El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-04

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,kinned q barro and drew the hide over
the BODY of the Mexican captain. he
| then stuck the body on pole and
took il 10 a point in full view Of Quay
mas and exhibited it to the garrison
there.
The Apache campaigns in A-iz,na
and New Mexico were simple cOmpar-
ed with the campaigns the Mexican
soldiers had to und. rgo to keep the
Yaquis p-nued within the fastne ,ses
Of their m ountaips.
"The Yaqui war came to close
last June 10 - most unusual m8uuer,"
said Mai II Harry W. Patton, ex-Untt-
ed States Indian agent, in this city, Il
had the story from m =mber of Gen.
Torres staff. Ia one Of the many for
aye of 1896 aud 1897 q young Yaqui
warrior was wouods d and Captured. To-
stead o. ordering him snot, Co. Pima
do, In command, directed tnst he
should have the kinde.t treatmen Mt.
When the Indian recovered Col. Pin
ado, set him ee and asked HIM to bear
q message to Chief TAtabiate. The
col ,oel propose a coaf.ren;e to ter
inmate the long war. Tattbi ate re-
turned world that the fate OF the fol-
or chief, G mi, was too fresh In hi,
M emory, and that he did not care to
lave his d ,fenses t, m ct any M X
lean off e q in conferences. He re-
pllei oluntly, that If Col. pioado
wan ed to ses him he woul, have to
come into the N ,untains at ended on'y
BY The Indian N sssenger. Tue chief
gave his a surance of pe rs 1nal safety
t. Col. Pima 20, and 81 that no at
mot wouli be made t. avenRe Cafe
mrs death by breakiog faith as Gen.
Mart neg had done.
"Uuder the pee llar condition of a.
fair, il took q m IN of great courage 70
&C .ept rata'i ,te.s invit-tiOu. Col.
Pinaio. howev-r, was tho ougoly fam
iltsr with the Yaqui character. H.
knew they held tn, ir word OF booor as
some h ng .acre1. He also knew that
there was extrnO ~din-ry p-ovocation
to bre AK it in this instance. His broth
err officers were all opposed to the step,
hut when the matter va.
reported to Gen. Torres, he ordered
Ploado to proceed to the mount"in-
and open nego iations with
toe Yaam c,ief. The na~iug Next an
penetrated the mOuutsius for several
mile., and at last came to Q littl. VAL
ley where s,ood the Iodiau chiefta'n
by q dozen Of his braves.
A'ter the b -trayal Of Chief G j-mi tn
rib decreed that their chief should
al wavs BE- atteode by not fewer than
tw. I've war; ors as q b dyguari. -As
be auproache the gro ~ OF Ysqni-
Col. P.nado handed his fl. to on
hr,v. aud his ,evolv-r t, an ,en.r
Then he held out hi- hand to Tatabtate
rne caif took it. and patting tie co.
onel on the shoulder, sad:
"Col. P,ra1o, I thong l was
brave On n AID soldier, but by Thu
a It you We matched any Yaqurs
bravery"
"Col. Piuado ,maiued in the Ysqui
camp two days. He cot rcd up I've
gotiat ons for peace diD' oms 1csliy.
He to d w the rules of NJ .xic IN mill
tary disci plioe req Ilr ID toe ex Gu 1on
of traitors, AID that G IN. Martin had
had 90 part or kuo vi dye in the lurlng
said that the warfare wa' keeping
capital out of Mexico, es.
o -cially out of the rich agricultural
and mining regions OF the Yaqui ter
ritory, and that the MEXICAN govern
msnt could keep up a war for years to
come, while the Yaquis could not go
on lOsi g their b 1T ,u year after
year. He assured the Yaquis that the
Mexic.ns wou grant III m unusual
concessions To eff CT p ACE Tata oiate
put his dem snds az follows:
That eac 1 warrior, woman, aud chI'd
of the Yaqnl tribe, no m alter where his
place OF res d-nce, should have pOr-
ton of ths sla IDS of his fore-fathe-s;
tn at this lan1 should be surveyed, laid
off, and pa emit d to each Indian in
dividually; that the rights OF the H.
disns to bear arms should not be
abridged; that the government should
issue to all Indians .uff1 ;it Mt rat'ons
of corn to sustain them t they
CO. aid get their lands Gle ,red aud a
crop raised. 1t return the Iudi ans
were to .relinquish claim to such Of
their lands a. they did not need, and
we're to stop all attacks on Mex
leans and.raids on Mexican proper-
ty.
"To make long story short Col.
Piusdo submitted the Yaqui-' prOpo-
sl,ions to Gen. Torres, and he in turn
To President Diaz. The president told
Col. Plnado e., cl 'se at once the treaty
with the Yequ g. The formal sign
July at Ortiz. A great stand was
erected 10 the middle of the blaza
People q mked into the town for niles
around. Bu-in. SO WAS susp ,nded and
every one celebrated the day. The
Yaqui soldi rs. $40 strong, were ther~.
The NJ xican troops. to the numbrr of
2,OvO were there also. the forces
N 4rched about the stand aud ealutei
eacn other sg,in and again. They |
$40 VI I8ClDR eacu OLbcF d u llStoueQ VI
pa RIO ic spe les by Governor San
ches of SOuorx, Gen. Torre-, a d Chief
Tat % ate. Tho Mexica 8 p a ei the
hr very OF the Ysqnis, and Cnief Tata- |
hi te won loud applause by his ell
OquOnt references to what TIL
NJ xicsu so ers had done for their |
count y. When he exercises we're over
Mexlca 70 Yoquis mingl. d tuge b r
a ID comp Ared not 8 ab ,ut their recent |
C .mp Aigus. Ia the evening there was
q Ill and u pvrOtechnic display. TIE
= ext dav there WAS barb scue. BY
that time the Mexican aud Y ,qui solo,
dlers had become so we'll pleased with |
each other that they went around |
town in groups. holding on to one an
othe-s's srms."
Toe YnQrt is the chief dependence
OF the Amer lean farmers and miners In |
Sonora, and is ne -haps the hest worker |
there is in all M-xico. He is go. d.
natored and a plodder. Now that he |
has squar. d his accounts with Mexico |
and is getting bis de-erts in q fertile |
land, he ha. no i'll feeling for sry ooe
hut the Spanisrds. He hates the
Spanish, because hs has been tsupht,
as his f,ther and grandfather were. TO