April 'Jl, 1!H)1.
Through the Hostile
Yaqui Country
OUA Y.MAS, Mexico, April (Special
Correspondence.) To bo roused out of a
rosy slumber lit 1! o'clock on u moonluw
mui uliiK "ml stinted on u twenty-leugtiu
lido In u vehicle known an a 1 Mexlmn dlil
gonuln" la, at beat, not tho most uhucrful
ot traveling propositions. Ami thu further
knowledge that thu twuuty lcgucs In ques
tion llu through tho hi. mil ot one ot t lie
moat hostile lmllaii countries civilization
ovor grappled with la in no sense a relief
to thu situation. However, Mich wero pru
clsuiy tho circumstances under which wo
act lorlli thu camera man anil myself
troni Guumua to thu region whero thu
Yuqul war la lu progresa. Moreover, un
likely aa It may tsccin, tho crew of our
dlllgonchi conslatud ot u trio of thu nolaleat
and withal moat questionable appearing
aavagea this self-same tribe of YaiUia could
well produce
Tho uniiiuu iicraonallty of our itumcdluto
custodians calls for a word ot history con
cerning thu bravo old wagon wherein wu
wcro projected away on our happy-go-lucky
assignment ot aacurtaiulug how mutters
stood m this long-waged coultlct on thu
Mexican frontier. Thu conveyance la owned
and oiiei ated by a company whoso head
quarters are somewhere in thu heart of the
Mexican Sierras, at tho fuilher extremity
of thu road from Uuuymus. '1 he spuclllc
name of tills Institution, It it has one, la
nowhere in evidence along its line of travel,
notwithstanding which It la untitled to
pronounced credit for its inagultlcunt norvo
in having commuted with thu Mexican gov
ernment to carry thu malt to thu varloii3
army pouta located at luturvuls throughout
thu hostile country. True, thu daugeru
threatening thu leagues of desert highway
that must bu traversed each trip two, thanks
to the rigorously conducted campaign el
tho .Mexican troops, lesa gravo than for
merly; which condition, however, does not
alter thu fact that thu service has con
tinued right along throughout thu whole
progress of thu war, and with siugulai
regularity, considering thu frequency with
which thu drivers and their crews at thu
outstart had to bu renewed. Thu relentless
policy of thu Ynqula In repeatedly picking
olf thu Mexican drivers, and tho conse
quent dearth of these functionaries, that
early developed, Impelled thu stage com H
puny to resort to a desperate expedient. COLONEL
It was reasoned that thu Yaquis were in
jLftce BHLflEij
TUB ILLUSTRATED EK.
through thu drawn curtains, that tills den
izen of tho frontier was to all appearances
unarmed a most utuonvetitlonnt clreutu-
Htaucu for those parts 1 look occasion to
express my surprise at thu fact; to which
comment lie responded, lu his somewhat
unique vocabulary. "Oh, 1 leckon I'd bo
heeled fast enough anywhere outside this
particular wagon. Hut I've llgured It out
that thu less valuables yon show along
this road thu belter your chances arc foi
getting through with a whole skin. Now,
there's nothing a Yaqui Indian will covet
quickur'u n good shooting Iron like either
of thosu you an' your partner are sporting,
for example. And he'd a heap sooner pick
you off for tho chance he'd stand ot nag
ging your gun than ho would mu It ho
knew 1 had a million dollars lu my clothes.
You sco, money's no object whatever to the
Yaqui, while shooting utensils are botii
his capital and religion. llesldes," ho
added deprecatlngly, "theiu's no uso bpoll
lug your rldo by looking for troublo from
beginning to end of It. For If tho Yaquis
happen to spot you anywhere along tho
lino they'll suro got you, and without r!v-
YAQt'l WAKUIOUS IN CAM!'
Ing you u shade of a chancu to arguu tho to secure a photograph of thu growsoino gllmiso of tint surrounding country. Then
after tho soldiers took It for granted tliei
were Indians In their vicinity and the sen
try slaml lu tho mosquito treo was eon
demued as a Hiipct litmus evil.
