The evening world., 1894-05-02
ROCKS AND BULLETS.
They Crash and Whiz Among
Mexican Soldiers in a Canyon.
Willy Yaquis lndians"W Work Another
Ambush Plot.
Moro than 200 Dead and Wounded
out Of O Force OF 500 Men.
(By Associated Press.)

BAN DIEGO, Cal, May News Is
received here that the Yaquis have once
more nmbushed the Mexican forces sent
against them. Ex-Gov. Luis h. Torres,
who In now General of the Northern and
Western Departments of Mexico. re-
port says. has been making another
cArnpaign against the Yaquis In
Sonora and Northern Sinaloa. He had
an army Of over five hundred men, and
b plan was to. dispose Of the Yaquis
then at once and forever.
President Dia selected Gen. Torres
Tor this work. because of his expert
moe and supposed ability to accom-
plish the desired purpose.
rAcSorce composed of soldiers taken
frnrm di1erent regiments, accompanied
BY n part OF the National militia, while
In pursuit Of the Yaquis in the Sierra
d. Bacatel' were led into a long, deep,
narrow defle in the Sierra de Bacatel.
TIE walls of the. canyon were almost
precipttous. rising to the height in some
places OF over 1000 feet and covered
with brush. The command was halted,
and skirmishers pushed onward to dis
cover any possible ambush.
The skirmish line climbed the walls
beat the brush as tar up as possible
WITHOUT results, and as the trail was
Clearly defined in tho sand in the bot
tom OF the canyon, the Colonel In COM
mand ordered the force forward. Half
the canyon had been traversed with no
siSni, OF a foe, and the men were beginning
o. breathe easier. when suddenly huge
masses Of rocks and bouiders from the
clin nearly 1.SoO feet above came bound
ing from wall to wall. down upon the
hemmed-ln column. crushing horses and
riders Into shapeless heaps.
HiEher AND higher rose the war cries
San firing v6lley after voliey directly
Into the STRUGGLING mass below. where
All was, confusion. Horses dashed
through the broken column. trampling
on the dead and wounded soldiers: men
writhed n screamed under the weight
Of rocks that had crushed them down
tlt2 the earth; others sank under the
ptttless al OF bullets, and others, less
severely, wounded, and those still I'M
hurt sought the bushes on either side.
Finally the Colonel found n wounded
bugler- with yet life enough to sound n
call In a. few moments. although still
ID range OF those deadly rocks and rifles,
m!pge Of the wounded able. to move
the canyon. while those who were able
70 soffer resistance fired volley after vol
Iey at random into the bushes on the
Al rapidly as po.eible the remnant of
the column fought its way back to open
ground. where their foes had not dared
q follow. n after, a brief rest dragged
Themselves back along the route over
the, day before.
The number killed cannot be accurate
" stated, but out Of the column OF 500
men. 1t Is said that at least 200 are either
killed OF. wounded. An additional force
Of 200 militia has been organized In Her
mo9illo, and nll the Mexican troops of
Lower California. Sonora and Sinaloa are
TO be mobilized at Guaymas for another
campaign aguinst the Ynquis.
1t II syic that Don Jakob Corda, a
young doctor. after the encounter In the
canyon, LETT a place called La Mes, with
q small escort, to attend The wounded,
fell into ambush prepared by the same
party Of .Yaquis. According to reports
he was slain In a most cruel manner,
the savages first 1aying his feet and
him.