The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-10
RDIlNSUNSUPPRESBD,
Mexican Troops Seem Unable to
Cope With the Situation.
ROWING BANDS OF MARAUDIRs
Have RanAacked . Great Stretch of
Territory and Done Considerable
Damase to Several Hamlet,-Well
SuDplIed With Ffrenrm..

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Territory and Done Considerable
Damage to Several Hasalets-well
supplied With Firearms.
Austin, Tex. March 10.-Advices
from Ortiz. state Of Sonora, Mexico,
! are that the Indians have continued
their depredations to an alarming ex-
tent during the past week, having ran
sacked great stretch of territory and
done no little damage to several ham
let's along the road between Potam and
TORN. The Mexican troops do not
seem able to cope with the situation at
the present writing, and it Is manifest
that more men will be needed to eff
fectually suppress the uprising The
Indians, who were all banded together
about ten days ago for the purpose pre-
sumably of making an attack upon the
main forces Of the Mexicans at point
near TORN, have again dispersed into
rowing bands of some 200 or 300 each.
and In this manner they are covering
a great range of territory and doing
more damage In the way of marauding
movements. 1t is evident, however,
that they are In constant communica-
ton with one another, both by rum
ners" and by signal fires, as almost
every night signal fires are flashed
from the mountains, indicating the
temporary camp Of some Of the Indians.
Owing to the unsettled and extreme
ly wild country in this neighbOrhood,
however. the Mexican troops do not
dare venture to the location in the
night, and for that matter they find
great difficulty In leaving the road
during the day, owing to the acres Of
prickly pear and chapperral through
which they have to wade and which
seriously interferes with their progress.
The Mexican troops are very suspicious
of the Indians laying traps to massa-
ere the entire force, and do not show
much inclination to venture into the
mountain Businesses. Several efforts
have been made to get small detach-
ments Of men through to Potan, but
without success. as the Indians seem
to be very plentiful in that neighbor-
hood, and are waglng an unusually
bold warfare upon all troops that come
to the scene of action. The Mexican
government will make one more at
tempt during the coming week to force
its way through, and to that end will
mobilize its troops and attempt to en-
gage the Indians.
The Mexican government Is puzzled
to locate the source from which the
Indians are securing all their guns
and ammunition, as they seem to be
securing additional supplies Of both al
most weekly, and now hundreds Of
them are armed with the very best
rifles, while at the opening of the up
rising 1t was estimated that not
thousand of them had rifles, many hav-
ing to use bows and arrows.
Parties coming In from the scene Of
the various engagements state that evil
IDENTIFY no prisoners are being taken A
few miles out from Guaymas on Tues
day half dozen Mexican soldiers were |
found swinging from trees, and near |
Potan on the same day five Indian !
braves were hanging from mesquite
trees. Near La MOucha on Sunday Is |
bodies were discovered lying in the
underhrush. some of them being In
dian men. though most of them were
Indian squaws and young Indian girls.