The daily morning oasis., 1920-08-29
CONVINCED OF FAITH OF
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.
YAQU|S RETURN To
THE Delta
Bringing Sacred Relics and Re-EStab-
fishing Their Homes Upon Their
Ancient Holdings, With all Con-
tented in Peace

Recently the Yaqui Indians have
performed voluntarily the last act OF
paclficaLion with the MexJcan gov
ernme1.l by bringing down from their
impeneirable Businesses in the Baca-
tete Mountains their saints" and
other revered relics of their beloved
Catholic faith," said Mr.. John G.
George, who returned yesterday from
a weeks tour Of that "Nil. Of Amer
ica," the Yaqui River delta.
The relics vii he installed in a
church they as building Snow with
dwellings for their own occupancy.
on the sites of their ancient tribal
homes in the Valley, deserted for
many years, which have been restor-
ed to tile Indians by President de la
Huerta and General Gales.
To a seasoned frontie'man, the
customs and fox lore of ehose North
American Indians who have been con-
verted genuinely to the Catholic
faith, this act of restoration of the
sacred relics speaks volumes; and
one feels justified IN " applying the
words of the immortal Bard of
Avon:
"The time of universa' peace il
near"
Evin>ing spirit of brcad states
mansh.t, humanity, justice and plain
common sense President de la Huer--
ia and General Gales assisted ably
by Governor Flav1o Borquez, have
settled within three months guer-
rilla warfare which for more than
forty years had seemcl an IL
remediable evil to preceui1 g admin
istratIrns.
Fro,n time lmmemoria! the Yaqul
Indians have occupied certain parts
Of the Yaqui River Valley and ad-
iacent regions in Sonora; and they
have been ever the best and greatest
.;ource of supply of workers on
farms and in mines in that state:
and southern Arizona as we'll. They
are men of fine physique, and when
treated fair/ are willing workers.
Mr.. George is a nephew of the
ate Hnn. Roswell P. Flower, who
served several terms in Congress
rom a New York City district and
was governor of the state. Governor
Flower was identified with the New
York Stock Exchange, and the
brokerage firm of Roswell P. Flow
,r & c., was one of the leading rep
resentaLives of the great financial
house Of ]. Pierpont Morgan; while
Mr.. Fewer Inns I was command
ing figure "on Change" until his
cath.
FROM 1904 to 1912. or thereabout,
tJr. Gnolge was connected actively
with the Harry Payne and I ohm Hays
Hammond Syndicate, whi2} owns the
lands and irrigation system OF Rich
;rdson Brothers Yaqui hlver enter
prise, project embracing several
hundred thousand acres Of most fer
lie co cred and served b" network
of irrlgating canals and lateral
d,tches, taking water from the Yaqui
river just below the point where 1t
lebouches from the mountains into
the delta of that great stream, and
breads it over an area that would
IKE principallty across the At
lantic. Beside owning a substantial
acreage in these richly feltlle lands,
st this moment planted in rice mani
Testing vigorous growth, Nj. George
and rs brother control the mer-
chandl4ing end of the P;.yne-Ham-
nond syndicate; and they lave extern
sive stores at Esperanz' snd other
points IN the delta. Mr.. George was
a classmate at Yale with Nj. Whitney
and John Hays Hammond .r.
Mr.. George relates th'.t for some
few weeks after President de la
Huerta induced t'A Yaquls to leave
their mountain retreat and resume
their lormer residence in the delta,
men, women and childre poured in
to the valley. However, all went
armed continually, even when work
ing on reconstruction or planting
crops. At first only sub-chiefs came