The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-25

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tion He was cunning as well as
remorseless, and miraculous as it
seems, he forced powerful Mexico to
come to little tribe of fugitive
Indians for terms, as told in THE
Transformation of Krag.
] There was in 1897, and a treaty
Of peace was formally ratiiied. Presi-
dent Diaz gave the Yaquis home rule
under Tetibito as their chief, and
letibite himself was given the rank
of major in the Mexican army and
bodygnard Of one hundred Yaquis.
Thus the history Of the Yaquis was
described BY Lgle.
Peace, l0iHcyer, could not last
long" continued thc autbor mo.
while the sleevas Ecld tho Cid curse
of gold and silver Treaties could
Apt lay shat curse, could not keep the
white men, notably the Ameri an
prosepctor, out of these mountains
Such Entertainments inevitably
brought on another outbreak In 1899
The Yaqui sheep and goat herds
were again converted into soft nose,i
bullets, A few wild young braves
lshot up town
"Tetibite- Major Tetibite Of the
Mexican army tried to restrain his
peonle. He knew that the result
mast uc extinction Of the tribe. The
thing was written. Aowep r. ana
when Tetiiite threw off his majors
uniform, he emerged the ruthless
savage that he had been during those
fourteen years, He called even the
! pacitcos to arms, and those who did
not respond were hunted cat even
ia the towns and brought into the
desert, whore the soles of their feet
were cut OF. their eyes Eouged out,
and there they we're left.
From h&cicada3 ard mining
camrs MeXicans took rofuec III tn
'itllo river village Of Cocolit where
Icy stood tic siege until relieved b.
roope. Tetihite with . small force
vas in turn bcsie2ed at E9cum, in AZ
I'd mission Furch, and held Dat for
four months against several thousand
MeNicaNs, Of whom BE- killed nearly
Sly hundred. Ti7ally, having no
more ammunition he broke fer the
mountains, and safely escaped
through tho deuoralizeJ Mcxicana.
IA nine years man hunt followed,
TO Yaquir keeping to lheit canoe,
and peaks, and tho MoXicans ever on
their trail through the dry season.
At last in 1908, there was new
treaty, and as guarantee, the
Yaquis- solrc of them a3~eed to
yurr3ndor their arms. What followed
is notCriously infamous, Diaz as will
be remembered had decided on q new
aolicy regarding the Yauis H@
did not need eyccutiouers. There
were the fever swamps in Yucatan.
The Yaquis who had put faith in the
trent and given up their arms were
herded into box cars, sent to the
cast, and crowded on transports.
Many jumped into the sea. The 9th
er5 IN chains were farmed cut to the
administrators Of the rubber plan
'tations, their women and children
separated from them and sent to 9TH
ar Plantations. OF course they do
little work, Had they wished IT,
they could not have lasted long in
swamp and jungle when they were
used to sierra and desert They died
'il;e flies. As sHr, the story is no.
torlous, and infamous.
But there were YaQuis left in the
desert and sierra, and these kept on
Aghting. Their chance came at last
against tie tyrant. We have read In
the papers how they gave aid to the i
rebels. We know how that rebellion
succeeded, bow Diaz fed We are
waiting to hear is the surviving
YaGuis in Yucatan are restored to
thosa Of their tribe who yet survive
in Sonora The author who has
studied the Yaqui mind and heart |
paused.
Still, he said, 'it takes long
time for poetic justice to achieve !
itsclr-and then sometimes not"