Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
History OF THE TRIBE.
Struggle of the Yaquis to MaiHta'r
Their Iudppear1errt,

Their Indepenlen"t,
The Yaeui IndieGe. who have again
taken up nEn!S against the Mexican
gevrrHmcnt, have maintained their
sami-independence by force of arma
for century and q half against
the white invaders. They say that
they hold tho title to the territory ShS}
occupy from the king vt Sp&IG, from
whom they foHSed il, and they have
never recognized Mexican sovereignty.
As nation they are ruled by their
own laws, and they make their towns
asylums, never surrendering a fusf.
tive to the Mexican auth critics. TacSs
are naturally iAil ID and peaceful peo-
pie, but they .ars bfave and able in
war wAea it tcannot be avoided without
sacrifice of their principles and their
independence. They hate the Mexi:
cans, who, they allege, sold part Of
their land lying in the Gsdsden ..Phr-
chase to the United States. THEY
have revolted WITH mere or less sue
cess against Spanish and Mexican rule
in 37a5, 1926, 1882 and 1S41, and since
1885 have almost continually retaliated
on Mexico for various wrongs.
The Yaquis occupy LARGO district
of Sonora. inclBdis5 the towns of
Cocerin, Bacum and Torin, as we'll as
Ave 3ther towns on the YaQui river.
They are Industrious; they make good
farm laborers, miners and boethen,
weave cotton, raise lerSs afocks OF
horses, sheep ard eattle, and sell pro-
duets vniAed at many thousands of
dollars every month at Guaymas. The
Yaquis sreak in rough, loud tone,
and their name is said to near .'tf5
who shouts" They arS Gislieved to
number ~bn*t assftaaen thousand, of
wacM. More than five thousand are
adult males, most OF them armed. In
June, 1885, when the Mexican governi
ment was trying to force thru; 10 pay
taxes, they de featef and slaughtered
General GsarGia and four hundred
sekHars.
The last serious fight which these
descendants of the Aetecs had. witt,
Mexico was in 1896 and 1887. Wheii d
young girl named ssIrfssa Urea, after,
ward calles Santa Teresa, announced
that she had the gift of healing the
sick, and offered to lead her people
into paradise. She gathered several
/ thousand Yaquis. who made pilgrim;
ages to her fathers ranch and startHd
revolution. The Mexican atthori-
ties captured her a,nd took her across
the Uaitsd States frontier to Nogales
Many OF the Indians followed her,
and, after rescuing her, she led them
against the Mexican troops in Chihua-
hua, where she was captured and hHr
! force nearly ahhihiltteA. Che was
again sent oycr thH lsne to the United
States with the Warning never to re-
tiFa, but the Indians and some Mexi-
cans soon rallied around her and de.
feated small Mexican forces at nam-
Der of points. ST, Ter sa's band was
finally routed, but she raised another
army IL the United States, and lii
August the Yaquis sSsiz5d the Mexican
half of the te&I OF Nogales, being
besGaently driven outby Am ericans.
The ''war" continued fora year, until
in June, 1897, Jetiabale, chief Of the
Yaquis, marched into Guaymas OF the
hc..u of 500 warriors aud made 4 treaty
of peace with a commission sent by
President Diaz, by whose authority
the Iaquis were enrolled ii militia
FOR the state cf Sahora, with Jetiabale
as commander, with the rank and sal
AIRY of d Mexican officer. This policy
Of conciliation now seems to have
failed, aud the attempt at conquest
which was unsuccessful from the time
OF Spanish sovereignty, is again to be
renewed,