The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-26
Leopold Adler
Hurting Back
The White Man.
Why Ashanisan Is Not Likely to Be ConqSefed, Like It's
Neighbor, Tibet The Independence of Abyssinia
By HOWARD KENNEDY.

the world inhabited by black and brown
men that have hurled back the white
invader and declined to be civilized
and unparalleled. But there are many
others of lesser account. A considera-
BILE part of the earth's surface is still
virgin from the trader. the missionary
and the white official.
To find savages who have never been
conquered, we need only go next door.
President Diaz has done wonders In
the way of civilizing and developing
Mexico, but throughout his long and
despotic reign he has striven vainly to
bring a large part OF his theoretical
dominfons under practical control.
MexicO's WarIiIxe Yaquis.
The successful fight which the Yaqui
Indians have maintained against the
Mexican government for over thirty
years is fairly well known to news
paper readers; but few people are
aware that there are several other
tribes in Mexico that have maintained
their independence up to this day, and
seem likely to do so indefinitely, so
far as present indications 60. Among
these tribes are the Huiohols. VINO call
themselves "the Gods of Fire" and
worship the sun, and the Tlahuiltec
Indians.
Expedition after expedition has been
sent against these tribes, year after
year, but never with any decisive re-
suit. Away in the recesses of their
mountains and swamps, they can bid
defiance even to such fine guerrilla
troops as the Mexican "ruraies," who
are themselves Indians able to march
twice as far in a day as the average
civilized troops, and to live on a quar-
ter as much.
The Tlahuiltecs have a delightful
habit of devastating the crops of the
country over which the military op-
erations range, and poisoning the
streams. Then they retire to their
mountain caves and Businesses, where
they have previously accumulated pro-
visions, and leave their enemies to die
by the score and the hundreds of hun
ger, thirst and disease. The Indian
wars of the United States we're mere
trifes compared to those which Mex
leo has waged. and is constantly wag-
ing nowadays.
Practically the whole Of Yucatan, ex-
cept some strips along the sea coast,
is unconquered territory.
The white ruins of an ancient city
can be seen, away up on a mountain
side. from the sea coast OF Yucatan;
but no civilized traveller has ever pene-
trated to II. The tribes who own the
intervening swamps and jungles will
not permit anyone to pass.
The White Indians of Yucatan.
There is a tribe Of white-or almost
white-Indians occupying this part of
Yucatan. H. b. Fullerton. traffic man
ager of the Long Island Railroad. tells
a story Of an expedition which he led
into their country some years ago. No
white man had ever penetrated into II,
and several Mexican military expedl-
lions had been beaten back.
AS Mr.. Fullerton's party toiled UP a
mountain track, they found piles Of
boulders. placed across the path as a
sign that they were to advance no
further. But they went on, and pres
emily small stones began TO drop from
the cliffs above in front of their mules
and horses. Still they persisted, and
then larger rocks came down. and
nearer to them. They could hardly
catch a glimpse Of the Indians, who
evidently had no wish to harm them.
but merely TO turn them back. At
last, finding that II they went any fur