The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-30

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tempt TO REGAIN the VALLEY farming
lands now developed 10 n hirh degree
BY the American FARMERS. The Amer
lean ~colonists had bought the land
from the Mexican owners. who IN turn
had secured u through government or
private Concessions In abon, the same
manner ne the American Indians ter.
ritory In the United states was coll
oaiztd and developed The state gov
eminent found itself powerless to pre-
vent the raids by the "hroncho~ In
diana on the American settlements
since the large proportion o. Indian
troops would not permit warfare
AGAINST their hill tribeamen. This led
to the sending down the west coast OF
American marines with orders TO land
necessary 10 save tho lives Of the
American settlers who though In
rrave danger would not leave their
farms In fear Of losing their crops and
property.
The Yaouis' rival. but first cousin.
h the Mayo Indian whose lands close
~ adjoin the Yaqui valley. The Mayo
though Of good nEhting ability and
frequently victorious 0ver the Yaqui
tribe, ~ of a more peaceful inclina-
ton and has retained by diplomatic
means some valuable farming land.
The Mayo also entered the revolution
airy struggle. LARGE numbers OF the
Mayo braves joined the Carranza
ranks. and have been assisting mater
laliy In the Ohregon victories over the
villa army In central Mexico. This
left the Yaqui In u%ndlsputed control in
/ sonora. The plan. formerly Rges
ed. 81 playing the Mayo against the
Yaqul could not be employed since
tho bulk Of the Mayo nshting men had
been removed.
The racial characteristics % the
Yaqui % Mexico are similar 70 those
OF the Apache. who caused continued
warfare In the early development OF
the southwestern United States. The
Yaqui Is credited with direct relation
ship to the Apache. Like his northcsa;
cousin the Yaqui has been guilty Of
an amer Of brutality directed
against his prisoners. and is known 90
have employed modes Of torture as
skillful as those Of tho ancient Chi
nese. This has caused a fear Of the
Yaqui which was not due entirely "a
his military ability. The Yaqui was
the first Mexican tribe "a become fui-
~ armed with rifles. and TO become
skillfl In their use other tribes
along the west coast still employ the
bow and arrow for hunting and In
some cases in hghting any allen in
vadors.
while retaining his tribal tongue
ana sayage customs the Yaqui De-
came skilled In military methods re
kept his skillful mannc of guerilla
warfare. but adopted TO n large extent
some European methods. In the at
tacks on the Sonora-Arizona border
towns the Yaqui troops made despcr-
ate assaults on the Carranza trenches,
charging She positions much la the
manner Of the European soldier. II
had been difficult 10 make the Mexl-
can troops do this.
The Yaqul In his natural stage Of
military development had used small
drums on which he gave simple
marching orders. These drums took
the place OF the voice or trumpet. aud
had the advantage By their peculiar
noise Of making &c difficult for the
fi'll9 10 lNNAAf Lnt source OF lhe
sound. In military service with his
Mexican neighbors the Yaqui develop
ed "a more extensive system OF drum
signals. until his officers could com-
mund large numbers OF men Go make
all manner OF movements. The Yaqul
unli6c other Indians always bad
arched IN military formation until
dcploycd for action. Many battles
Sere won merely by the noise of THEN
Naqui drums which seemed 20 terror
lie the enemy when the sounds OF the
be q appeared to come from an de
rcctions In some cases "a few Naqul
drummer. " uld crawl 20 the enemy q
Hanks O. by beating out some signal
make IL appear that the position wac
being surrounded.
No reliable Information h available
az To the Yaqu!'s actual numerical
strength so varying are the reports OF
the Mexican military authorities and
American settlers. But It b. known
that several thousand rifles mostly of
the military model, are In the hands
ct the Indians. AID that large
amounts of ammunition have been OBJ
taincd by the nil ltTibcsmen. The
Naquis manner Of warfare, and fam
iliarity with the country would make
most difficult be b. believed by tho wall
les settlers. his complete defeat and
disarmament.