Night was far advanced before our dill
gelicl.i lolled Into Torln, (lie chief oulpiMl
on tho Hlo Yaqui, which was to bo our
headquarters during our hoJoui ii lu I he lu
point with 'em. Is theru any record of a tiling in the mosquito tree, and then re
Ilvo Ynqul over having been seen from this mimed our Journey. A llttlu further on wo
stngo? Not one. Hut on tho other hand, tlrovo into thu village of has GuuhIuiiib, thu
he's spotted no end of trnvolcrs in his ilrst military post of Importance in thu
tlmo lis thu dead list will Bhow. There Yaqui country. Tho plnco consisted of an
was tho American photographing outlU from adobo cuartel, or barracks, surrounded by
HurmoBlllo, for Instance; two In thu party n wretched assortment of thatched Indian
and tho Inst ones lu hero before your- huts. Here wo had expected to secure
selves. Well, they were armed to thu eye- lxn armed escort, as tho remainder of our dlun country. Hero we wire courieoUHly re
brows and undertook to get through to journey lay through tho very hotbed of eelved by Colotu I Vega, chief of lionornl
Alnmos, nt tho other end of tho route, but uu. hostile district. Hut, upon applying Torres' staff, who Is Immediately In com
tho Yaquis got them before they wero an (() Uio olllcer in command, we were in- maud ot the I, two Mexican (roups In the
hour out of Turinkilled In this same formed that his entlru garrison had gone Held. On the following morning wo were
wagon, anil on tho very sent you're Bitting in pursuit of a band of Yaquis Unit only given an escort, consisting of a lleulennni
on." two days before had visited the suburbs and Ilvo unlive giiuidsuicu, and, thus
Anniii'iiihm- Nut Ilt-iiNMiirliiK'. of tho village ami made oil to the inoiin- equipped, nl once proceeded on our Journey
Here was an altogether new version as o tains with a bunch of fourteen cuttle be- through the Uio Yaqui basin. The Ynqul Is
tho proper conventionalities to observe longing to tho post. This raid was sup- a beautiful cryslulllno stream of cousldera
while unrotito through (ho Yaqui domain, posed to have been uindo by the largest hlo volume, and winds its tortuous courxc
During tho progress of my Interlocutor'!! of the various marauding bands, In rctalla- through a valley of surpassing fertility. It
theorizing 1 repeatedly i aught myself In tho tlon tor (ho detent they had sustained at was this region that the Indians wero tor
act of casting skeptical glances at my erst- the hands of the Mexicans a bhort time pr.-- merly allotted by the .Mexican government
while truaty revolver, which, to insure con- vlously. On (he occasion lu question tho as their exclusive domain. There Is ubso
vcnlence, I had switched around on my belt troops had tracked the hostiles to tlielr luloly no evidence, however, thai Its rich
to a position immediately In line with my principal stronghold lu the Sierras do la lands have ever been eulllvatid by them,
right eye. And thu camera man, mean- Hncuteto and In the light that ciisiioc. (en as It Is (o a great extent densely overgtowu
while, wub equally distrustful of thu policy Yaquis were killed, forty women and ehll- with mosquito trees, lu tho mldsl of these
ho had tspottsid, for hu eyed the rlllu that dron taken prisoners and the village do- thickets the Yaquis have dwelt lor many
rested nthwart his knees In a way that con- stroyed. Thu casualties sustained by tho years, cons'. autly fostering their deep
vlnceil me he heartily wished It wero his Mexicans lu this engagement were but four seated Inured of the white man and bin
tripod. There's a deal moru of truth than wounded. Tho captive Indian women and civilized tendencies. Tlqi missionary priests
Jest In these random details of that brief children were conllued In the cuartel at have labored among tin in lu vain, as the
but singularly impressive discourse on thu this place, where we were permitted to moro earnestly they would strive for the
ouo-sidedness of Indian bushwhacking photograph them. When Ilrst brought to uplifting of the Viiqul l!u more tilttorly
ethics. And thu character of the country, Hie post they were In a pitiable condition they were despised by him. And notwilh
with Its ominous Jutmlcs of cactus and from lack of food and harsh treatment at standing his perversity be has been Buttered
chaparral, through which the road at inter- the hands ot their aboriginal lords and for years to retain inutrnl of this beautiful
Hence their present captivity, region- uniii at leugi n ins iiariiarous poll y
VKOA, WHO COMMANDED
MEXICAN TUOOI'S IN FIELD.
