The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-04


years ago. For ages before the Span-
ism occupation the same road had been
IolloWed by the various tribes of Pueb-
10 Indians of the region and by their
| prosecutors, the nomad Indians who
preceded the Apaches and Comanches
and other southwestern plains Indians
Of our day
Mormons the Pioneers.
The first investigations by Mormon
pioneers as to the possibilities of set
tlement in the Casas Grandes country
were made in the late seventies. before
the Mexican Central railroad was built
Some years later in the early eighties
the hrst lands were taken up, and the
mexican Central railroad was used for
passage of settlers and goods. although
an overland trip of about 10 miles was
necessary to reach the first colonies
Later the road from Columbus was
opened, and the. colonies were reached
direct over Il Somewhat shorter and
| easier route. Colonia Juarez was the
hrst important colony. Diaz. Morelos.
Oaxaca, Pacheco. Garcia, Chuichupa
ana others followed in the late eight
les and early nineties, with Dublan es-
tablished about the time the Mexico
Northwestern railroad then the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific) was
started out of. Ciudad Juarez (1S96l.
Before the Sierra Madre railroad
was bulls syndicate of Mormon cap
italists and others had promoted rail-
road from Deming via Columbus to the
Casas Grandes colony region This was
the John w. Young project An effort
was made to interest the New York
owners of the Corralitos ranch and the
San Pedro or Candelaria mines but
these people later decided to build the
railroad themselves directly out of
C1udad JuareZ to the mines and Casas
Grandes. The Columbus project then
lapsed. Part of the roadbed had been
graded, and the present wagon road
follows the old grade for some dis
lance.
THE Mexican government never had
strong hold on the mountainous re
gion inhabited by Independent and
warlike tribes of Indians Tax insur-
rections' were frequent About TWEEN
ty-two years ago the Temochic Indians
rose in revolt and made a raid clear to
the border. taking Palomas. They
were soon put down, but never fully
pacified. The Tarahumari Indians.
remnants of the ancient tribes of the
region, had considerable development
in the domestic arts, such as fabrics
and pottery. They were ardent hunt
ers, but were perhaps most noted for
their wonderful endurance as runners
The renegade Apaches. driven out of
Arizona and New Mexico, made their
last stronghold in the Sierra Madre.
100 miles or so southwest of Casas
Grandes. where probably a few scat
tered remnants remain to this day
Spaniards Built Roads.
THE old road followed by Colonel
OodGs column south from Hachita is
part of the ancient Spanish trail con
Meeting central Mexico with what Is
now New Mexico and Arizona and con
Meeting New Mexico and Colorado
with California. hundred years ago
copper ore from the Santa Rita mines.
now Chino. was packed over this an
cient trail TO the City of Mexico. After
the Santa Fe trail was opened I'D from
the Missouri river to Santa Fe this old
road became one OF the branches by
which trade was carried on with west
ern Mexico. Another branch, also an
ancient Spanish road. passed through
FL Paso and down the valley to Guada.
iupe. thence to Chihuahua.
Before and during the war with
Mexico no other route from Ell Paso
to California was known that this old
road via Santa Rita, Hachita and
Janos. through Guadalupe pass to the
Santa Cruz valley and Tucson. The |
long detour into Mexico was made nee |
essary by the lack of water. or sup |
posed lack. and supposed impassability |
OF the more northerly route. Most of |
the forty miner emigrant traffic passed |
over that older Mexican route"