The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-27
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The most abused race OF people on
this earth is tire Yaqu Indian. This
Is the sane raeeFthat refused 10 ac.
ceBt thy aifholily of the Aztecs. tlitl
safife pe0plA Nto refused to accep6
the authority Of Spain and conse,
auently the Mexican republic. They
are not In revolt. for they were new
es under the authority Of any other
people. They work in the felds and
the mines and no Yaau ever commit
ted a theft No-S-fqui girl went 70
gin No THqui ever desertesi his
w'te or was deserted by the wife No
Haqui ever violated an obligation.
and in commercial transactions, III
they fall in their obligation present
themselves TO you. giving the service
OF their hands until the debt Il p1id
They have whipped Mexicaas and
been snot for robberles committed
by the 'irxiclus who make the conf
plants. They win have nothing to
do with Mexico ani shoot the SOL
dlers of that state without thought
OF the future. knowing they are to be
at war as loHg as the two nations
exist. They will do any American
any service within their power, and
send their children TO the California
and Michigan universities, that the
race may keep pace with the times.
The guides across that country go
on foot and will trot beside a horse
all day faithful silent and brave.
What a grand race. and the curse
Of the Latin liar has made many peo-
pie think these Indians are the vul-
tu-es OF the man tribe leyying tri-
butte upon whoever happened to fall
among theml Tney do not intermsr-
ry and The Maviapas. the other race
Of Toltecs who are next to the Yaquis
but in submission to Mexican au-
thorlty. have been unable to marry
into the race OF Yaquis.
LELAND Stanford. the young son Of
the California senator and magnate,
was classmate with Yaqui girl,
and grievei to the grave because she,
in language simple but firm told of
the race. and tire oath to remain as
one pure strain OF blood untll the
end. Their code is the best on earth,
end followed to the letter; violation
means sentence of death. The wo-
men have absolute trust in the men
and the young people OF marriageable
age choose their own mates, having
the greatest latitude, social evils not
existing. Still press dispatches car.
ry the false news of the Yaquis, the
purest people on earthi
The strip of country these Indians
possess is about the size of the state
of Massachusetts the mountain fast
nesses to the East protecting them
from Mexican invasion. The gulf OF
California IL tho western boundary.
and Yaqtis work the mines of Lower
California and other Mexican mines,
but they all return TO their homes al
least once IN three years, and the
total population of the Yaqul country
IS a trihe less than 10000. More than
a thousand OF them are in the unitei
States. also ore OF the greatest at
torneys at the bar OF Melbourne, Aus.
tralia Is Yaqui; forty or fifty attor-
neys ard physicians Of that race are
located in California.
The are straight like most Indians,
but not so tail as the aborigine OF
this part of the Western Hemisphere,
They have the, copper color, but are
much fairer than a Greek or Choc-
taw, even though native Of the south
ern country where the darker colors
preyah