Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-02
FIGHT WITH INDIANS
Wants Defeat tho h'SICln Troops
S.nl Against Tl,m.
DEATH IN A MARROW CANYON


s,s pirgo, Cal, May 2.-News 10
..,s,yod hero that the Hlquis have
inca more been Victorious In their
..,,m With the MeNloan troops.
o,r. again the Indians have am
..,.bsi the forces sent against thcm.
Governor Luis l.. Tore who IL
now general Of the northern and
v.siern departments Of Mexico, 70
,,y, has been making another cam.
r..,p neainst the Yaqui Indians In
MN s ldn and northern smuloa.
g,baIaparmy Of over 500 men aud
H.. Man was 10 dispose OF the l1qIi
auction NJ once aud Tor ever ftusi'
NM D.ss selected Torres Tor this WORK
t...,u.s oil aia experience anu supposed
gIIIIfg t8 accomplish tho dtHlful puf'
800. But, like the other commanders
VINO have tried 10, according 20 report
Tafffa met .hu iGquls and was de-
loatri,
rnt fopoft says force composed "
.IIIrf- taken from dlilUf1ut rUrlmcniri
.trHmpauird by party Of national
iuIUul from Mexico, wcfuiu pursuit. Oh
Ir Y glIs in tho Sierra De Bacatttc.
U. thr afternoon Of tho 1th Jay OF
.afeH the tfail lud the purtucfs Into a
..ug. urru, narrow duiile iu the Sierra
do Bacate,o. Tue walls OF the canyon
usfo almost rteolpitour, rising To a
IHUht in some places over &iVVu lcet
.ud covered with ambush.
The command was halted aud
t..fmlhum pushed forward 10 I'M
lvUr nuy possible ambush. Ihu
4. .FmHh line climbed the walls and
Hgaf Quo brush as FAR ny as possible
t.UuI. fo8ulia, aud ua tho tEAil vas
tue.y defined in tho tauu Ia The
bottom OF the canyon, tho colonel In
command ordered the column iot'
WHtl.
nam tho dangerous locality had
Itea ifavcrsel with uu bigu Of life NOT
o. Uun from the cliffs towering above
llI the men were beginning 20 breathe
rIsItT, when suddenly huge masses pi
fsck aud BOULDER, lousened from tho
ellie nearly 900 feet above, came
Utuuding from wall 10 wall down upon
tue hCmmcdin column, crushing
horses and riders into thapoluts heaps.
llahrr and higher ross the war cries
Of TIC wcll.Armod iHquis who now
trsau bring volluy after vollcy direct
ly ut0 tue struggling mass below
phrfn all was confusion.
Horses dashed through tho broken
column tfhmpling on the dead and
wounded hOluieft, men Writhtu anu
screamed under the weight Of rocks
that had crushed them down upon The
earth. Others sank under that pitilcaa
hnil Of ride halls, while 0thtrs less
severely wounded AMI thoer btiil I'M
hunt, sought the bushes on either side
aud watched with cooked rifles foi
some sign VI their OlOOuthirsiy foes,
Ia SUCH confusion II was impossible
Tor the commands OF the officers 10 be-
heard, but finally the colonel found d
wounded buglur with yet no enough
90 sound u call. In a few moments
although still Ia range OF those deadly
locke and riies, those OF the wounded
aulu 90 move With nsaiHtAnCr, Were
ttlTiou back down the canyon, Whit
lu1sr who were AblU 30 Oilor ruaialauc,
cred v0liuy alter yollcy at random int
iuo bushes on the cliils anu had IA,
satisfaction Of occasionally seeing D
halt uRErl Naqui leap convulslvely
nom his hiding place and come whitl
Jug down through thousand feet o
space.
Az rapidly ~ possible the remnant
%. thr column fought NJ way back {,
open ground, where their foes did moi
dare 10 follow, Hud alter brief res
dragged themselves back along ID,
route over which they marched b,
CltOriully the day before.
The number Of killed cannot be &C
guTattly stated, but out Oi the col
umn Of 800 men Il IA said that NJ lels
.l0 are either killed or wounded. NJ
additional force OF 100 militia has beer
organized at Hermospllo Hnd GuAymal
uui tho campaign hgniust the rebel
will DO vigorously pushed. rotfg
himstlf and q small party OF soldier
fgtfriled o. GuaymAp, where according
20 Que version that has reached En-
trunua ho has been placed under ~
tust because Of his failure, This 10 mo-
believed 10 be- true, AZ any rate al
tau Mexican troops Of Lower Calif0r
Mia Sonora and Sinal0a are 10 bl
mubiiEed NJ Guaymas ana anOihe
campaign organized against th
Nuquis, but whether General IOTres
10 lrnu Or not remains 10 be- eeen,
ltlsfnid that Don juc0lO Corda,
young doctor, after the encounter II
the canyon, lett place called l.
MUFa, with a small escort 10 attend 10
wounded aud On passing n place caliu
Arenas, ieli into an ambush prepare
ly the same party OF Irquls. Accord
lug 10 the report ho was slain In moo
cruel manner, tle eayHgus first tleyin
ha feet and making him walk ON thea
luvy nuRlly lauood him.
ile Sierra Bacatutu IA nOme Nv
uayb journey from Guaymar, and Is
very rugged, wild country, ono Of N
slmngholus Of the Ysquis. IL h raj
that only 100 or 200 Naquis were 10 "a
rebellion. Further details from dual
mas arc expected.
THIS Yaquia are 10 MoSicO what III
ATauhrs ate 20 Arizona, only % an.
hing they are more cruel. They al
magnificent specimens Of manhoo'
lsw being under six feet anu bus
almoa. unlimited powers Of eniuranoI
Murder hut No ctuo.
ERIE, Pa, May 2.-Hrnry C.YOun
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