The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-25

/, fS25, in 1882, IN 1881, there were
/ wars, when Chief Banderas led his
I people, defended the mountain trails
and kept out the Mexican for years.
hope of peaceful possession of
their valley came, curiously enough,
in yet another war, This was in
lS4S, Mexico's war with the United
States. The Mexican went to the
| Yaquis with promises Of land and
the Iaquis fought the Americans.
But since that time the Yaquis have
never been at peace with the MeXl-
cans, Notwithstanding lulls brought
about by treaties Of peace. The Mex
leans, it seemed, forgot their
promise, and again the Yaquis had to
fight for their fields Of grain and
Ahoir Acclls. It has been half cen
fury of almost constant warfare.
Even IIottontot, though he fights
with club hewn from tree, must
have the sinews OF war. That is, he
must eat. 1t was SO Of the Yaquis
and this was the situation found by
lin krag when he virtually made
himself one of them. The old and
he young starved them selves to
Nly arms, while the woman hoed the
elds. But the Mexicans changed
W Yaqui Trail into q military road,
=, that they came upon tho growing
rcps, and destroyed them Yet, In
ONE way the little Yaqui children,
+ tho ellsiYeness O. serpents crept
Jack and forth through the Mexican
ines, aud carried corn and gun
7owder to the warriors III The noun
tains.
Bat whence came The money to
'1uy corn and gunpcwder? Here en-
teTs the Yaqui paciGco (Deacefrl
ndian) SO called and well described
w- Lyle IN his book Perhaps he has
welt ID the settlement since tho
Gird or fourth Generation back, do
'Ng the white mans work for the
highest wages Until he lhima9lf
'ears tho call Of his Cwn wild blood,
nd takes to the sierra he gives his
wages into tho war chest Of the tribe.
was not long before the Meicans
reated him as Il prisoner OF war, aul
nut him IN chain ang, and deport-
ID the Pacifco woman and Oh ldrea
. the rubber j'jneles Of Yuatan AZ
cr that the Yaquis in the Sicrras
e~an to starve. Raids en- towns and
est!omants grew less frequent. Mar
7elous sharpshooterg, they lacked
nutrition, and solTowfully laid aside
their moderri American rifles ana
vent back to spears and arrows. Yet
ne YaqUis would not yield They
iYod pitiruliy on grasses chopped up
IN reeds boiled down to a pulp. If
1 warrior were ever captured, which
was rare, he went forthin stolid ST.
euce ID be shot, refusing the sacre-
nent, and at most briefly saying that
lie war was no fault Of the Yaquis.
Death was quickly tie fate of every
Mexican that fell into his hands.
Yaqui warfare, for stubbornness
md cunning, perhaps has no parallel
n all the annals Of guerilla atroclty
t requires shrewd Mexican gen
raj to lura their into open battia
With the constant weakening Of
tie tribe, the Yaquis are too far
seeing to risk large force. The
Keynote Of their strategy is economy
81 blood But their army is orga-
uizsd drilled, and regularly offiyered
A boy is a warrior at fifteen. No
Yaqui may leave his home to work
without the chiefs leave, and all
l@b0N ltpDl DNtC year. n RthICdU
force may not drew near without
scouts bringing word to the chief,
who SEEDS runners through the sierra
or into the settlements whore Yaquis
arc at work. These gather, and af-
ter the MeXicans have been fretted
aud worried out Of the mountains
again leaving many dead behind, the
Yaquis return TO work.
At the beginning of the Mexican
the Yaquis numbered
10000. In 1914, under chief Cajemi
there We're scarcely 1000 warriors, |
and these opposed Mexican force Of
10000 Tit was the beginning of
the relentless struggle that broke the !
power of the tribe. Cajemi fought |
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