the habit of sending out members ot their thu coursu of this early morning interval vols nltmuud tended to enhance our respect musters.
band, from time to time, to seek employ- was a sudden swerve lu the road, whore for thu nhilosuuhy of our compatriot of the Insuring them, as It does, plentiful food and of death and ilestiuction could bo no lougei
meut on the various hacleudas with a view this same dlligencla had been capsized on Sonora frontier, In no small measure. kindly protection, is In the nature of a endured. Ami this Is I he slory in brief or
to replenishing their ammunition and other Its lust Inbound trip, which mishap had While continuing on our way the In- boon to them. Imw the Yaqui eiiine to be expelled from Hie
supplies essential to tho contlnunncu ot resulted lu a broken leg to one, besides dividual in question pointed out to us On our way from Las (uiisimus to (he land of his fathers and why his heritage is
hostilities. Therefore, why not secure liu- various bruises sustained by other of tbo various spots of historical Interest con- Hlo Ynqul we passed through one of thu henceforth do.iilncd to becoiuo the heritage
munlty for the government mails by re- occupants. Thu details ot this llttlo In- nected with the present war. As we up- most desolate regions I have over traveled, ofolhers. JOSH DE OLIVAKES.
cruiting their stage crews from among cldcnt were furnished us by a fellow truv- proachedon especially dense thicket ho and- Its chief danger lying lu Its close prox-
theso ubiquitous tribesmen? True, buch a eler, who happened to be one of tho pas- donly observed, "I think I said awhile back lmlty to the mountains, from which the
measure promised no additional safeguard Bougurs at thu time, and who accounted that n live Yaqui had never been seen by Indians can command n view of tho road
to their passenger service, but then tho for Its origin as follows; travelers along this route -but there's u for miles nt a stretch, lu thu course ot
company had nuvur madu any pretentions, "You suo," ho explulncd, "this Is a now dead ono over In yonder tree that anyone the nfternoon our traveling companion
to say nothing ot contracts with tho travel- crow Just down from tho mouutalns ami can look nt." pointed out to us the spot, opposite a deep
Ing public, on that score. It was tho postal thu last trip having brought thu three Into vu followed tho direction indicated and, ravlno near tho roadside, where two weeks
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r.niKUia cuuiu luun. uui nil lliuuiauivea, moi uuiir, iuuj iiuLuitiuj uiii-ti nil uu uu uaillZlintl iroill 1110 I1U1I) OI a IllCSilUllO ITCO. iiuu iii'i;u i-iiiivkmi. ihht ii
Pulpit Stones
llllllllllM l('NK'Ct till- .MIIIIn
the llrewutor, lu thu sliapu of natlvu mescal, "You'll see others Uko him at various party of travelers, consisting of two men.
