Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26

yasuls CenpssnIssd Her Family Because Of
Their Gratitude for Her.


81 notice. said 8. H. Newman, That
some enterprising reporter has tried to
make Santa Teresa responsible for the
Yaqui rebellion. Santa Teresa Is at
her home in Clifton, Ariz., and has not
been on Mexican soil since she was
banished some years ago.
II have heard the story OF Santa
Teresa's life from her own lips ana
from her father, and know that she
never did have anything to do with
Indian uprisings In Mexico.
Santa Teresa was born on her
fathers farm In the State OF Sonora.
Her father was then wealthy farm
er, residing more than 100 miles from
the Yaqui reservation. The Yaqui In
dams have heard of. the wonderful
healing powers Of Santa Teresa, and a
number of sick Yaquis had been cured
by her. She won their everlasting
gratitude, and their simple, superstiti-
GUS minds endowed the kind-hearted
farmers daughter with divine power.
,'One' day there came to the Yaqui
settlement priest. The settlement
had a little cathedral, but no priest ex-
cept such as occasionally visited the
village as this one did. The priest
found In the little cathedral very
fine old painting which had been left
there by the Spaniards. The priest
wanted the painting and said he would
take 1t and replace 1t with another
painting. The Indians objected and
finally told the persistent priest that
he should not touch the painting. On
returning to his regular station the
priest reported that the Indians had
rebelled against the Mexican Govern
ment. AS a result Of that report troops
were ordered to the Indian village to
subjugate the rebels.
''The Indians heard that the troops
were coming and supposed that they
were being sent to support the priest
and take their painting. War signals
flashed from every hill, and the Yaquis
gathered in force to protect their
painting of the Virgin. They went out
to meet the soldiers, after having TAX
en- VOW that if they won they would
all go to see Santa Teresa and take
their wounded for her to heal.
"Well, the battle resulted in the
slaughter of all the troops. To remem-
Der their vow the Indians went into
the battle shouting Remember Santa
Teresa! MeXicans hearing the battle
cry, concluded that Santa Teresa was
responsible for the uprising when, as
a matter of fact she did not know
anything about it.
"After winning the battle the In
dams headed for Santa Teresa's home.
1t was a long march. but they were
going to keep their vow. Runners
notified Santa Teresa's father of what
had happened and told him the In
dams were coming. He knew their
visit would cause the Government to
suspicion him, so he took his family
and hurried to the nearest military
fort and notified the officers of the adj
vance of the Indians. He returned to
his home with the troops. The In
dams had been there, and finding San
ia Teresa gone had left several of their
wounded and returned to the Yaqui
country.
1.-The presence of the wounded
Yaquis in Santa Teresa's home was
accepted by the army officers as proof
positive that Santa Teresa had been
aiding the rebels, so she was ordered
to leave the country. She did so, and
has never returned or had any COM
munication with Yaqui Indians. SO
you can see her Punishment was a
mistake, as was the Indian uprising"
Ell Paso (Tex) Times.