Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-19
HOW THE LONG DRAWN OUT
YAQUI WAR MAY Be ENDED

The Tucson Citizen gives details of
the probable settlement of the Yaqul
trouble. which was reported here re-
Gently
Gov. Torres and Chief Bule of the
Indians are now in conference and II
is expected that a peace treaty will
be entered into which will be satls-
factory to all parties.
Tuesday night Gov. Torres arrived
in Guaymas and went out immediate
ly for a meeting with Bule, the Chief
II was reported few days ago tnat
Bule had been killed In a battle, but
later reports proved that he had been
wounded in the fight and had recoy-
cred from the effects of the Mauser
bullet. After this hight Bules hat was
found and il was bloody, and this
gave rise to the story that he was
killed
Fifteen days ago an armistice was
entered into between the Indians anu
the state, and since that date not one
shot has been fred by either the In
dams or the troops which are in the
field against them. During the halt
peace negotiations have been under
way, but nothing definite was arrived
at. The first of the week Gov. Torres
with his stan left Hermosillo, and
went to Guaymas and made arrange
ments to meet Bule a short distance
FROM that city.
1t is expected that all the negotia-
tions will be finished and that If the
peace treaty has not been signed il
will be in few days.
Governor Torres is determined 10
end the terrible struggle which mas
hnl hfS OF at
its proper development, but it is un-
ders TODD that he win make conces-
sions to the warriors. He will ask
that the Indians surrender their arms
and ammunition. The concensus OF
opinion in both Hermosillo and Quay
mas is that the Indians will lay down
their arms literally and return to
life Of peace and industry and become
valuable citizens 10 the state of So
nora. In several instances small bands
of warriors have come to the capital
within the past few days since the
date of the arnistice and have given
up their rifles and cartridges and
were allowed to depart in peace.
There are about 1900 Yaquis on
the warpath under the leadership OF
willy old Bule. They have made the
interior of the state very dangerous
for travellers and ranchers, but for the
past two weeks or more they have
kept in hiding back in the mountains,
and have committed no depredations,
awaiting the result of the negotia-
tions which will be finished in the
near future.
There is no doub: that the indians
are anxious to end the war as they
have been driven 0ack into the hills
- 10 ,Ars.s
cept when raids were made on ranch
ers and cattle could be secured. Thou
sands of soldiers have been stationed
over the state, and troops have been
on the march through the infested re-
gion continually, driving them from
one stand TO another, and inflicting
serious punishment whenever there
was a meeting. Many prisoners were
taken by the soldiers, and these were
sent to Yucatan. Nothing was ever
heard of the fate of the prisoners
taken by the Indians, although in
some cases it is known that the most
cruel torture was inflicted
Some months ago under the direc-
tion of Acting Governor Cubillas there
was meeting between Bule and the
state officials and It was thought the
negotiations would cid in peace, but
Bule and warriors at the last minute
refused to sign the treaty. Theyfeared
treachery on the part Of the state,
claiming that If they surrendered
their weapons the state would take
advantage Of their unprotected con
dition, take them prisoners and send
the remnant of what was once a great
tribe to Yucatan where they would
be little better than slaves on the great
plantations
1t is now thought that Governor