El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-04
THE YAQUIS
OF MEXICO.
A Mar-Like Tribe Eager to Fight
AGAINST Spain

publ,cs GAYS: The Yaqui Indians o
Mexico, VINO have Informed Sec retar!
of War Alger through the adjutant
general of Californis that q company
of 400 of their best men Is ready Il
fight against Spain, are one of ths
most Interesting tribes OF lndisns or
this continent. The Yaqu's prop ose Il
90 TO NcgaIes, on the border between
Arizooa in the Unite d States and Son
ora Ia Mexico, and there on Ameri al
soil enlist under the Stars aud Str pes
They speak Spanish and they bel eve
that their life in the -emi-tropics a &C
in regions where fevers are comm 70
has made them particularly adopt d tC
warfare in Cuba. Chief Tetabi4,e ha'
sent word to Gov. Budd Of Califor. Ia
urs ing him to ask for IN Enlistment Of
the beet Yaqui men, and sdding thai
the Yaquis will count the days until
they he nr that their services are de.
sired az ainet the enemies OF their fore
fat ers.
The Yaqui, live In the northwestern
part of the state of Sonora in the re-
pu lie of Mexico. The Yaqui liver
runs through toeir reservs'i ~. Quay,
south " est from the Taqui nations ter
litory. TORN is the principal to 20 of
toe Yaquis and the present military
headqlsrte rs of the third military
zone of Mexico. The country Is iso-
lat. d from the pro perOus and iofiu-
entail paris Of tue reDub ic OF Mexico
by q range Of mountsios aod stretches
of q k.h water. There hss been les
deve iopm Mt in The Yaqui reg oo than
elsewhere in Mexico, and the adams
live as their ancestors did u century
ago, exc. pi that they b ave decreased
fast in mum bers owing to the warfare
they conducted almost ce sselessly for
many years previous to last Juiv.
When COrtez came to M. xico in 1919
there were, 1t is estimated, $4,000
Yaquis... In the war against the armed
force unde~ COron ado that inva led
northern Mexico and pushed on to
what are now Color ado aid New Mex
leo, the Ysqu 9 lo.t 1000 men in one
year. In 1912 there remaioed about
81 200 Ysqui.. Toby there are 90O
of them President hi z recently de
SC. ibed them as tue EARNS of tn State
of S mora" Gen. Torres who COM
mands the army of The third ne OF
Mexico AID has fought the Yaquls in
three csmpsigns, says they are the
bes, pa'urai lighters in the world.
Some of Cheir strategy, he says, Is
m.rvels Us.
The Yaouis were among the boil lest
oppone IT'S that Cortez and his In u
tena, Is foun1 in tn. ir invasion Of
Next o. In the ba' tie OF IT, scala they
were the 6ercest an agonis OF The
SD ards, and n tn It b .ttle alons the
Naquis lost f. 900 Of their men, Th ~
wnr o the Spanish bat conquered the
Indiaos retre s'e1 to their ronghOld-
in tn. mountai OF Sonora aud gave
bal tie after bA tie to Troops that Cor
t sci there 10 find mines OF gold and
Or. cious stones. The legends of tn
Yaoui tribe are fun of the crue ties
prnc;iced upon their race, because
they were susp ct of keeping sec
ret rich mines Of precious metals. In
one day at the ancient city OF Isle'a.
q legend has it, 600 men an women
were put to death by banging, shoot
iup, throwing from precipices, burn
ing aud drowning, because Of re-
volt.
In 1912 the Spa ii ID authorities in
Mexie, report % IT, the King OF SD+io
tn It the Yaqui popula ion uai dimi l.
i.hed from 10000 10 81, 900 in annut
eighty years the FIVE snceot pueblos
of Ankezas, Lagnnoa, Mollemil, Car
rillu and Guanaojlto, each containing
5000 d. opie, were entirely wiped out
in q century OF msssacres, persecu-
tiors, and who'll sale ex- cutions for
trifilnp offs 8. Every building il
Carr, Ito wac burned aud raz I'D by the
Y,ouis themselves under orders from
the Spauiso troops alb 'us 1865, aud for
weexs squads OF Ynquis were marched
out daily to be SHOT,. All this was b.
cause an old turquoise mine had b zen
concesled from the conquerors.
The Yaquis rallied to the cause OF
Mexican independence under Geo ur-
bide in 1920. When p-ace was declar-
ed in SIP ember, 1921, and M xico was
free, they returned to their isolated
and fe tile regions in Sonora. For
twenty-five years the tribe was at
p-ac :. Il developed its fields, re p .ued
It's m mes, and, for the hrst tim. since
Cort z. increased rat DER than dimioisn-
ed in popul -t'ou. Toe Yaqus are
famous workers. and In 1885 and IN
1870 they were widely known for their
", nv p-ofitsb grain lie d. and silver
n ines. They established The 6rt free
sch pols in Mexico. and they welcome
Catholic ~ ssiona' is, prOvi led tn y
were no. Of SDaoish origin. When the
Ame-ican army marchet into Mexico
In 1917, tn, Yaquis could not at 6r,t ne
coaxed from the mountains aud val
leys of Sonora to joio The Mexic ans.
F ually, ON prOml-es that additional
la d wou be given them, some 5000
Yaqui braves j 'ioed the Mex'csn Tor.
ces. From the time OF the trea'y at
Guadalupe Hidsleo. in 1913, until July
OF last y ar, the Yaqnis have never
bean really at peace with the reDu 7lic
of NJ xic,. The constant grievance
was that the Mexi.au gDvernm ut had
not kept its promises t. G We t1em
more land. They have sD mt tn IT.
earnings OF fifty years and sacrificed
2O,OOO ives In their wars. The Mex
lean government has lost IS 600 soldi-
ers Who have been SAINT a2siost tn va
quis. No one knows how much money
the Yaqui campaigns have cost
the Mexican nation. Invs-iable VIC
tory has remaioed With the Indians
From June, 1885, t. July, 1897, the war
fare Of the Mexican government
ags'nt the Yaquis was prsctic Ally
constant. Indeed, 1t has been eaid
that the repub ic Of Mexico used the
Yaoui. tn punish regime {, hat were
insubordinate or suspected OF revolu
siopary sentiments. campaign
ag-inet the tribes of Sonora effec ually
disposed OF disable ed soldiers.
Gen. Torres ecer tly esid to one who
knows the Ysqui character that ths
Twelve years. warfare, from 1855 to 1897,