The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
YAQUIS UNCONQUERED
MExTCOS LONG STRUGGLE TO SUBDUE INDIANS
ONLY PARTLY SUCCESSFUL

I passed by no spot in the great South
[ west To the AnglO-SaX0n adVenturer
{ the great possibilities afforded By the
I country could not be overlooked
Z The Yaquis are a hardy people. o.
medium height. 1.-The and slnewv rather
I than muscular. They are much darker
than the MeIicans. with straight. coarse
! coaI-bIack hair. They are rather morose
and do not talk much even among them
selves.
| As !ong-distance runners they have ex-
/ celled for hundreds or Years While
carrying mail 10 the distant mining
camps the young men used as runners
covered eight miles an hour and would
I keep the pace for half a day az a stretch.
/ Wearing only q breech-cloJh and a Sc
I rape they skim lightly over the ground.
. always taking hills and sandy washes
al tie points Of least resistance.
The Faqui is good worker too But
/ ne works 70 acquire wee pOns and am
I munition rather than for the sake OF
! money Until within few years ago the
! mines of Sonora were largely manned by
I faqui labor. and even to-day many
I faquis may be found working there The
Z towns. too. were fun OF Taurris -55fnE
manual labor They were employed IS
I poTters. day laborers. and ranch hands.
I Now you may go 20 Tres. ATlsre. srI
HermOsilla. and see scarcely any of r1em.
D
I southern states or fearing f. have fed 10
the foothills and become outlaws
There Is no doubt that the tame Taquis
serve as fence for those on The war
I path The latter drop into town under
cover OF night and are given supplies OF
I food and ammunition by those VINO are
/ able 20 buy them in exchange for their
work A few renegade NeTicsus are also
[ IN alliance with them TO furnish inforna-
/ tion and rifles At a good. profit. Ths
I Yacui system OF espionage ts so good that
( the outlaw Taqui can lUrls within a dozen
E miles Of large town and commit depre-
cations without being captured tame
I TaCUi detected or suspected OF giving aid
Of any kind 70 fei1ow-rribesman in the
/ field Is shot or hanged Just as y he were
/ himself hostile Naturally. lie chooses TO
/ throw in HIS lot with his friends rather
than with the equally insis1ert enemies
Yaquis Not Always WarIiIe-
The TaqUi is not Ike the Apache. 4
I fighter by nature. Cntil forced into bat
/ tie. he IS . lover OF peace. a farmer. a
/ stockman- a manufacture or rugs and
| serspes. In the valleys which they used
/ 20 own before they were robbed. they
raised corn. cotton. tobacco. fruit. and
maguey. from which Is distilled mescaL
1 They were gentle. kindly, and industri-
E Gus the name TsQui implying. IN their
3 Language. genialfty. Strangers need not
have feared 70 visit their villages Of Ba-
cam Cedros OF COcori and buy their
I wares Of The smiling natives The whole
/ sale executions, the scattering of their
iCaiIdren among Mexican families 10 serVz-
as poems. and the depOrting OF their won
en- and little ones ro- slaves on the
+ southern plantations have soU-ed a dispo-
sition originally frank and simple The
( Tacui no longer trusts even the Amer
cans whom they formerly esteemed their
friends They have been soaded 20 =
point where they are a. var with the
whole world
/ To the Taqui the war is a righteous one
The manner OF their warfare. aVrocious
though It may be. IS tho only one which
offers them any chance Of reprissL Ltrz-
ling in the chaparral or arrcyos, Vt wing
behind rocks and MESQUITE they shoot
down the Unwary traveller freiEhrsr. and
iprospeCr0r- or. as the ApaChes used 70
do. they pounce down upon distant ranch
ThoUsss and vine out the Inhabitants. fr-
ling the buildings before they leave II
Justice 10 them however il Is said that
iuntil lately the Tauuis have not attacked
Iuonc0mbarsnts-
The country. quilted with arroyos and
washes ard covered with q dense under
growth OF ChaparraI. IS vel adopted 70
1.-THE tactics OF the Indians Securely hid
ifreighter passes within range Some
times they hold Up gold escorts OF parties
OF travellers. having been Informed BY
Mexican reueEades that the party would
pass a given spot during the day
The YnquiS Desired Peace
About the first Of May Luis BUle. head
Ichief OF the Taqui nation asked the Mex
iican government for peace conference
With about IN followers he met several
Mexican officers who commanded the
forces then cauQaigninE against the
Yaquis. in the Racatete Mountains After
q three-hovsr pOw-vov. terms were agreed
lon and il seemed as IL peace would en-
sue.
The TaQuis agreed 10 submit uncondi-
tionaIiy 10 the Mexican government
Their lives and property were 20 have
been respected. and they were 20 have
received all the rights and privileges of
/ Mexican citizens. They also agreed 70
. surrender their arms and ammunition
The Mexican government. on its part
agrsed % furnish the survivors Of the
guerrilla warfare food and uecessaries
until work could be provided for them
Throughout the state Of sonora These
I terms were agreeable 10 both parties
and = treaty q peace was drawn uD
and signed Col Jose Gonzalez Salas.
who was IN charge OF the negotiations
for the Mexican government. assured the
! Indian chiefs that the Mexican govern
ment would treat them kindly Chsef
! Bule agreed to send messengers 10 the
different TaqUi bands. then on the var
/ path advising them 10 cease hostfIities.
ard 20 come in and deliver ID their
arms
Chief Bule fixed June Is ss the date
I CT which all the YsQui bands would pre-
sent themselves for the purpose OF ratt-
/ flying the terms OF the treaty.
That the Indians were acting n good
faith Is shown by the surrender Of sew
ersi OF the naraudiug bands TO forces OF
! the government
! Whether OF not the majority OF the
[ warriors became dissatisfied with the
| terms OF the treaty agreed 70 By ChieS
/ Bule OF not. IS unknown But on June
! Is. instead OF assembling 20 surrender
| their arms and ratify the treaty. the
I Indians continued their depredating. and
/ the conflict broke out fiercer than ever
Gen Lorenzo Torres. the Mexican Off
/ Ger who has commanded the forces cam
! paisning against the Yaquis for several
/ years past. is now in camp with a bri-
/ gade Of about 900 troops. In the center
I Of the YaqUi country. and is preparing
to renew an energetic campaign against
them