Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-16

hard!hood and their love OF country
Jus, as VI is easy to paint them a, i'm.
possible demons for their cruelty and
.reachery. They have undoubtedly
practiced savage tortures on their can.
| yves In the past, just a. they have
undoubtedly broken treaties with the
! Meaichn government: but II 10 Just a,
true that they are guided by a xa-axe
Goa. or ethics. and arc lighting for
iand that in the last analysis belongs
10 them, for they held II before Co.
lumbus was born
in flesh and blood. the Yaou! Ia no,
particularly romantic ngur.. lle
Is The common laborer Of Sonora, the
poem the herder OF cattle and the ,,ller
OF the soil. In the Mexican towns o,
the d!strict many of the servants ar.
1a1uis. One OF the chief dif,cultie, in
shbduinH them has been tho highly
developed clan spirit that prevails
among them. Tho outlaw from the
hills. hard pressed, slips his rim. ,,,n
mesquite bush and enters some n.,cc.
tui 'iilaee or his people where every
Docy VIII swear that he has lived there
for years.
Endurance Is Remn kaLIe.
me iaqui Is n medium sized In IL
Niuuai as rule, rather stockiIv built.
WIN face broader and browner ttnn
mat or the North American indian
"hom the tourist sees in the West pnI.
Mno auorhs our Suffalo nickels lIis
ordinary garb Is prosaically lil;e +h,,
OF the Mexican section hand VINO wnrL.
on the western railroads. whittier az
q matter OF fact he will sometime.
nee. HIS wiry endurance. however
tEuIy remarkable. Four centuries
OF Almost continual warfare, inte,
spersed with the hardest Of hard work
on the ranches have made him toueb
as leather He Will travel for DAYS q,
hisn speed through desert and noun
tam with little ur no food. he vii,
work All day in the fields under a sun
sare mat reaches $50 degrees heat
IN the direct rays. In fact, one OF In
chler problems in connection with Inc
deportation scheme for handlirx ,bo
I iaHui Is that Of hlltng his place a.
lahorer in Sonora.
IN the past. the Yaouis increased
their natural hardihood by r.ruJ,r
course OF training for their young men.
oy "hich each boy was forced 20 make
iong marches. endure long fasts And
prlHations before being admitted 10
the rank OF warrior. The women are
as hardy aH the men. and accompany
.neH INTO the hills in time OF war
Much OF the undying hatred of the
fori,' as they call the white man.
Is due to the women. who inculcate the
creed In their babes from tho cradle
with all these martial characteristics,
the Yaquis are neither noticeably stern
nor snlien among themselves. They
VIII work for hours with a continual
How OF Jest and laughter.
Like Our Apache War;
me last few years Of the Yaqui wars
nave been very similar to our own past
hshts with the Apaches. The Indians
have taken to the hills in small troops.
have robbed. pillaged and murdered.
and have merited the treatment Of out
laws which the AIexicans have un-
mercifully visited upon them Not so
many years ago. however, they held
their country with an organized army
and fought pitched battles with the
Mexicans. even charging cannon with
| the utmost bravery. Under their chief
Ca1eme, they maintained state OF
thorough independence for years with
their own laws. taxes and tariffs. Ca
Jeme was pure-blooded 1aqui of good
intelligence and abilities. who had a
Caucasian cast and regularity OF fea-
| lures. lie served In the Mexican
armies against Yaquis. and was made
! governor over the tribe by the Mexi-
! cans themselves. The call Of his peo-
pie proved too strong. however and
! he turned against his old government.
! There are probably not more than
l4.ooo Yaquis all told In Sonora to-
day. Yet this little people has been
given fresh impetus on its old law
less path by the revolutionary con
! fusion, and will probably prove n thorn
In the side OF whatever central gov
eminent finally undertakes the task of
nacifying tho republic.