Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
UNCONoUERED TRIBE OF INDIANS.
The Taquis for Three hundred Years at
War With the Whites.

war WIN the " AltOo
HoRMosILLo, MEXICO, March 9.-The
Apache Indians Of New Mexico and
Arizona were, perhaps, the most con-
tinuous and persistent fighters that ever
opposed the armies of the United States.
Up 70 1862 these Indians were the
friends Of the white man, and they graf
.iied their innate desire for war and
thirst for blood by making forays on the
Zunis, the Moquis and other Pueblo In
dians to the north. In the year named,
the Second California Volunteers took
the place of the regular troops stationed
In the forts and posts Of New Mexico
and Arizona. These volunteers, it is
said, angered and disappointed at their
not being sent on to the seat Of war in
the East, determined to start war on
their own account.
Without any provocation, drunken
officer, in command at Fort Bowie, Ari-
IONA, arrested Cochise, chief OF the
Apaches, and wantonly hanged his
brother. Cochise escaped to the noun
tains, rallied his warriors about him,
and soon the Californians had more war
than they bargained for. The Apache
chief swore he would take q white
mans life for every hair OF his dead
brothers head, and be more than kept
his word. For a quarter Of a century
the ApaCheS carried on the war. Thou
sands Of lives were lost, ana millions of
dollars we're spent before the fierce
tribe, with nearly all its fighting men
gone, were forced to capitulate to the
troops of the United States
During this long war, IL was said, and
I think with reason, that the Apaches
received aid in men and munitions of
war, from their kinsman, the Yaquis.
who since the conquest of Mexico By
COrtsz have held an almost undlsputed
sway in the Sierra Madre mountains,
and particularly in that part about the
head waters of the YaQui river. When
ever the Apaches seemed about 10 be
hemmed in, they would escape into
Northern Mexico, where United States
troops could not follow, and where they
were sure of assistance from the va
Quis.
When Mexico came under the control
of Spain, and all the chiefs and caciQues
of the valleys and of the great plateau
were bringing in their gifts and swear
ing allegiance, the Yaqui chief alone
remained defiant 1--WE cannot &C
knowledge the rule Of men we have
always beaten in battle" was the mes
sage of one chief you must beat us
before we acknowledge you as mas
tiers"
Angered by this opposition, the Span
ish Viceroy sent their ableSt generals to
conquer the Yaquis, but they came back
beaten, their armies destroyed and their
impedimenta captured. Born fighters
and quick to avail themselves of the
better appliances of the invader, the
YaQuis armed themselves from the
spoils taken in battle, and soon showed
themselves 70 be as skilled in handling
the sword and arquebus as they had
been with the spear and bow.
AT length the Spanish Governors de-
cided that the Ynquis we're not worth
the trouble Of conquering. They de-
cllred the territory of these Indians TO
be q terra incOgnita and forbade the
surrounding people TO enter it or trade
with them, a privatiOn that did not
never since been subdued.
Ii is now FIVE years since these wild
warriors have been seen In the valley
of the NaQui river. EmbOldened by
this fact scores of American and Next
can families, tempted by the cheap
lands, the fertile soil and fine climate,
have started in farming and raising
herds. They were warned against this,
but they laughed and said the day OF
YaQui was past. For three hundred
years this prophecy, or this hope Of the
power Of the YaQuis being past, has
Deen made only 20 be quickly refuted.
Once again the EaQuiS are on the war
path. The last week In February they
swooped down from the mountains on
the settlements In the valley of the va
oui, and they are no more. The men
have been killed, ana the herds and wO-
men and children carried of. Where
one month ago there were happy homes
there are now blackened ruins. Even
the fruit trees have been cut down and
the irrigating canals destroyed.
The YaQuis are supposed TO number
at this time not less than one thousand
fighting men. Although shut in from
the world, they have been able to Sc
cure arms Of the latest and best models
There is talk OF organizing a great
force to destroy them, but the history
OF similar expeditions Shoald be a
warning. After all, thinking men have
come TO the conclusion that the YaQui
has a right to his own hunting grounds
and that il will be wiser to leave him
alone. A. L. MANNING.
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