Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1891 — WAR IN MEXICAN MOUNTAINS, [ARTICLE]

WAR IN MEXICAN MOUNTAINS,

Bloodthirsty Yaqui Indiana Descend oi the Village and Carry Off Women. Unknown to the outside world a bloody war is raging in the mountains of Mexico, Such is the statement of Liberate and Toranto Marcor, young Mexican engineers, who are in Chicago. The war is not one of revolution, but is even greater in destruction, and news of It has hitherto been suppressed, it is said, because o| possible bad effects upon intended imm# gration. “It has generally been supposed that with the death of the great leader of the Yaqui Indians, King Cajeme, the Indian wars in old Mexico had ceased, but such is by no means the case.” said the Senor Marcor. “Thousands of them are strongly entrenched in the impassable mountains of northwestern Mexico, and the troops which are .stationed at all the towns along the Yaqui river are powerless to reach them or to protect the lives and property of the citizens. Bands of fifty oi more of the Yaquis make unexpected daily descents upon the helpless people ol the plain. Fierce battles with the troops follow, but before the latter can accomplish anything the savages escape to theii mountain hiding-places with renewed supplies of food and ammunition, fairly carrying with them, also, numbers ol helpless women whose fate is never known. 11 is impossible to reach them, as they are so fortified as to form an entirely distinct country, and no one knows of the life they lead, nor is the name of theii new king known. This condition of things has been constantly growing more alarming.” -