The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

IN THE YAQul c0UNI
ssep''' Correspondent Is N. -
to the frsut
INDIANS ARE DETERMINED i,
'. ~. Of =, Their Anns.,t,o,
Though They Have a 49,,
tity Of II ON Hand.

81 paso, Texas, Angus. ~, J
received tonight by tho \, D.
from Its STAFF correspondent !.
sonora Mexico, the nearest t.,.,..]
nee to the camp of Genera, TIT
Qaqui country. says: Five d,s. .'ss
practically thrown away betvs., ~ y
and Medano, the little sunbo,, ~ ~
oeins unable to enter the Y.ou, :.
account Of a sandbar. Altar 49,
deep watsr was encountered =, , \ /
is swollen beyond Its banks ,rs IL
over the adjacent country IN ~
sloushs. making progress alops i.
very difficult and across III. os,. -
nigh impossible. @s'
The river banks are Ina
brakes and SO strong is the .o.' N.
the boat made only one mil. M
the stream. Arriving AT WsS.ssa y
ed on horseback for Guam,,chi,r S
OF General Lorenzo Torres .. -
away, ana was escorted BY sir so,St.
Inc road was deep In ws,.s
many places the horses haa /.
Guamuchil Torres ranch Wa ~,
strongly fortified with breastwo.ssa
OF logs bound together with w,rs ~
the face covered with earth ~ ~.
surrounded by a high barbad ~ wv
encirciing the entire place. Ths \
manned by seventy-fve soldiers u
About fifty are stationed AZ VI
where the same Kind OF fortinca,n.. \
been thrown up to protect the towa
The average Qaqui is a tins sn M" T.
physical manhood, tall, straight ~
built. Many of the Iadians an ~ -
WORK IN Potam, Guamlchil and NJ
while quite a number are to b I'm
the rank OF the State Volunteers
nearly every day some are mIss,ns
day Yaqui is industrlously ths.l
corn; tomorrow he he will be- rnissinS
If you ask where he is his coInnanior1
answer "Quien sabe." He Nd ~
join his tribe ON the warpath and M.
sibly taken one OF the many rifles \
around. Potam Is a town Of brush
mud huts with population Of 600. Al
the inhabitants are seven Americans
OF whom are here from the upper
try and came in for personal safety]
Messrs. Francis and Macdonald IN
subjects, operate flour mill here +
great deal of the grain handled !
from the Yaqui ranches. They lameu
outbreak, but assert that no soyerpj
on earth would have put up with 20
as the Mexicans have from tho Ind
They say Mexico would be justife
wiping out every Indian who has Mi
gun or bow or given the hostllss sid
Indians principal demand was that
other nationalities. including Msxl(
withdraw from the entire yaqui vaIlsy
they refused to recognize any laws
those OF their own making.
The Yaqui resorts TO the use u "a
whenever possible in order to save
munition, and from this it Is inferred
they intend to carry on the campdgl
a long period, for the ammunition
have would last for months even Y
lavishly.
When the troops entered Vlce Nv
urday afternoon they found tho bsd
a large man whose face was hacked
yond recognition and his hands, fest
other parts missing. The olothsl
sembled those of the old war cblsf
viate. The reported assassination q
chief three weeks ago has never been
firmed and 1t Is the opinion Of most
Pile that he turned against the govern!
and is at present with renegaaea
supposed that the Indians nutlnea
body of one Of their dead 70 ead
enemy to the belief that Tetss'as
dead. 4,
The Yaquis have about niteel KY
ers men. women and children. inclu
Catholic priest and two nuns, pu
the sayages slowly retreat no indlAI
of the whereabouts of these prisoner