The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-02

towns By her act OF inda,a,aa..
slavery was abolished but -I re- 411,9l
We're still held by the old S1Snil-tS
srahdee land holders as serfs 5eDa-75-
~ uDOn then Tor that most DreciO7,s
- al lhlngs-WatsT, which. owing 10
- - pee pc mar formation of Yucatan. is
HeLu IN deep underground deDOSitS
Hucatan's alliance To ATe1-icl, - -
snort duration A revolution broke
oul- extending to all parts of the conn
y y anu every Mexican garrison was
dElNen out with second proclamation
u independence Santa Ana was fierce
" engaged with the Texans WHOM, h.
declared the worst of all rebels. ans
1ucaJan entered into a compact win
them, Dy which they were 10 pav Sg 600
TIoHlhIN toward the support Of the
exam navy IN return for the Dro%a~-
ton o. their coast from a Mexican in
NaSloh- II this compact had been close
~ adhered TO Yucatan might have he
some ours But IN the driving out Of
the Mexican garrisOnS the sulIan ATa1-ae
lifted their heads. They saw their 49,
tiers 'emDrotled in war, and often the
laSh applied TO their own Sholders tn
sustain it. They saw the white men
speaking the white mems tongue. EN-
DlIIered one against the other. and
win some OF their own people pressed
into service by the COntendins parties
they began TO realize their own
strength There We're murmurineys and
Hhally came the storm It burst over
the whole land south Of Merida md
10 the east of Campeche The ,Tca
wariike MayaS had risen with a fierce
determination to exterminate their on
preSSOrS and all those allied with them
The inhabitants of cities. villages and
haciendas We're maSSacred and there
enSued what IS known in YuCatan a.
the war of the races. 1t was a ferca
war, in which no quarter was asked
nor given YucaFan was desoIa.te and
the Mayas. elated with success. ap-
peared TO the very walls of Merida
Government agents We're sent 10 New
Orleans Offering inducements TO Amer
leans TO enlist, but tie few obtained
did not bring success. Undoubtedly
the MayaS would have Succeeded in
their purpose had they been properly
organized under competent chiefs.
Their aggressive war lasted until the
few people remaining against them
turned to Mexico for help. Mexico
replied by sending her troops. annex
ing the county as a state, and prose
cutting the war with varying energy as
we'll as success
One Of the difficulties of campaign
ing in this country is the absence Of
water, and what there is is often hid
den deep in underground deposits
known only to the Mayas themselves.
Some years ago the Mexican govern
ment undertook an invasion Of their
country from the south through che
was put on il by the British, who con-
troll the entrance to the bay. It is
said that the British government also
claimed an indemnity from Mexico for
the Indian raid upon Orange Walk. but
after a great deal of diplomatic cor
respOndenCe the British withdrew the
claim and subsequently allowed Mexico
20 send her cruisers into the bay for
the purpose Of prosecuting the war
About a month ago Captain Manuel
AgUela. of the Mexican navy, COM
handing the SaragOSsa- arrived in
New Orleans commissioned TO bug a
number of light draught vessels for
the purpose of navigating the shOal
waters of this bay and entering with
troops the narrow inlet connecting it
with the lake upon which stands the
desOlate ruins of Bacalar- It is pro
posed to drive the Indians out from
BacaIar. garrison and rebuild the old
city and open up the surrounding cOun-
try to cOIonists. after which further
attempts viii be made to penetrate to
and take possession Of the mysterious
CITY.