The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-05
FURNISHING THE YAQUIs.
NexicO's Treatment of Indians ReIe.
gates Them to Tribal Ways


tFrom the Chicago Time=-Herald)
Soldiers Of President Diaz are takfns
from Sonora hostile Yaqui (Ya-ke} meI
and women and the little children and de.
porting them 10 various cities Of southern
, and central Mexico. This is one Of the out
comes Of The var which the Yaqui have
Waged against the Mezicans for years
past StTange-is il nOt2-that thus The
Ia1ui should return TO a land over which
they were supreme rulers a thousand
years ago. a land from which Coronado
set out SEQ years ago TO conquer them and
thereby lost his life. This deportation is
one Of the last acts in the many tragedies
which Spain has brought upon tribes and
races conquered by her
The YaqUi Is not beast. He is a rem
nanJ Of past-just as some day we shall
be a remnant OF another past, and know
what 1t is 70 be conquered The YaQui or
COhiyc is d division Of the Piman stock Of
North American Indians, having home on
the southwest coast of Sonora and the
northwest coast Of SinaIos. The settle
u1ents are IL the lower valleys OF the
Rivers Yaqui- F'Uerte, and Maya They and
the Maya number about 20 gG0 souls. and
when undistJrbed they have been fisher
men and small farmers Far. far back in
time they we're par Of the Aztec or Na-
huad race. the ancient rulers Of Central
New Mexico. Arizona, southern Colorado,
ana southern California.
In those days the mythical land Of
Quivira- where gold flowed IN the streams
and sOft-eyed women IoIIed On the banks
waiting the coming OF cOnqueroTs- was
supposed to be southwest of what Is row
Lincoln Neh- and north Of the Arkansas
River The buffalo plains were between
the Kansas River on the north the RIO
Grande on the south and easr of FL Pasl
and Santa Fe- The Colorado River was
the TiZon, and the great cities were Cali
acan, Petatlan. Sinaloa. Sonora Tiguex
CiboIa. Arispe, and Baruco. Yes. shey
were great for the age. and teeming with
a life as wonderful and complex as our
own Of today. And the vanity of all
things. They are gone. and we have
come and later We shall go too-if not
deported by men. then by death.
CasJaneda. Spanish general and explor-
CT. rode into this country between FIVE
and six centuries agO, and fought with the
Taqui and other tribes Of CIboIa They
found race of tall and strong men who
wore no clothes. They lived in large
straw cabins They carried load OF goo
and 100 pounds on their heads They ate
bread cooked in ashes. These men herd
ed flocks OF mountain goats. The women
of the country wore native turquoise jew
els Cl the rivers the men maintained
great canoes, which carried twenty row
ers- The houses we're often seven stories
high and fortified. And it vas from The
top of one Of these places hat The native
women looked down. and saw the Span
iards roasting 200 of their male relatives
at the stake. because one Of them had re
sented Spaniard's attack upon his wife
Perhaps the laqUi has natural reason for
his long and undying hatred Of Spain and
SPANS offspring. Iexico
Said an old chr3nieIer of the women
The women are well made and modest.
They cover their whole body They wear
shoes and buskfns made OF tanned skin.
The women wear small cla0ks over their
under peJtieoats. with sleeves gathered up
al the shoulders. ali OF skin The priests
Of these people were called --papas. The
oldest men OF the community ruled The
dead were cremated- Polygamy was for
hiiden- The temper Of the people was
good So say the old Spanish writer's.
whose soldiery brought ruin and wre K 10
these ancestors Of the now fierce and IN
conrroliable Yaqui- Mexico completes their
insuishment by deportation