HERMOSILLO, Son. Mex., Jan. 18.—
The Yaqui Indian has been the trouble
maker of northwestern Mexico for
generations and his recent outbreak
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is but one of a large number which
have occurred during the administra
tions of Diaz, Madero and other lead
ers.
Starting with the Bronco Yaquis
along the Rio Yaqui in southwestern
Sonora early in September, the revolt
has spread to many of the allied
tribes, Including the Mansos Yaquis
who have been peaceful in the past
and who derived their names from the
fact they worked with their hands.
In the rich Yaqui river valley ol
southwestern Sonora the Indian upris
ing has had its center. The Indiar
towns of Potam, Vacum. Bacum, Le
Colorada and Suaqui Grande hav<
been scenes of various Indian raid;
and Mexican federal troops have beer
unable to make any great headwaj
in conquering these warring tribes
men. The revolt reached its heigh
after the fall harvests of corn, beam
and garbanzo had been harvested
Storehouses where these crops weri
put away for the winter were lootet
and the Indians extended their fiel<
of operations far into the north to
ward Hermosillo, the capital. Ammu
nition and rifles were smuggled acrow
the Sonora border for them and ;
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j number of engagements fought be
j tween the Yaquis and the federals re-j
I suited in the routing of the govern
ment troops.
The basic cause of the unrest
among these southwestern Mexico In
dians is the land problem. At one
time these Indians owned and tilled
thousands of acres of the most fer
tile land in the republic which was1
watered by the Yaqui river. These'
lands were gradually confiscated by
the various governments and parceled
out to favorites of the ruling powers.
The Indians claim they were given in
ferior lands in place of their original
holdings and insist upon the restora
tion of these tribal holdings. One
American company now controls 300,
000 acres of land in the Yaqui coun
try, much of which is claimed by the
Indians.
The Yaqui tribes were originally
agricultural people with a bent for
hunting in the mountains during the ,
winter. They are stocky, sturdy and
j possess many of the traits of the
1 American Indian. Fighting has lately
j been one of their chief occupations as
' they have been on the warpath either
i in their own interest or for the various
, i de facto governments for 15 years.
During the days of President Diaz
the Yaquis were dispossessed of much
■ of their fertile valley lands by Gen
. eral Torres, the federal governor of
, Sonora. Large numbers were deport
.! ed from the state by boat to the hot
‘ lands of Yucatan and to Tres Marias
I island, off the coast of Tepic. This
i Was one of the chief grievances which
- caused the Yaqui war. This war con
-' tinued until the outbreak of the Ma
; I dero revolution when the Indians join
i ed with Madero against their sworn
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enemies of the old federal regime.
They di much of the hard fighting
during the Madero and subsequent
revolutions, especially at t'elaya where
they were General Obregon’s chief
mainstay when Villa and his power
ful army attacked the entrenched pos
itions of Obregon's Carranza force
The Yaquis were given much of the j
credit for this victory which shattered
Villa's dream of political power and j
drove him back to the border. At
Agua Prieta, Sonora, the Yaquis again j
aided in defeating Villa and causing
him to revert to his guerilla cam
paign w'hich included the Santa Ysabel
and Columbus, N. M. massacres.
General Plutarco Elias Calles has
undertaken a "mailed fist" campaign
against the Yaqui Indians in Sonora
to suppress the present uprisings. He
has interned the peaceful Yaquis in
reconcentration camps and has order
ed all others hunted down and killed.
Wholesale deportations to the hot
lands of Mexico have also been
threatened.
The Yaquis are divided into two
classes. One is the “bronco Yaqui"
which includes the fiercest of the
fighters and the sturdiest of the tribes
men. The other class includes the
“mansos" or peaceful Indians.
Number of attempts have been made
to convert these Indians to peaceful
ways. President Madero had a com
mission of Indians visit him in Mexi
co City. Eater he sent a commission
to treat with the tribal leaders. But
the Indians claimed they were not
given back their promised lands and
were soon on the warpath. The pres
ent uprising is said by officials of the
government to be the most threaten
ing since the days of Diaz.
,J Parnich, a labor employed on
Hu V\ [> & y jj ranroa(j was founcj
•b.id recently near mile post 100.
K.iinlch had left the morning previ
iu for \\ hitehorae on a small speed
rr ior the purpose of depositing some
money at that place. He was found
the next day frozen across the rails
about four feet behind the speeder.
Bamlch was a Russian about thirty
six years of age.
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Several Alaska natives are in the
service of the United States and oth
ers are expecting to join. The Alaska
natives have done much toward dem
onstrating their patriotism.
The death of Frederick Henry Hil
debrand recently occurred at Juneau
following a stroke of apoplexy. His
wife is also a resident of Juneau while ,
the children reside in the States.
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Daniels hopes that we will not hate
the Germans. But we can dislike
them. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
It is feared that when Russia fin
ally finds herself she will not know
v hat it is that she has discovered.—
Kansas City Star.
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The roof of the big Juneau Dairy
barn was recently crushed with the
weight of snow but it was not learn
ed if any of the thirty-eight head of
stock inside had been killed. The bam
is said to be the largest in Alaska.
There are six feet of snow on the
flats.
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A band of Peel River Indians ar
rived at Whitehorse recently, bring
ing ten sled loads of mountain sheep
and caribou meat.
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States food administration, that all retailers sell “licensed
goods” at a fair margin of profit, the prices named in last
evening’s paper, were but a few of the actually listed licensed
goods, which prices are set by the food administration and at
which all retailers will "have to sell them.
We have not advertised prices, altho we have complied with
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Beginning with the first of this year we are trying to put into
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Closing at six o’clock, one delivery a day and limiting credit
to thirty days.
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by complying with our request, we and all other merchants
are going to be able to reduce the price and still make a fair
margin on our investment to which we believe we are en
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