The evening times., 1899-08-19

New York. Aug I9.-The "Heraid's"
| correspondent at Guaynas, Mexico sends
the following from that city under date OF
the l4th inst:
il has been reported that all Indians
south of the YaQui river TO Chihuahua
and the American frontier are on the war
path: that prospectors are being s.augh-
tered in the mountains. and that the lives
of all who remain in the district are in
peril. 1t seems to be the general impress
sion in the United States that the Yaquis
infest all the mountain region OF Sonora.
that they are numerous and very warlike,
and are suffering wreugs commonly sup
posed to be inflicted upon the noble rel
man and the downtrodden Filipino by
wicked white men.
The term @Yaqui country" is misapplied
to ali the territory traversed by the faqui
River and its branches from Cochise coun-
ty Ariz., to the sea. The real Yaqui
country is small section in the southern
part OF the district of GuHynas. compris-
ing fertile valley about sixty miles long
and the mountains of Bacatete. The va
quis are not in Sierre Madre and never
towns along the river-Bacum, Vicam,
Potam, Torin, and Cocorito.
These are not exclusively Indian towns,
but are inhabited by Mexicans and Yaquis
Many of the latter are employed at ha-
ciendas. along the river, and are said. 10
be good laborers. Others work as section
hands On the railway along its whole
length and are liked by railroad officials,
who prefer them to the Mexican peon.
Iasr hi srfaFr. .lIr
ate cause OF the recent trouble was the
Government attempts to disarm Indians
at Bacum. IL it be true, as officials and
some others say, that the trouble was
caused by '-malcontents." there must have
been large proportion of such in the
tribe, for after the troops had killed about
200 enough were left 10 give all the troops
General Torres could muster-supposed to
| be about 4,000-two days OF hard lighting
and three hours of stubborn battle at the
| taking of Vicam.
From other sources comes another ex-
PLANTATION OF the trouble. II is said that in
| the allotment of lands the Indians received
only the poorer patches. and that the best
lands in the valley We're taken by MeXi-
cans IL is said also that owners OF large
ranches along lie river took into their canal
all the water and left the Yaqui bitches
| cry.
The Indians are said to have protested,
and when they represented that they
needed water for their crops they were
told 10 wait for rains. Then they cut the
canal and turned water into their bitches,
/ and the fight with Maldonado and his es-
| cort followed.
Communication with the Yaqui River
was suspended at the beginning of the cut
| break and has not been re-established. By
road it is about eighty miles from Guaymas
| to Potam, and the road has been consid-
! cred dangerous for some weeks and has
not been traversed except by detachments
! of soldiers in wagons and by few natives
| who came in from river towns.
Under these conditions one can neither
! get to Yaqui River nor get news from
there.
/ arriver in Guaymas late at night on
August II, the train being delayed, as is
common in the season of washouts. The
! governor of Sonora had warned, not to
| TO say ordered, me not to attempt the
overland route, and advised going by wa
ter. | was assured that the steamer ia
lisco would sail the next day at 5 o'clock
in the afternoon. / drove to the wharf
at 9 o'clock in the morning and discovered
| that the Jalisco had sailed al 5 o'clock in
the morning.
The obvious remedy for this trouble was
to follow the Jalisco. catch the troops at
Medano. and go up the river with them.
| engaged sloop, and then the owner
said permission to sail was required. The
collector of the port positively refused that
permission.
decided to try the road. At first the
plan was TO take an armed escort Of four
men. but it was not so very easy to find
four men willing to go. Finally a good
man--Jose Marie Cortez-was recommend
ed. and with him an arrangement was
made. He contracted to guide me to Po-
lam on the river
We set out early Sunday morning. De-
tour was made around the arm CT the bay
to Batoma. Att, and We arrived at Cruz
Piedra about 10 O'Clock. The heat, how
ever, was terrific the sand. broken only
by mesquite and cactus, and We were
obliged TO return. Two hours of sleep and
only two glasses of milk in forty hours
had taken the starch out OF the white man.
On our return We discovered that the va
quis had been dispersed from Vicam the
DAY before we started.
The assertion of the projectors of the
great Yaquis Canal, which takes water
from the river above the Yaquis' towns,
that Indian troubles have delayed develop
ment of their big irrigation project for the
beneI Of their vast tract south of the
river has some resemblance to signif-
cant admission. They say the water ques-
uon cuts no ngure In the trouble. ana they
aver that there is no cause at all for the
discomfort of the Indians. But it is hard
ly credible that there is no cause for the
stubborn insurrection that has been in
preparation for nearly two years.
Ii is said by men who claim direct
knowledge of the facts, that the Yaquis
have worked in Nogaies, saved their
wages. and bought rifles and cartridges for
a long time. One Yaqui has obtained and
taken back to his people in that way nine
rifles and nine hundred pounds of ammuni-
ton.
He may be very bad Indian, and all his
friends TO whom he took rifles may be bad,
but they are methodical In their badness.
and it does not seem entirely foolish to
suppose they believe they had been badly
dealt with by somebody in their own coun-
try. There is matter for speculation in
some of these things.
A Family Predfcament.
Middlesboro KY Aug ia very re-