Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-06

tack upon his wife. II was then that
the Yaquis first learned Of the treach,
cry ot the man with the white skin,
fair hair and blue eyes. The story
has survived centuries. They tell !,
yet. the wrinkled old men that SIT
In the sun at the foot Of santa Ritz;
toll II ~ their grandfathers told II IA
them; tell II 10 their children's chill
dren. who win tell II to generations
yet unborn. and who will hand Il on
rs = heritage Of blood and treachery
to tho last living YaQuis,
10 the fight Il To continue.
A YaQuis ID always against the
Mexican government. and Il ready Ia
ight It's solder representatives IN
and out Of season. Having M paren.
tai government 20 supply him with
means Of barter for munitions Of war.
the Ysquis ID Obliged To seek employ
ment In the mines. mills. and ranch,
es 0f his enemy, Here he saves his
money and buys q gun. He has been
doing this for o century and u half.
While an army Of warriors Is In the
field another army will be peacefully
at work In the enemy's country.
Az employees the Yaquis are well
liked. They are strong. enduring.
tractable and docile. That they save
their wages to send back to their fel.
lows that are fighting Is well known.
but Just how much money gets back
is another question,
It Is thought. however, that the
means Of communication is by their
women. YaQui squaws are plentiful
about the towns. villages and hacien
das. and they come and 70 at will.
II IL said that the head men OF the
the different Yaquis villages know
tho whereabouts Of their able-bodied
men. They know Just where each ;s
working down In the valleys and on
the mesas, ct what mine or rancho,
and not long after pay day squaws
go and collect the money.
On the other side Of the mountain
Is the Gulf Of California. with its
many trading schooners. The Yaquis
control about thirty leagues OF the
coast line. \ 10 IN easy matter for q
schooner to drop anchor Oh the mouth
OF q river and send ashore boxes Of
rifles and ammunition. It IL said thta
more than n machine gun has gone
ashore In this manner. and that
among the Yaquls are American ad.
venturers that teach them how % use
the modern engines of war.
It Is also known that the Yaquis
secure some Of the rifles and amrnu.
milton from Arisona cities. II is not
believed the me ichants sell to agents
Of the Yaquls knowingly. Six Yaquis
supply the guns and ammunition ia
the fighters az so0n as It IL received
into their country. They travel with
a picked escort Of ffteen Indians,
and leave arms and ammunition at
various points in the mountains. Az
q result the faquis are armed with
the latest fighting weapons and have
plenty Of ammunition.
Their spies are everywhere. II a
body Of Mexican cavalry start for Q
certain point where the Yaquis are
known to be In force, eve II " a
hundred miles away, a mounted va.
Out will arrive hours In advance and
the Mexican soldiers will ride straight
INTO an ambuscade. They are willing
to kill and plumber.
But II the Spanish soldiery had new
bothered the Yaquis It Is reason
able to believe they would nov be as
civilized as their white enemies.
Said q chronicler Of the Yaquis Of
the sixteenth century: The Yaqui
women are all we'll made and modest.
They cover their whole body. They
shoes OF buckskin made Of tan.
ned skin. The women yea small
cloaks over their under ~petticOats,
with sleeves gathered up at the shout
ders, all Of skin. The priests Of
these people are called papas. The
men In the community rule.
The dead are cremated. Polygamy Is
The temper OF the people
Ia good"