The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-08-12
SENDS 4 BIG FORCE
AGAINST THE YAQUIS
The Mexican Government Plans Ex-
termination of the Trouble
some Tribe.
THEY HAVE KILLED MANY MINERS
Over 100 Believed to Have Been
Slain by the Rcds--Amcrican
Prospectors Flee From
tho Country.

Austin, Tex, Aug. 9.-Information
received here by private adrices is TO
the effect that the Mexican army has
opened up active and continual war
fare OIL the Yaqnis. For n week the
Mexican soldiers already in the Iaqui
country have been engaging the In
dams until the main body of troops
could be Modified. In dong this they
have lost quite a number of their sol
dicrs, while the Indians lost compare
lively few warriors. 1t WAS stated
that the Mexican soldiers We're about
modified, at least there IRE 1000 men
in the field, and that is considered to
be sufficient to justify the troops being
moved into the mountains, with in
strnctions t o push through, if possible,
and exterminate the Indians.
The situation is worse. even, than
during the ten years war. The In
dams are determined that they will
fight until they regain every foot of
territory taken from them by the
treaty three years ago, and the Mex
lean government is equally determined
to fully eNterminate the Indians, so as
to secure all the land from the Indians
and prevent any further outbreak.
According to official advices the In
dams have already killed something
like 100 miners and as many soldiers.
Austin, Tex, Aug. s.-A special re-
received here from Terraras. Chihua-
lIua, Mex, near the scene of the Ynuui
uprising, says:
1t is going to take the Mexican gov
,rnment a long time and n big force
of troops to quell the rebellion. The
Yaquis are better prepared now than
ever before for q long and bloody cam
paign.. They are well fixed financial
5000 per head which the Mexican gov
ernment paid them when they signed
the treaty of peace two years ago.
They have been making money since
then, too, and it is known that they
have been laying in big supplies of
arms and ammunition for some time
past.
a dispatch was received here last
night from Casas Grandes, state of
chihuahua. Mexico, saying that one
regiment OF Mexican cavalry had Just
left there and started on its way to
the upper waters of the Yaqui river, in
the state of Sonora, and that it is evil
IDENTIFY the intention Of these troops
to enter the Ya1ui Indian country
from the north and endeavor to drive
the warning braves to their strong
holds in the Sabarai mountains. They
are rapidly gathering in large forces.
One body of rebellions Indians has
fortified itself in the Bacate noun
tains, between the Yaqui and Mataco
rivers. and an effort is being made to
keep the two forces of warriors apart.
1t is known, however. hat the two di-
visions are in-crnstant communication
by means Of courier and it is feared
the Indians are planning to draw the
Mexican soldiers into an ambuscade.
Two more parties of American pros
pectors have just arrived at Casas.
Grandes. They had q rich placer min
ing camp near the junction of the
P%aphigochie and Bntepio rivers. which
hey abandoned upon hearing alarm
alg reports of murders and other terri
BILE outrages committed by rowing
bunds of Yaquis at points below them.
Captain Marines, an old Indian fight
CT, is a member of II of these par
ties. He says the majority of the
American p%rospectors will hear OF the
uprising in time to escape. Any delay
in breaking camp may mean their
deaths. 1t is o estimated that there
are over 500 Americans. in the whole
district. There is only one extensive
mining plant within easy,reach of the
Indians. 1t is in the vicinity of Baro-
peca and is owned by California; capi-
~talists,