The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-02
faqua Indians Have a Grievance

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~ Faso' Tex, Aug. l-Louls +. Truas
VINO has spent the past three months IN
the heart Of the Yaqui Indian countr,,
reached here this evening by wav ~ "a
Srandes' reports that on June 2ltb ara
18th while on the Rio Cedros. I'm sonoro
ne met three bands Of Yaquis beayil,,
armed numbering about 900 men. man,
whom spoke English and who said tbey
were miners and bound for Yaoul valIey
70 protect their people and homes Tbov
salo the Americans had never been ana
Woulo not now be molested. They saia
lhey would annihilate the Mexican sold.
lers who ventured to invade their country
from the eastward as they came through
Soerra Madre mountains The fRhting
men will retire into the mountains ~
southeastern Sonora and there await the
Mexican soldiers. They claim the present
Waf mas been brought about BY the un-
faithfulness Of the Mexican government.
which, two years ago. gave them certain
lands In the Yaqui valley and Is now
granting the same to individuals and cor
porations for speculative purposes.
st. Louis. Aug. IA special to the Globe
Democrat from Ortiz. Mex, says:
Any doubt that the Yaquis ar on the
warpath In earnest was dispelled TODAY
when news reached here that several Am,
ricans had been killed in Pueblos. OF
towns IN the Yaqui river valley. east ane
southeast OF this station.
The courier who came with the news OF
the slaughter declares that he saw a
desperate fight al a point forty miles
southeast OF Ortiz. nd that he has posi-
tive evidence that J. r. Remley, a mer-
chant OF Hermosillo, and e. Miller a pho
tographer in his employ, were among the
killed.
,Remley WAS one Of the best known Ame-
ricans in Sonora
The inhabitants o fthe towns in and near
the Yaqui valley are I'm a state Of ter
ror
General Torres. commander OF the first
mintary zone. wmen mcludas son0ra
slnaloa and rower California, who was In
the field wit the Twelfth regiment IS
reported among the slain.
No information is obtalnable as yet OF
the number Of fighting indians under
arms but II the outbreak is OF the pro-
portions OF the war ended IN 1897 the mum
Der may be placed at between $500 and 4,
0O0 This outbreak is a surprise 10 the
state and army officers.
II IS impossible 10 secure accurate figures
as TO the total number Of killed 70 date
but the estimate at fifty on each side Il
not considered excessive.
St Louis, Mo, Aug. i.-Mr. ". ". Mar
shall, business man Of this city who 8
we'll acquainted with the Yaqui River val
| ley in Mexico, and who has Just returnec
| from that region. gives some interesting
information respecting the situation Their
| He says the Indians 1--we on land grantel
them BY the Mexican government az tn
close Of the ten years war IN 1897 Thesl
| lands, he states, are constantly beinI
encroached upon By Mexicans, and thi
inconnection with the excitment arouse'
by vigorous dancing which was going o'
when he left there, had lei 10 the out
break There are fve military posts ii
the larger valley which were garrisone
with about 1900 troops when Mr. Marshal
was there three weeks ago. Quite mum
Der OF Americans live in two OF thes
towns, but Mr Marshall dosen't thin
they will be harmed as the Indians ar
very friendly 10 Americans. Fully 25,
Indians are on the war path and as the
are splenulu heHAeFs anu "eIA - i"S@ "a
Marshall says the present Mex9sn fore
in their country is no match Tor then
Reinforcements are on the way there, no
ever. and a battery and some sixty cas'
OF arms are said 20 have passed throug
El Paso enroute 70 the scene OF trouo
within the past three days. The reporte
hght is said TO have occurred last Frida
and that the Indians were defeated TT
]. +. Remley killed In tho night was form
> erly agent for the Wells Fargo Expire
/. company at Hermostili. Mexico His fan
: ily lives Ia Missouri.