The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-09
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DESPERATE WAR BEING WAGED3
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y 'le Unsn 50 ned i Cd. kinsS AZ rIexico
ls8s Are Deter mined u win Their Free
ON Be- Exter "a ina ted as i ass---
The nsvaal OF a = u ica.
hat is believed to be the last des-.
perate stand Of the - aquI Indian as
being made in the astnesses OF So.
nora. IT is a fight vii out mercy or
quarter on either side, the Indians
seemingly deterInin ID u to or be
,exter minated as a races the Mexi cans
ITO Wrest from them their last foothold
lin the Transyaal Of America u, as the
desolate, inn enetrable region can be
called. III.
Ii our hundred years have been in
sufficient for the invader to beat down
/ utterly the power Of the once mighty
u ma ton whose inpis scattered the
i mailed squadrons Of Coronado in
fight. Il Even when beaten BY sup erior-
lily Of arms they, like the Beers of
RsiIC ape Town, trekked into the wilder
ness, and ever since with Al hiatus of
fragile peace here and there have
held their ancient enemies at bay. s5#
year ago the Yaquis broke The
truce with the Mexican government
q that had existed for "a consid erable
B period, and declared that they would
gain. their indepe dence4o or become an
extinct race. Since that time at least
1000 Mexican soldiers have been
& killed or captured and several hundred
4 Yaquis have. been eXterminated.5 " NV
zs$ Once before i'll their mountains the
/ /. Yaqui forces repealed n the Mexican
troops for ten: years. /. The Mexicans
finally capitulated, and as an induce
ment for peace signed a treaty with
a the Yaqui nation ceding to the people
thereof a wide stretch of territory and
granting them home rule, with Diaz
{ as the official head OF their govern
ment. Gen. Torres was subsequently
appointed commando Ter Of the Mexican
military forces in the cities and for.
tresses Of Sonora and governor of the
h state, but the Indians were still per-
United to choose their own chief All
went well for years until the country
began to fill up with prospectors in
search OF gold and Mexican poems, who
lived by plundering the people. Tor
Sres and his hangers-on grew rich, and
every hill resonnde with the noise Of
the miners pick and shovel. The In
dians realized that they were being
gradual crowded OUT and rebelled. y
.merican prospectors say that one:
7Yaqui Indian lis worth five Mexicans.
The Indians were the. slaborers of
Sonora. They were employed by the
railways and mines, and were found
to be both industrious and honest and
capable Of great endurance. Physi-
Ec al they are perfect specimens of
and their int lligence is adj
Snrr1itted to be superb orS to the. average
Mexican peon.
sI Early last summer the Indian labor
Sers on the railways and in the mines
began to desert their posts without APP
parent cause, and a little later the re-
port was spread that they had taken.
the war path s "a. :.si II 5.s 5 $sz'
S Tetebiate, their old war chief, who.
led them during the ten years val, .
was sent to treat with them The re-
port came back that he had been mur-
5dered by the enraged braves. Several.
months later he was recognized while
leading them in an onslaught against
the Mexican forces. III IF 81 1.z. 5s 5#s
After the outbreak 4 Of d hostilities
troops and Calling guns were hurried
from Mexico proper to Sonora via FL
h aso, Texas. TIE Indians assembled
!: in force in the SsWamps OF the aqui
river near Potam. and its was there
that the first, battle was fought The
Mexican troops attempted to- capture
the Yaqui stron ghold, but were driven
back with heavy losses. The soldiers
returned TO Potam with 4 their b gar
ments torn to .shreds by coEtact with
the jungle thickets, and hundreds were e,
Frustrated by the terrible heat. or
res and his army thereafter remained
inactive for several months. The
commanding general B said & he. was
awaiting cool weather, and that he
would resume the campaign III Il the
autumn. Meanwhile 81 the u Inc ans
crossed the river and made their W ,19:,5
to the mountains, where tits practical
y imp possible to dislodges them from
their positions. They took their won
en- and children with them, and de-
fpleted many ranches OF their cattle
Which they drove to their camp id the
.Bacatete range. I'll
81 In the early winter Torres began his
advance, but has been unable to ac-
icomp1iis 4, thing up to the present
time He seems to 5be satisfed if she
can prevent the Yaquis ON cap tur-
ing any Of the i'm rtantt towns iii In the.
western part Of the state, and the only
battles that have occurred have been
sprecipi plated by the Ind ans themselves,
who sWooped down il force from the
m "a tains and attack Ted the Mexicans,iI
and a after inllfiicting as much damage as
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