Itev. Alfred Waller, a clergyman wnose
church Is located in Koullioud, a few miles
down tho river from Loudon, is an eu
tliusliiHtlc temperance wirkir. Ho oll'ercd
a Iik'iiI saloon keeper fin n.r tho privilege of
behind the bar n temperance
placard. The mlion keeper Is a bit of a wag
iitnl In. . 1 1 1 . I w I ,, i , ,
tint .nti.r. within tl,..l. ..,. I. ll.,oi,ll ..!,.. i .1... ,1 t U'Mlilnll nml lu'n lllll., ,.) 1 1 ,1 r.in u-,.1 .' ' 1 Nlinilll, I1IM1
At nl events there wub clearly no other " ," w ... , " punim moug mu nnm, . uw uu, '. I'll give you tlio same amount if you lit
ivatlon for tho company's contract, and mnash-up of eourse. Hut," he added en- surance vouchsafed by our friend. "They've fired upon by the Miquls who were se- M(( . , , , ,m ,
u experiment was forthwith put to thu courasiuBly, "that was twenty-four hours been hung up there by tho Mexican troops." ereted In the raylne, and all bu one of the (,f n,(i ..
st. Thu liiuovntlou winked to perfection nB und 110 (loubt U,u ro sol)t'ruU UP by ho explained, "ns a warning to the live hos- two women killed outright, ihe woman
salvation
tho
uu ( 'I'll ii ltiiitntltii tL'm l.-jirl t it niifniil l(in
so far as thu ni'iils weru toncernn' True ulla l""u' tllcs- TulH particular one marks tlio Bpot surviveu uuu u nmsi iiiniiciiiniin en- over at Oiirango last week, relates a
the belllgereMt hostiles from their road- J,"yuo so- Uut considering tho hid- whero n whole battalion of Mexicans wcro 'Pe. her child being killed lu her arms. Colorado exchange, the g I Indies of Ihe
sldo retreats continued to mnke tnrgetn C0USIlefiH ot thulr 'clls- 1 Ml at Hucrty to wiped out. nt the outstart of tho war, In ft t which she fell fainting among her dead Melhrdlst church coiiltibuled a supply of
of such piasengers as wero so unwary as doubt 1,10 theorr' Tll fortitude of my fight with tho Indians. You see, the devils companions In tho road Hero she lay for (nds or good things ami prmeeded with
to obtrude thulr personalities from behind mformu,,t. however, In undertaking nn- decoyed thu Boldlcrs into one of thulr am- beforo recovering, and meanwhile t, H,llm, , uK) ll(llm, r t,,.lt. ,Htor. Itev
tho wagon screens but the vehicle Itself othcr trl,) wltn 1,10 811,110 out"t' 1,1 tho facc liuscadcs, and then picked thorn olT ono tlio Indians, thinking their awful work . u. Webb, to ilml imt a bright baby boy
so long ns a Yaqui driver was perched on of Ul 0XPerlcllcc llu ll!l'l 80 recently un- after another from their hiding places In complete, had made off, thus enabling the had Just pncede.l them to the p.irsiinagu.
tho box nuvcr once filled to get through durono' couU1 not 1)llt oxcllc "'V admlra- tho cactus beds, where nothing that human bereaved wlfo and mother to gnln the near- The women concluded to stay and take
on schedule time tl0"' and 1 8tralBntway proceeded to cultl- could reach them. That's tholr favorite st pest of safety. supper with Mr. Webb, and thorcfoio traus-
Howevcr, as previously explained, condi- vut0 hl,n' My now ntlll'1,lntanco proved to style of lighting. In fact, n Ynqul will Kvlileiiec of (iixxl I'nllh. foiled the eatables from thulr biihkets to
Hons had 'improved somewhat at the tlmo bo 11 clvi,mn resident of an army post In never show light unless ho has tho Bitre At another point wo wero shown a large lliu dining talilo and thou liifurniid the p.u -
wo undertook the trip quite two weeks Hio heart of tho Indian couulry and, holng drop on his Intended victim. Their tlmo for mosquito treo, botween two top brunches of son that supper was ready, wondering as
having elnpscd since tho last massacto thoroughly conversant with tho territory bushwhacking on a Inrgo scale, however, which n board was secured. This rude - they did so If in returning thanks lie would
had been enacted on the road we wero to turotiKh which wo were pnbsing, his com- like tho bloody mnssacro nt this point, Is trlvnnco hnd been Intended ns u lookout remember their gifts.
