El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03
YAQUI INDIANS
NOTED FIGHTERS
For Centuries Have Been
Dread of Western Mexico;
Numbers Decreasing.

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5ians in the southwest have earned
greater respect for their fighting
.bilitv than the Yaquis who were re
fnorted recently as threatening the line
o. communications OF one OF the Amer
lean forces operating along the Next
en- border in pursuit OF bandits Con-
ce-ninC this warlike tribe the National
Geographic society has issued the lol-
lowing bulletin from its headquarters
in Washington
"A distinguished ethonolosist has
said Of the faquis that lney are Nh, no
only Indians on the continent VIZ
surrounded by whites from me oesln-
ming Of their history, have never peeii
fully subdued- IN spite OF the NUM-
erous defeats which they nave sus-
tafned at the hands OF Spaniards ana
asa1fcans dating back 20 the IlIst
half Of the 10th century, tney are 10
day a brave, stalwart, athletic race,
admired for their industry as ven d
for their courage rs
Most of the Yaquis are TO be tound
IN the southern part Of sonora one OF
NTe1fco-s border states TO the SCUM OF
Arizona Here they raise corn, cotton
md the mescal-prOducing maEuey-
The women are expert WeaEerS' Whle
the men are always IN oeInanq d
miners sailors. farm Ia bOrerS, ana are
r,-ne-f pearI divers Most of their
trading is done at the port OF Quay
mas, on the Gulf OF Calitornla- Nnere
one of their chief arucles OF DarteL
Is the salt gathered on the adjoining
Probably Number 10000.
The NaQuis are not 4 numerous
tribe. the highest estimate OF LheiI
number being $1,000 IN 1872 ~ IS
nrobable that at the present t1me
there are not more than 1e,Ooo, ABOUT
- percent Of whom were Transported
by the Mexican government 70 ucd-
tan and Tehuantepec lew years ago
as the surest means or quellinE the up
risinEs which continued TO occur
neriodicalIy As FAR back as 1906 the
Yaquis were dreaded roc, tsap- ~. ~ -a
flaide I'm that year sustaining tnree
successive defeats at their hahuSs
meeting with his most serious re
verse when he commaned 90 Spanish
rsvaIrvmen and 5000 Indian allies
Rise and Fall OF BandeTaE.
s'One of the most sanEuinarE revolts
OF the Taquis was that Whlch occur eN
IN 1925 when they were led by the
remarkable chief known IS Banderas,
because of. his banner which was SAID
"a be A relic of the Montezuma en-
ufre. Banderas was reSourceIul or
Eanizer as well as capable tiShler-
lie manufactured his own GunpoWder
and made treaties with neishborinS
tribes. He also recognized the adFan-
rzge Of 'prepa redness' and engaged
several white soldiers to drill his
rribesmen in the science Of war At
the end Of three years he had been so
successful that he was able TO erect
an advantageous peace with the Mex
lean government, one OF the conditions
being that he be made a salaried gen
eral Of the regular army a few years
later Banderas led second revolt Dul
rhis time he suffered disastrous de
feat was captured and shot N the
-ureseuce of his soldiers
Family Ties Negative.
The Haquis take their name from
1hc Rio Taqui CChief river. which
flows for 500 miles through the noun
tain Eorges Of Sonora, and finally
emptyinE into the Gulf of California
Along this river the Indians make
their homes Of reed and adobe, with