Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-03
MexicanS and YaQuiS Meet
in Battle.
A FEW HOURS DELAY
Was All That Saved GuaymaS From
Being Taken be the lndianS-The
Losses on Both Sides Were EX-
cepti0nally Heavy.

Chicago, Feb. "a special to the Tri-
bune from Bisbee, Arizona. says: A dis
patch received here last night from
Cuavras. conveying the news that Gen.
Lorenzo Torres. commander OF the Mex
lean forces in the Yaqui war. had been
killed in the Bacatete mountains. Inc re-
oort ;s lacking in detail and has not been
confirmed.
Advices are also received that a oattie
was fought between the YaQuas ana
Mexicans on Jan. q, the Mexlcans n
being under the command OF General
Torres. The fighting on the
avn desert fifteen miles east OF
Guaymas. The Yaquis ithdre and
were not pursued. The number engaged
was 1000 on the Mexican n 5000 on the
Yaoui side. Nine Yaquis, thirty-one In
dian women and twenty-six Indian child
rem were taken captive by the Mexicans.
General Torres lost e~ighty-nine killed.
21O wounded and ffty-nine missing. while
the Yaouis' loss is put at ninety killed
and wounded.
The Yaquis still hold the mouth of the
Yauui and the line OF steamers between
the river and Guaymas is not in opera
ton. Santa Teresa, h is with the va
quis at that point, has with her 5000
fully equipped men.
The Guaymas desert, in which Gen.
Torres repulsed the Yaquis is Is miles
wide, its western limit being within %
niles Of Guaymas. The desert consists
mostly of boulders. There is no sand, no
vegetation or water. and this is the only
time in the year when the desert can be
crossed with safety, owing to the fierce
heat. It is impossible to make progress
by horseback on it, owing to the slippery
rocks.
The Yaquis, who expected to cross the
desert before the Mexicans got a start
and then fall on Guaymas. were n
capped by their horses and did not get
far before the moon rose. The Mexicans
were on the desert before the Yaquis had
gone eight miles across it.. The Mexicans
made good progress, as they had nc
horses to lead, coming up with the Yaquis
in the middle of the desert, where the bat
tie was fought at s o'clock in the morning
OF Jan. 81.
The Yaquis under Tenebanto, stood
their ground by presenting a regular
front. extending from boulder to boulder
and placing parties on the projections
The horses We're kept in a bunch away
from the fire.
lTle lIeN cans suffered uIedVlIy du'
varcing upon the Yaquis and then cam
a hand-to-hand fight for which the Mex
icans We're batter equipped than the.
enemies. The conflict lasted three hours
The horses of the Yaquis stampeded
but the Indians fought on. The Yaqu.
worked around the Mexicans. then with
drew and started back toward the Baca
tete mountains. At Guaymas the Mexi
cams are expected to return to the Baca
tete after a rest. If the Yaauis had sue
ceeded in crossing the desert Guayma
would have been at their mercy. Fou
hours delay saved the town.
The Yaqui government here is said t
be negotiating for the %issuanc of bonds
The Yaqui trouble has gone so far tha
"Yaqui' buttons have appeared. Thes
buttons contain American colors, wit
the words "Yaqui must live" in Span
ish printed on them. The American col
ors are used because the rebels have n
flag.