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FACTS ABOUT The YAQUIS
Who are Given the Same Treatment
That was Given the ApacheS in Arizona

ADaCheS in Arizona
the railroads shall be torn up,
the towns obliterated, the
ranches allowed to go to ruin
all this in order that they may
roam again over the region in
search of game, as once was
their habit.
When the revolution broke out
in 1913 General Obregon, Gen.
eral Gales and the Constitution
alist leaders enlisted large num-
bers of Yaquis in their armies,
these coming from among the
faction distinct from the "Bron-
CO.'S" that is from the peaceful
Yaquis. The "Broncos" remain
ed in their mountain Businesses.
with the exception of occasional
raids in the valley, while those
in the armies were content with
the assurance that after the rev.
olution they would be treated
fairly and equitably, lands to be
allotted to them as to other ma
,tives, and their rights protected
to the utmost-something that
the government is more than
anxious and willing to do.
But when Villa enlisted May
'torena, the former governor OF
Sonora, in his attempt to antag-
onize the Constitutionalists and
bring about conditions of anar-
chy, the ex-governor turned to
the Bronco" Yaquis and by the
most impossible promises secur-
ed the alliance of Chief Urbelejo
and some 1900 or 1000 of his fol
lowers. They were promised
that if they would assist May
torrent and Villa every one OF
their demands should be COM
piled with. The railroads should
be torn up, the settlements de-
stroyed and foreigners driven
out, and the splendid agricul-
tural lands of the Yaqui and
other valleys should be return
ed to a state Of nature. May
torena, of course, had no inten-
tion of keeping his promises, but
they were sufficient to keep Ur-
belejo and his followers with
him until his final defeat. Then
the "Broncos" returned to the
mountains and have ever since
maintained a condition of sullen
rebellion, breaking out OCCASION
ally into raids such as have re-
Gently taken place.
There is only one remedy for
this state Of affairs, and that is
the same remedy that was ap-
piled to our own Apaches when
they persisted in their attitude
of resistance to the government
and refused to remain upon the
lands allotted to them. AS the
Apaches were finally deported
to ctber portions of the country,
so the Bronco" Yaquis, as fast
as they are taken prisoners, are
sent to other parts of Mexico
mainly to the Plateau region of
the central section, where the
climate corresponds very largely
to that of their ancient homes,
and where they are inducted in.
to the peaceful arts of agricul-
lture and other industries and in
time will have homes allotted to
them and will be encouraged to
become useful citizens instead
of wandering bandits.
This is the Yaqui situation in
a nutshell.
The Bronco" Yaquis are to
!, Mexico what the Apaches in
Arizona were to the United
, States.
Following the example of the
United States, they are being
, sent to new homes and persuad-
E ed to adopt a peaceful method OF
life. If not amenable to persua-
sion, they are forced to do this
There is no other possible So
luton of the trouble with the
Broncos of the Yaqui tribe, Just
as there was no other possible
solution of the trouble with the
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