui Indians in
Lower California.
TWO HUNDRED KILLED AND WOUNDED
a Repetition of Braddock's Defeat-A Col
umn OF 500 wac Sent to oueIl the Up
risiDg-Another Expedition.

SAN DIEGO. CAL. May News is
| received here that the Yaqui Indians
have once more ambushed the forces sent
against them. a day or two ago state
ment was published that two companies
| Of Mexican troops stationed at Ensenada
/ had been ordered to Guaymas Sonora. on
the Gulf OF California, for immediate
duty.
At the time it was thought TO be an
| ordinary and unimportant transfer of
soldiers. but the report which now comes
/ in directly from the Mexican officers at
/ Ensenada gives that movement a most
sensational aspect. EX-GoVernOr Louis
/ Il. Torres, who is now general of the
! northern and western departments Of
! Mexico. IL says. has been making another
! campaign against the Yaquis I'm the
/ Sonora and northern Simolia. He had
an army Of over 500 men. and the ran
was to dispose of the Yaquis then at once
| and forever.
President Daz selected General Torres
for this work because Of his experience
and supposed ability to accomplish the
! desired purpose.
LED INTO AMBUSH.
! But. like the other commanders who
| have tried It. according TO reports. Torres
! met the Yaquis and was defeated.
The report says that a force. COM
| posed of soldiers taken from different
regiments, accompanied by a party OF
! national militia, In command Of lieu
! tenant-colone lately arrived from MeN-
! co. were i'm pursuit of the Yaquis in the
70 flf
! the fifth day Of the march the tran led
/ the pursucrs into a long. deep, narrow
dofile in the Sierra De Bdcatel. The walls
! Of the canon were almost precipitouJ
! rising 10 the height I'm some places OF over
| 1000 feet. and covered with brush. Ihe
command halted and ekirmishers pushed
| forward 10 uncover any possible ambush.
The skirrnish line climbed the walls ana
/ beat the brush IA far as possible without
/ results and. as the trail was clearIy u'-
| fined in the sand I'm the bottom OF the
canon, the colonel in command ordered
them forward Half the dangerous lo-
! calitv had been traversed with no sign
| of life nor motion from the ciius tower
ING above and the men were beginning
! 70 breathe easier, when suddenly Huse
| masses of rock and boulder from the
! cliff. nearly 1900 feet above, came Douhu-
/ ing from wall 90 wall down upon lHe
hemmed-in column, crushing horsts d"u
ridars into shapeless heaps. ana hSher
ga bicber rose the war cries Of the WELL
armed Yaauls who now began hrinE VOL
1o,, after volley directly into the strus-
cling mass below, where all was con-
| fusion.
rrERIBIE sCENT.
Horses dashed through the broken col
rrrn traupline on the dead and wounded
SELLERS. men writhed and screamed un-
| der the weight Of rocks that had crushed
| Thorn down into the earth, DINERS 5dHN
undor me pitiiess hail OF bullets, ana
others. .ess severely wounded. ana thoSe
| still unhurt sought the bushes on eithe'
side and watched for some sign Oh their
] blOOdthirsty foes. In such COM lusioi IL
was frnpossible for the commands OF the
| officers to be heard. but finally the colo
mel fouud a wounded bugler with yet NE
enough to sound call
In a few minutes. although stiu In
range Of those deadly rocks ana rlnes'
those of the wounded able 10 move with
assistance were started back down the
canon. while those who We're 1ple 10
offer resistance fired voley after voiley
at random into the bushes on the chiIs,
and had the satisfaction OF occasionally
seeing a half-naked Yaqui leap convul-
sively from his hiding place and come
whirllng down through a thousand feet
Of space.
As rapidly as possible the remnant
Of the column fought its way back 10
open ground, where their foe had not
dared TO follow and after brief rest
dragged themselves back along the route
over which they had marched SO cheer
fully the day before.
The number killed cannot be accurate
ly stated, but out of the column OF 800
bat cit her
killed or wounded
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BIZ MADE.
An additional force OF 90 militia has
been organized in Hermosillo, and the
campaign against this party Of reds Will
be pushed vigorously.
Torres himself and a small party Of
soldiers retreated 10 Guaymas, where ac-
cording 10 one version that has reached
Ensenada. hc has been placed under ar
rest because Of his failure. This IS not
believed to be true.
At any rate. all the Mexican troops OF
Lower California. SOrona and Sinalod are
TO be mobnizcd al Guaymas and another
campaign organized against the Naquis,
but whether General Torres IS to lead
or not remains TO be seen.
It is said that Don Jacob Corda,
voung doctor. after the encounter H. the
canon. IeIl lidAf NdlANG i@'''t-'f'f 49,
a small escort. to attend the wounded,
and on passing a place called Arenas
feu into an ambush prepared by the
same party Of Yaquis. According to re-
ports ne was slain in a most cruel man
ner. the savages first faying his feet
and making him walk They finally
lanced him.
The Sierra De Bacetel is two days
tourney from Guaymas. and IS a very
rugged. Wild country, one OF the strong
holds of the Yaqus II is said that only
100 or 200 Yaqus were In the rebellion.
Further details from Guaymas are eN-
pected The Yaquis are 10 Mexico whaI
the Apaches are to Arizona, only II
anything. they are more cruel Ihey are
magnificent specimens OF manhood, te"
being under six feet, and have almost
unlimited powers OF endurance.
They have never been entirely suDdueu'
but ,naugurate periodical raids from 'heH
impregnable strongholds in the fastnesses
NJ the Sierra Nevadus.
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