The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
AMERICAN LEADS
YAQU| INDIANS
re is Considered 10 Be Mex
'co's Most Dangerous
Foe.
JOHN owYeR HIS NAME
A.rd to Understand Why Mexico Docs
Not ssnd Enough Troops to
Crush indiaos-Wouid Amer
icanixs Sonora.

Crush lndians-Wouid Amer
icanixs Sonora.
Kansas City journal: In considering
The political outlook OF their country
not II few intelligent McNicans are dis
posed To regard John Dwyer. the Amer
team orgJh,izer and leader Of the Nauui
revolutionary .~naQycment, as the man
most TO be feared at present. The hos
tility of the Yaquis under the direction
Hf DWSer does not cause 80 much alarm
10 the government az is generally he
iieNed. since 1t would require only Ger
lam additional efforts on the part of the
military organization to overcome the
Saquis, even If that meant their cXter-
nnination. What really 7erplexes Pres
dent DiaZ and his admirers is the Ques-
lion: What is Dwyer aiming at?
1t is a curious fight thai the Yaquis
have been making. The rebellion is as
active now as when il started five wears
ugo. The Mexican government admits
that the 300 Yaquis" who. ii was as
serted. composed the entire fighting
strength of the rebellion. five years ago.
IRE still in the field. although i'm those
i've years more than 6.0t0 MeXicans,
soldiers and civilians, have been killed
by them and SIC. 600. 600 has been ex-
I,tlJueu ny tHS government 10 DESTROY
them.
The mystery which is supposed 10
surround the person and the policy of
John DWNer appears cas- TO lHlraNel
compared with the conduct of the Men
tam government. 1t is hard to explain
why sufficient troops have moi been
sent TO Sonora to onQue the Ya4uis-
1t is generally believed that DwS+r and
lhe Yaquis are fighting for time i'll the
nope that with the death of Diaz there
evil be Il change in the government of
Mexico and that they can snatch NC
DRY frol1 the ensuing complications.
In Revolt Since 1899.
Such q policy can pe understood: i'll
u harder to understand why the Mexi-
.an government does not end the rebel
ion by vigorous measures now. Per
naps the best explanation of the gov
ernments attitude is that IL does not
Seem ii wise TO call the attention of the
American people TO h Importance of
he Saqui movement by organizing q
%solunteer army TO suppress it.
The rebellion seemed to be hopeless
VI the outset. The Sonora Indians.
made desperate by the perhdious man
ner in which Mexico had dealt with
hem, apparently resolved to risk all
IN u last outbreak. Race suicide MAS
Via was contemplated. according 10
hose who viewed the situation from
aetaral ground.
6.oo0 Naanis in the Field.
Eut the IaQuis deceived those who
thought they knew Them best. From
!he day they raised the standard of re-
volt, February 10. 1899. they have con
siStently carried on their plan of cam
2aign. Defending the clearimgs which
:hey made i'll the bush, they have re
Iained entirely independent of MeNico.
When battles are fought between
hem and their foes ii is not because
IA. t1avi.nt,c ..t,tar rho l,,.l l.. 500.
suit of them. bat because they sally
'orth to attack the Mexicans. In this
way 1T would appear that The McNicans
and not the Yaquis nave assumed a de-
cnslve attitude. AS a matter of fact.
he faquis strike only when ii is neces-
5ary TO prove TO sYmpathizeIs I'm Ari-
II Texas and California that their
evolution is still alive.
pWNer has been the guiding spirit of
:his plan OF campaign. I'm this way he
aas directed The since its
inception.
Mexico asks: What are the resources
IF this man. His financial resources
are small His main dependence is on
he fact that he mas established q CO.
operative system among the revolu-
.ionis,s.
AS there were $4,000 Yaquis in the
held when The WIN started, he az
-anecd for olre-ilalf of these TO work
sor six months at mines. ranches and
-ailroads and to send their earnings TO
those in, the field, who would relieve
hem at the end of the period. AS a re-
suit the fighting Yaquis and their fMmi-
des have always been provided for.
u Me&icans could not break up THE
8NsteIn. Troops made weekly tlomi-
Hilary visits 20 the p%caceable Yauuis
and deported those suspected TO Yu-
.atah. This made hostiles of many
Saquis otherwise peaceably inclined,
~ho preferred TO die in the Yauui val-
ley rather than i'll the swamps of Yu-
.atan. General Luis Il. Torres, in de
scribing the situation, said:
MY 1auui servant may be sending
his earnings to the hostile Yaquis. but
II he is deported a dozen good Yaquis
viii take TO the field out OF terror or in
1lghaticn the next day"
The government abandoned its prof
\ ret of suppressing the cooperative sys-
tenn and tlhi" J as since been grlnly es-
iablished.
1T was comparatively easy to provide
. arms and mlnunitio Most Yaquis
Possessed rifles and REVIEWERS before
the outbreak. To those lacking arms
the council Of war. which, has always
had a fund Of 5000, 900, supplied them,
bee, A. T.. Ell Paso. Tex, and SAN
Francisco. and through captures from
MeXicals.
Every one of the COCO Yaquis in the
teld has a rifle and revolver in ZOO
condition. A camp was founded at
Sores, in the Bacatete mountains. 10
make gunpowder and reload shells.
Thus Dwyer provided for the main
'enance OF the revolution for q long
tune.
Filibasters When Diaz Dies.
The question is asked, who is John
DS-yer? Stories published in the United
States indicate that he is a mysterious
individual. Western newspapers declare
thai John Dryer" is a myth-a name
FUSED to conceal the real identity of the
: leader of the Yauuis.
Others opposed to Dwyer cast discrdit
npon him either by ridicule. saying that
he has proclaimed himself to be the
king OF the Yaqufs or by calumny. call
ing MIN villain. cntthroat and bandit.
But where he is best known. in Sonora
and Arizona. he is known as a mining
engineer, who has given several jolts
TO various promoters of mining enter
prises by adverse reports on their prop
cities. He swatted the late Whitaker
Nright's operations tn Australia. In
tniiing circles in London, New York