traverse. Nevertheless, on the occasion nnnlollBhlP constituted a most enlightening pnst now, for tho Mexicans have cut up tower by a company of soldiers sent to When all were seated at Ihe table the
of our visit to Hermoslilo, It had occurred eaturu ot uur trlI'. Added to this, ho whnt's left of them Into small disorganized pntrol tho district. Tho Invention, how- good man bowed his head ami thus up-
to aeneral Torres that we'mlght feol moro wns 0"ethIiiK of a philosopher, in his own bands that go skulking about In tho chapar- over, had speedily proved a failure, for the proaehed tho throne of grace, () Lord, wo
nt mm. if nipiimii.iiiiiii hv no nrinni PHenrt " ml;" "ciiniiiniruicu iiiiuui mu rni, or uu in wnii near i no roniisiuo ror nrst cor.iry wno mounteii to mo percn was umnn men nir mis iiiueiy hiiecor," ami
over the most hostile portions of tho routo,
to which end I carried the necessary ere
dentlnls, entitling us to such protection at
nny of tho military outposts wo would pasa.
For thu first four hours of tho Journey
the darkness of our somewhat spnro ac
commodations wns of an Intensity that,
t'lider ordlnnry olrcumstances, munt cer
tainly hnve produced a corresponding de
gree nf monotony. Not so In this case
hewever. Tho Yaqui driver nnd his staff
wero too industriously occupied with In
fusing life Into tho motive power of our
equipage to ndmlt of nny such tendency to
dullness. The power In question consisted
rf half n dozen diminutive mules, hitched
two abreast In tho rear nnd four In tho
van, nfter tho prevalent custom of the
country. Tho characteristic perversity of
this curiously Incorporated Biting explained
tho necenslty of no largo a corps of drivers,
Tholr method wns for tho chief functionary
to hold tho lines, while his two lieutenants
raco nlong on either sldo tho unwilling
team, which they sought to terrorize into
n perpetual scamper, through tho ngency
of lnng-lnshed whips of tho blacksnnke va
rlety. Tills heroic process thu entire trio
continuously Interspersed with n series of
such hnlr-curllng worwhoops ns only the
Indlnn can devise, All of which consti
tuted n most suggestlvo accompaniment to
our silent rellectlons on the long list of
casualties to which wo wero nwnro our
chosen routo was Bololy Indebted for Its
fame,
Tho chief point of Interest we passed In
tlmo tho durkness began to disperse. Ob- travelers without escort." picked off by a Yaqui sharpshootur before the ladles are still in doubt us lo what he
serving by tho mint light, which sifted In Wo stopped tho dlllgencln long enough hu hnd secured so much as a preliminary meant.
On the last night of a series if "pro
tracted meetings" lu the Methodist church
of a little New Jet Hey vitiligo, relntes the
New York Sun. tho visiting evangelist was
making n spi elul effort to obtain a showing
of anxious souls, lie had preached tils best
seimon, ami reached an emotional fervor
that ho had seldom equaled. Hut unhndy
rispnnileil to his Invitation, iiiey sung a
hymn nnd then tlio evangelist rose again
and called upon the congregation to "enlist
for tho service of the Lord."
A battle-scarred, wooden-legged veteran
who hail dropped into the back seat watched
tho proceedings with Interest.
For the third time Ihe perspiring evaiige
list rnso and asked:
"Is (hero no one willing to enlist lu the
Lord's nrmy?"
Then response camu from tho back seat
"Draft 'em, parson; d-n It, draft 'em."
Irritating
CAI'TIVB YAQUIS LEAVING THE MOUNTAINS.
Detroit Journal: The lloer pressed his
bayonet against my brenst.
"Quarter, forsooth!" sneered he. "You.
vim devastate our farms, hum our homes
and, as If this wero not enough"
Hero his voice lose In a slir'ek.
"To wear those dinky lo.engo hats with
tho latchet under your noso!"
I could see that ho was awfully nngry.
but my British blood wub up nnd I liuighol
lu his face.
