Arizona republican., 1903-02-09
YAQUI CHIEF IN PHOENIX
Fixing Up More Trouble For the
Mexican Government.

A Yaqui chief is in town. one who
has taken foremost part in the
struggle against the Mexican govern
ment. He arrived here on Saturday
and will remain a day or two when he
will leave for southern and lower
California. His name has often been
seen in print in connection with sew
craI Of the uprisings in Chihuahua
and Sonora within the last ten years,
but ii will not be printed here nor viii
the rcrne OF the place from which he
came. II may be said though that MS
EaEgOut is in the western part of Chi
hU2haa. The reporter for the ReDuoii-
can VINO talked with him last night
does not want to contribute even in Il
remote way to mis- capture on his re-
turn and his certain execution for
though he said there had been no re-
cent trouble between the Yaquis under
him and the Mexican government he
intimated that there would shortly be
an outbreak which would make all the
others seem small.
His business on this trip is to enlist
the cooperation of the members of his
| tribe in this country in the uprising
There were several Maxicans sitting
around while he was talking. among
them one who had served in the Next
can army against the Yaquis The
chief said: "Ycu should ali rein us.
and YOU too" pointing 10 the former
soldier. fer we are all Indians. ret
Sp2niards''
He was asked by the repol ter wheth-
I er in the course of his recruiting tour
he would so 10 Guaynas lie laughed
and shook his head, saying No Quay
mas" For though as has been said
i the Taquis OF that part Of the coun-
try i'll which he resides took ne part in
the late Sonora trouble the CHEZ him
self was there.
He said that the YaQuis were never
before so strongly banded together as
they are now. The next uprising will
| be OF the nature OF a national move
| nent whereas all the others have been
! ISOLATED instructions in which 4 large
majority o; the Yaqui tribe scattered
Throughout the republic took no part
and hardly heard of il. He added that
the reports of the operations and of the
men killed Oh each side We're greatly
exaggerated by the newspapers of this
country and that a large majority Of
the battles described had never oc-
curred at all. Not one Of them could
properly be called u battle.
! He said something else that has
never been printed. That is that while
the Yaquis for generations have had 4
standing grievance against the Mexi-
cans, the Mexican government has sell
dom committed an act which in itself
would have provoked an uprising.
Most of them have been instigated by
American miners who have found in
the Yaquis inflammable material. The
chief pointed to the fact that these in
surrections have mostly occurred since
Americans engaged in mining in Son
era in great numbers. These uprisings,
though. Re said. had had the good re-
suit Of solidifying the Yaqui tribe in ali
parts o. Tie republic and preparing it
fer the revolution which is coming on.
This allusion to the Americans was
not made in bitterness, fer the chief
said that everywhere the Indians
recognized the Americans as their
friends.
The chief is 4 small, very dark man
Of perhaps fifty-five. He speaks English
fairly well and appears to have a gen
eral Knowledge of things. He is neatly
dressed like a prosperous ranchman
and that IS what he is when he is not
actively engaged in his Office OF chief.
He is the owner OF large number of
cattle and horses and one o: the larg-
est stock ranges in the western part CT
his state.