The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-11-12
BARBAROUS MEXICO

road winds is twice far and requires from fifteen twenty
days to travel Bull pens concentration camps provided
all along the route and stops made at the principal cities All
aes are broken the way the chief points which this IS
done being Guaas San Marcos Guadaaara and Mexico City
From San Marcos the nforunates carried by train the
Mexican Central Railway Mexico City and from Mexico City
the International Railway to Vera Cruz Here they are bundled
into Of the freight of the National company and in
from two to five days are dsembared at Pogro and turned over
to the waiting consignees.
On the road Yucatan the companion Of journeys l.
Gutierrez DE Lara and saw gangs OF 4aqw ees saw them IN
the bull pen the midst of the army barracks in Mexico City
finally joined party of them at Vera Cruz and travelled with
them on ship from Vera Cruz to Progreso,
There 104 of them showed the uncean hole aern of
the freight Snaloa which embarked We thought
might be difficult obtain the opportunity to visit this uncean
hole but luckily mistaken The guard bent readily to
friendly words and before the ship well under way De Lara and
were seated on boxes in the group exes gathered
about u.s. of tem tobaccoamised pulling fuousl the
cigarettes which we had passed among Them others silently muncg
the bananas, apples and oranges which had brought
There old of past fifty of them, SMALL active
shapetured aae dressed American oveas jumper shoes
and souc hat with the face and manner of man bred to cvza
coored blanket the comfort he had natched from his few be-
ongngs the soldiers leading him away There
specimen of athlete under thirty with wizened baby girl
of two held the crook OF one arm an woman OF
against whom closely pressed girl of ten shveng and
shaking in the grasp OF nalarial attack TWO oyeIgow 9oy VINO
squaed together the background and grned halt ooshy at our
questions beagged nearly half OF them with babes and an
astonshng large number Of little chubby bare legged boys
and girls who played uncomprehendng about the floor or stared at
us from of their big, solemn black eyes.
"Revolutionsts p asked of the overalls and jumper
mo; workngmen
"Yaquis"
Yes one Yaqui pointing his friend in the blanket The
rest are Pimas and Opaas
Then why you here?
"Ah we are all Yaqu General Torres 1t makes diff
him You dark You dress my clothes and you
will be Yaqu-to him. He makes investigation asks no
quesions-only takes you.
"lVhere are YOU from?" l asked of the old
"Nost of lis are Ures They took the night and
carried away without allowing to make up bundles OF our
belongings
4 am from Hocasias spoke up the young athlete with the
babe on his arm Il blowing the field when they came and
tbev did not give time unlntch my oxen
Where is mother Of your baby? inquired curiousy Of
the young father .1,
three weeks tramp over from the killed her
They have allowed keep the little one-so far
Did any you make resistance when the soldiers came to
take you?" l asked.
mo" answered the old man from Ures We went quietly
we did not try away. Then with smile: he otlcerS
found more trouble looking after their their pyates to
prevent them running away from deserving than they did with
:,
e were one hundred and fy-ree the of Ures,
went on the old Farm abore all OF us we worked
for small farmers poor with not more than halt dozen
families each in their employ One day government agent visited
e negborood ordered the bosses give an account OF all
& 1aIorers The bosses obeyed but they did not know what It
meant until few days when the soldiers Then they
lev, and thev saw ruin coming them well as They
hegged the officers saying This peon He IS good man.
He has been with me twenty years need him for the a
vest III,
T S true broke the with the aguestr1cke child
"ye were with Carlos Romo for twenty years The night we
were taken we were seven; we are two
And we were with Eugenio Morales for sixteen years, spoke
another r.o. e,,o,,o, - beoo
- t was no use Some them followed all the way to