The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

blessings Among the number were
many crippled and afflicted men and
women. The girl laid her hands upon
these unfortunate sufferers ana tney
went their way rejoicing, ProcIaIlillAs
that they had been made whole ana re-
stored to health by her divine touch-
The fame of the girl spread so rapidly
and caused so much excitement that
the Mexican authorities became
alarmed. The Tomachic Indians looked
upon Santa Teresa as their Speclal pro-
tector, and when a force OF Mexican
troops arrived in that locality ana sent
word that the gathering OF fanaucS
would have to disperse the girl told
the Tomachics that they must follow
her standard and she would lead them
to victory.
The Tomachics rallied around the girl
when the force of soldiers arrived dI
the place and gave the final order IoI
them to disperse. The several hundred
Indians refused to obey the order ana
? charge was made upon them by the
soldiers. 1t was a desperate pattIe ana
resulted in the routing OF the IONA
chics. They rallied a few days later
at another point in that section. SaIltd
Teresa took personal command OF the
small army of Indians ana Wheh the
second attack was made she was III
the thickest of the fray. The Toma-
the girl and few Of her folloWerS
barely escaped into the mountains with
their lives. 1t was the last oattle the
Mexican troops had with the roma
chic Indians. That tribe was practlcalIy
Wiped out of existence in the TWO HShCo'
Santa Teresa then sought refuge III
the heart of the Yaqui Indian country
and became the patron saint OF the
Yauuis She had been with them put
few weeks when she worked the braves
nm TO such a high pitch Of eXcltemeHt
that they made an attack on ldI 8
force of Mexican soldiers not ldI lI lIoIli
the town of Ures. Santa Teresa was
with them and was capLuleI o be- be-,
Mexican troops. Her power had pc
come well known to the Mexican mill
tarv and civil authorities and 1t was
generally agreed that she should De Sc
Verely punished. She was taken over
land to Guaymas, a distance or over zoG
miles, under the escort or troop ot
cavalry. She was placed in prison at
Guaymas, but had been in her new
quarters but a few days when courier
arrived from the Yaqui country oearlnS
a note from the chief of the tribe, IN
forming the military commander at
Guaymas that unless santa Ieresa was
immediately released from prison an
attack would be made on the town ana
all the buildings burned. Twelve hOurS
were given the Mexican commander IN
which to comply with the demand. Inc
commander at Guaymas Immediately
communicated with President Dlaz, ac-
ouainting the latter with the situation,
and asked what should be done with
the prisoner The President replied, or
dering that the girl be eXiled from Mex
leo. She was placed on northDOunu
train or the Sonora railroad that even
ing, in charge of an armed guard, ana
taken to NogaleS, Arizona, and turned
trpt Injunction that II
she ever set foot in Mexico again and
was captured she would be shot.
Santa Teresa remained in Nogales
for several months. Thousands of af-
flicted Mexicans and Yaqui Indians
visited her there. She disappeared one
day and when next heard of she was
the leader of a band of Yaqui Indians
who made a raid on the town of From
teras, near the United States border.
Several Indians and number or MeX1-
cans were killed in that raid. Again,
she was forced to leave the country
and this time she sought refuge in Ell
Paso, Texas, where she lived in COM
parative quiet for several months. She
performed many apparently miraculous
cures of afflicted persons while in Ell
Paso.
She again disappeared and next came
into public notice as the chief actor in
an army of about 1000 fanatical Mexi-
cans in the State of Chihuahua, Mexi-
co. They had their camp just across
the Rio Grande from Preside del Norte,
Texas, and the wonderful woman seem
ed to have full sway over her followers,
This gathering of fanatics became so
large that the Mexican authorities be-
came alarmed, the report having reach
ed Chihuahua that they intended start
ing a revolution against the Mexican
Government. A regiment of soldiers
was sent out from Chihuahua to dis
perse the fanatics. The troops went to
Sierra Mojada by train and then
marched overland to the border, a dis
tance of 100 miles. The religious fan
atics refused to obey the order to dis
perse, and a conflict took place in which
six soldiers and twenty fanatics were
killed
Santa Teresa escaped across the river
and kept in hiding in Texas until the
excitement died out. She then returned
to- FL Paso, where she lived until her
recent disappearance.