The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-25
eThe Yaqui-s wife is his compan-

in, not his squaw She goes with
him on his hunts. She manages thu
household. Is the warrior who
nlows the field, except in starvation
tire when the warrior must leave his
c.c.s te haht. lie is an Intelligent
uol kmarl, with Keen wits, whether
at farming, mining or about ma
chincry'
| Befort writing bis book, Llye spent
many months delYing into cid rec
ords faniliarizing himself with the
tragic history Of the tribe. FIe found
that the Yayuis' long fight began
| with Cortez himself The intolerable
cruelty Of the Spaniards forced saw
| agcry on the Yaquis, changed them
from peaceloVing h,tsbandmen into
ruthless foes, and when the Yaqui
enlisted for that war, it was for as
long as a man-child should continue
| to be born in the tribe. Barring only
I
a truce now and then, the Yaqui
Las not had his discharge from the
franks to this day. The Aztecs at
| tac ked treacherousiy by Cortez, were
| TIC Eaq1is kinsmen. The Aztec
caEse Was the yaqpi cause They
] weac el#se IL blcod and language.
The Yarnis Glaim, ialead, an earlier
oliin tlaa the AGtecs, as they can
roo cor'~lnly claim sprvivl
ONLY, whoa at last the Aztecs bowed
Under the white noc 4, the Yaquis
moved further On and kept on fight
iar.
1'f2y rctreated l ms, to the Yaqui
valley (bcus1rd miles to the
Eorthwc5 and there lsade their final
hor1c. with tie wild, in7penstrable
7awedeed ranges back Of them fer
f-Go This lo9ica that they had
held u larae enough fer q Kingdom.
G@lT A'iz31e bounded dt rn the
nort5, caly the Gulf OF California on
The west Il covered 1900 square
rilos, They tullt the'r HITS Of brush
pld worc7 grass along tho banks Of
The sirezi@h Yaqui River, and while
lert elopo settled Gown aaain to their
n ntod pastoral Hf2, following their
cld laws md customs, Worshipine
f%cir cwn reds, repeating their old
'1~crd' &c, IN trrt5, they do to THU
dow Thoy nun cred. it is said
2GGoG0 when Ccrte2 fought them,
brt il thcir new homo they were a
weakened tribe. In one short war
hey l7st 25.0co still the valley
I vae Vide ana fertile. and they hoped
% he happy
Eat the mountains were rich, too,
nd Case was their s'lrsc as it is
to-day. Tho white men did not need
heir fields, but gold and silver the
White men desired at once, So, ere
o1c, the white men won't oven there.
Though the Jesuit priests were al
wed 10 ccme any Spaniard who
emc witt miners pick needed an
'Grny Each mine that was dug.
hough . few Yaquis might for
imo be captured and cnslaved tc
Tork - them, usually marked, after
Willie, enc more scene Of massacre
Chen The mine was covered over, and
oven thc trail leading 10 it, and an
7'hcr leEend was added to tn
leEcad3 or lost mines. whose fabu-
'oug wealth prospectors continue toI
seek, much as King sought the Veta
Negra (plack Vcin) during many
patient years
All this meant constant warfare
AGAINST the Spanish conuueror, and tc
the last the TaoQis held out while
all tic rest Of Mcyico Acknowledged
i'Potiu . Ni'hJt y ~ 20, IDF n
stance, they beat a Spanish army ir
open battle, and forced the Spariards
to dupiicity.
Naturally, when all Mexico revolt
edd against spain the unconauercd
YaGuia Joined their conquered broth
eru, ard showed them how ia Gph+
For three centuries they had waited
their chance for such a blow. and
when the chance came they were
Hike rayeuous tigers.
But Mexican independence and |
faqui independence we're two dill
ferent things. The Yaquis had mere |
~ changed the fees, and soon, almost
at orce, they had to fight again. in |