Show TUB THE HE YAQUI W WAR WAB AB the The Mexican have hae been beeD trying for tor fora fora alAP a lpg ti time e to te settle hie their with Ute the Yaqui I Indians Indiana dlan by warlike mettle DIj tint t after era an experience of many maDY y- y yR R Mal must be admitted that the at- at at attempt teu te tempt pt t to is a failure The Mexican foro forces 8 in ID campaigns have hare been power power-f power power- powerful loland ful 1 and well 11 equipped and aDd in the con con oon conf AI f tt hive haf shown n marked I physical O bo rap But Bat the Yaqui also alio have hae exhibited an Indomitable will in their d DO note notto to submit to force of an si while life ure remained and aad In their d b taia fastnesses have e fully ay main maln- talked IMet own ow in in the Ion long contest The The recent receDe battle on OD the Rio Ble YaqUI tb shoals a the tae relative of the o ln powers powen are aN u d When tb the Mexicans force forO their way wy into the Y Ya tit al country oo they are sure are to m meet et te lIbl reverses In the late batt bat bat bat- batt t 1 titers there was wai not n t a very large larce tor force e actually MInny engaged engaged- en Pled on either side Ilde Mat the result was wa that the army 81 bad had to fall back Theu The u nth ath battalion had bad taken takeD an ad ad- vi BB eed tf position Ion and In a transfer bad haa- Occasion eulon to pa puB pass a thick At this point they were ey thern the he Indians lad lan lam who fired at p J range rani and aDd one fifth of the Met Mex i fell rell The battalion rallied out out- out ild Nde the ambuscade and aDd for tor an hour boar and ana a half balf the battle raged tattoo furiously When helt the he Indians withdrew having captured all the balla baggage e animals money and ammunition of the troops who rie lost loet nearly half balf their number while the Indian loss lew wa was wa small A A the Mexican Mexicans there was wu killed the wife of a sergeant ergeant r Dt and when dur- dur durI during I ing the h beat of the battle a charging party J of Indians took COOk prisoner the be wife lieutenant and some lame of the warriors were ere about to shoot khoot her ber a Yaqui chief about twenty years year of age intervened saying laying Let the woman go the quarrel is 18 i with men men-an n order which was promptly obeyed Under the circumstances connected with the Yaqui Mexican conflict It would seem eem to be an appropriate move for the bead heads of the southern republic bile bileto to try a change e of policy in settling ettling the difficulty The military power ba has failed A peace commission lon could Gould do dono dono dono no worse wone but in the present stage taice of the controversy the prospect u is 8 that a peace commission would aeo that which has hae not been within the reach of the army The are by no means a vicious untrustworthy people They are haughty and warlike war war- warlike warlike like in to dealing with those whom they e esteem teem as ai enemies but to friends friend they are hospitable and are unwaverIng In their fidelity They are tired of the war and maintain it only to save eave are themselves from the worse woree fate of being treated as ai a con oon- conquered conquered people And it is ii quite likely that if 11 the Mexican government officials of apart apart from the local Sonora who have haTe incurred the deadly hatred of the were were to institute a policy polly of ot conciliation by which the Indians could be guaranteed right ot of inconsistent with those thole sed eed ed uy citizens of or the republic generally it would not b be long before the dispute would be settled amicably and for all time The have bare ba an idea that they should hould be treated ae as men and not as savages sad aad though they are not nM far advanced in civilization yet the IncIdent which is ii related by the bans as occurring in the last lait battle shows bow e ow that they lire are entitled to some ome consideration for lor their humanity |