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Jerome, Arizona Yaquis
Indians
Why
the Yaquis are Fighters
Started 400 Years Ago
The Yaquis are part of the Aztec or
Nahuatl Race, who Far Back in Time Occupied the Cliff Dwellings Near Jerome
Have Reason to Hate the White Race
Jerome Mining News February 24,
1906
The Yaquis are still fighting. Mining operations for
miles in the vicinity of San Marcial, Sonora and in the Yaqui Matape and Sonora
river valleys have been completely paralyzed by the warring Indians, says Clyde
H. Travenner in the Bisbee Review.
The Yaquis (Ya-kees) are daily becoming more
desperate, killing Mexicans and Americans alike, according to Carlos Johnson, a
wealthy and influential citizen of Sonora. When the last Yaqui war began no
attempt was made to harm Americans.
When the Yaquis have no war on - which has not been
for any considerable period in the last 400 years - they are said to be “a
peaceful and industrial race,” depending on their sustenance. But now that
they are on the warpath, they live on what they can steal from ranchers and
passing provision trains.
They are familiar with he rugged mountain country of
the Sierra Madres. Their fleet-footed horses can carry them through the rocky
wilderness almost as fast as the Mexican soldier can speed over the desert.
Courtesy Jerome Historical Society
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