Evening star., 1915-06-22
Dr.. HrdIicka Says Yaqui In
dians Have Unbounded Re-
spect for This Government.
HEED FRIENDLY ADVICE,
BUT HARD TO CONQUER
Classed as Intelligent and Indus
trious-Long Subject to Persecu-
ton. Never Altogether Subdued.

The United States has opportunity
TO smooth the disturbances in Sonora.
Mexico. where the Yaqui Indians are
on another rampage, to subdue which
marines and hluejackets have been
rushed TO Guaymas. on the west coast
Of Mexico. according to Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian lnstitu-
ton. who has lived among the Yaquis
and who says they are fine people. They
are the best Indians on the continent.
according to his view. incidentally. if
the Yaquis are actually crushed and
conquered as a result of military
operations against them by the Mexi
government, it will be the first
time this has ever been accomplished.
The Yaquis started to fight the Span
ia rds soon after those grand old gold
hunters began to cheat the red men
in the days of the Cortez expeditions.
and they have been fighting ever since.
The Yaquis look upon the United
States with unbounded admiration and
respect. said DR.. Hrdlicka today. The
, t'uited States can do anything at all in
that Sonora country. The Yaquis have
heen so outrageously treated by the
Nexicaus that they will fight to the
death to rid themselves of Mexican
bondage. but they respect the United
States a s a great country. of course, a
nited States citizen may be killed by
them. but you must always ask your
self What sort of an American was
ne There are lot of renegadeS who
cause the Indians lot of trouble. My
own experience with the Yaquis leads
, me 70 believe they are a. fine lot of
: men IS YOU could find.
, Backbone of Sonora.
! They are very smart They are the
. backbone Of Sonora. and without them
. that state could not exist. They are
the mechanics and farmers and miners
: They are so smart that, even without
- knowledge of reading and writing
> when they come to the United States to
/. work in the mines they become chief
: engineers. They would become q won
: derful people if let alone but they
: have been bedeviled from the time the
) Spania rds landed and have been shame
; fully treated by the Mexicans.
AS soon as the Spaniards found
them their superiority over the other
. Indians was noted. They lived in
rich country where the soil produced
. three crops year without fertiliza-
) ton.
This, of course. excited the envy of
, the Spaniards. and they have been
grabbing something from the Yaqui
ever since. The YaQui then began to
fight. and have been fighting ever since
No one has ever conquered them. You
have read. perhaps. of the Yaqui insur-
rection being quelled by the MeXicans
: hut that was only because the Yaqui
. ammunition gave out. They replen-
fshed their ammunition and went tol
; fighting again if their rights werel
! being trampled on. To show YOU how
smart they are. IL is only necessary to
show you the ammunition for rifles
which they themselves make. They
gather up the empty cartridge cases
and replenish them with powder. capl
and ball made by themselves out ofl
mineral which they wrest from thel
earth | have brought back with me
from those people examples of these
replenished cartridges. They are now
IN Ne,p York Museum