The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-17
CHAPTER ~.

ing after tta heavy run and. from tho
train Of commandeerod orc cars be-
hind. % swarm Of soldiers we're leaping
10 the ground. On the porch Of the
hotel Don Juan Dc Dios Brachamonte
was making violent signals with his
hands. and as they rode up he hurried
out 20 meet them.
My gracious, boys" he cried. ITS a
good thing YOU came into town. Ser.
nardo Bravo has come over the noun.
20 % he's marching TO take Moo.
zuma,"
Why. that doesn't make any differ
ence to uHi" answered Phil. "Mocte.
yuma IL eighty miles from hore-and
look az all the soldiers. How many
men has bernardo got?"
We'll that ! do not know" respond.
ed Don Juan. some say moro and
some less. but n you boys hadn't come
In | would have sent a man to fetch
you. just as soon as a revolution be-
gins the back country becomes unsafe
for Americans. Some OF these low
characters are likely 10 murder you n
they think you have any money"
Well. we haven't" put In nud. but
we've got a mine-1nd we're going to
keep Il. too"
"Aw. Bernardo Bravo hasn't got any
menl" sconed Phil Il bet this is a
false alarm. He got whipped out OF
his boots over In chihuahua last fall,
and he's been up in the Sierra Madres
ever since. Probably cont down to
steal a little beef.
why, Don Juan, Bud and / lived
right next TO a trail all last year and
II we'd listened 10 one-tenth Of the
revoltoso stories we heard Wa wouldn't
have taken out an ounce OF gold. I'm
going TO get my announcement papers
tomorrow. and I'll bet you we work
that mine all summer and never know
the difference. These rebels won't
hurt you any. anyhowi"
mo! Only beg a little Rrubi" added
Bud scornfully. Come on, Phil: let's
so NJ and look at Che soldiers-it's
that bunch OF Yaquia We saw up ut
Aqua Negra."
They tied their horses 90 the rack
and. leaving the solicitous Don Juan 10
sputter. hurried over to the yard. From
the heavy metal ore cara. each q roll
ing fortress In itself. the last OF the
active Yaquls we're helping out their
women and pet dogs. while the rest.
talking and laughing In high spirits,
were strung out along the track in a
p~erfunctory line.
II the few officers IN command had
nnaF gffnVnnfaA 80 Vangh Nk.a. .umas---.
discipline, the result was not appar.
ent I'm the line they formed; but any
man who looked at their swarthy
faces. the hawklike prohles, and deep.
set, steady eyes, would know that they
were lighters.
After all, a straight line on parade
has very little TO do with actual war
fare and these men had proved their
worth under fire.
To be sure. Il was the FIRE OF Mexi.
can guns. and perhaps that was why
the officers were so quiet and unassert.
i've; for every one Of these big. up
standing Indians had been captured in
the Yaqui wars aud deported to the
h%enequen fields OF Yucatan TO die in
the miasma and heat
But they had come from a hardy
breed and the whirligig Of fortune was
flying fast-Madero defeated Porfrio
Diaz; fresh revolutions broke out
against the victor and, looking about
IN desperation for soldiers 20 an his
ranks. Madero fell upon the Yaquis.
Trained warriors for generations. OF
a race so fierce that the ancient AZ.
tees had beer turned aside by them In
their empire founding migration, taoy
Tere the very men 10 whip back the
rebels. n he could but win them TO his
side.
SO Madero had approached Chief
Bule. whom D1az had taken under q
fag OF truce. and 200 the agreement
was made. In return for faithful serv-
ice. Mexico would give back 20 the
Indians the one thing they had been
lighting q hunrced and sixty years to
attain. their land along the Rio YRqui:
and there they should be- permitted 10
live In peace az their ancestors had
done before them.
And so. With a thousand or more OF
his men, the crafty old war chief had
taken service IN the federal army,
though his mind, poisoned perhaps by
the treachery he had suffered. was not
entirely free from guile.
~ Is the desire OF the Yaquis. he
had said, when rebuked for serving
under the hated nag OF Mexico. TO KIN
MexicanH. And. he added grlmly. the
federals at this time seem best able
to give us guns for that purpose"
But Il had been a year now since
Bule had passed his word and. though
they had battled v~allantly. their land
had not been given back TO them. The
Wild Yaquis. the irreconcilables who
never came down from the hills. had
gone on the warpath again. but Bule
and his men stan served.
Only IN two things did they disobey
their onicers-they would not stack
their arms. and they would not retreat
while there were SIN more Mexioans
10 be killed Otherwise they we're
very good soldiers.