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Page 11
So far there has been no bloodshed, but the settlers fear that there
will be if they attempt to check the work of destruction.
The Sheriff has gone again to the Reservation with an order for the
arrest of White Bull. He will probably have some trouble before he lays
hands on the unruly Indian, but there is no doubt that the entire band
will be returned to the Reservation ere long.
Runaway Indians are always obliged to return to their home, as they can
find neither food nor shelter elsewhere, and are sure to suffer if they
do not go back. If they appear at the forts they are captured, and every
white settler knows that the Indians have no business off the government
Reservations, and endeavors to have them driven back where they belong.
The Indians are thus surrounded by enemies, and they can only hope for a
short period of freedom; then they must go back home, and take their
punishment for truancy.
* * * * *
Word comes from Mexico that the President, General Diaz, has made a
treaty with a tribe of Indians called the Yaquis, who have defied the
government rule since the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century.
These people have, for over two hundred years, refused to pay taxes or
obey any laws but their own. They have lived in their own mountainous
country, and successfully repelled attempts to dislodge them or make
them obey the Mexican laws.
It is said that our troubles with the Indians have been slight when
compared with those of the Mexicans with the Yaquis.
President Diaz, who is half an Indian himself, has at last found a means
of making peace with them.
He has taken a lesson from his experiences in dealing with the brigands,
who at one time infested Mexico.
At first he attempted to conquer these robbers by sending soldiers out
after them; but finding that this plan was a total failure, he adopted
another, which was the old principle of setting a thief to catch a
thief. He offered them pardons if they would enlist in a new body of
guards, which he created. The duties of the regiment were half military
and half police. The President uniformed them, gave them good pay, and
in a very short time found that, instead of numberless bands of
dangerous robbers, he had a fine corps of vigilant thief-catchers.
This experiment having turned out so well, Diaz decided to adopt a
similar plan with the Yaquis.
He offered to enrol them into a militia corps with uniforms and good
pay, and asked them to aid in carrying out the laws.
The Yaquis decided to accept this offer, as they are a race of warriors
who like soldiering, and so the treaty was made.
It is said that the Chief of the Yaquis rode to the conference followed
by eight hundred well-armed warriors. The treaty was made, and the
ceremonies were followed by a great feast, in which Mexicans and Yaquis
both took part.
It is thought that the making of this treaty will be of great value to
Mexico.
It is also reported that a new volcano has been formed in Mexico, on the
peninsula of Tehuantepec, which is on the southwest coast of Mexico.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt in the region, and finally a new
volcano made its appearance.
No one has as yet visited it, for the Mexicans are too much frightened
to go near, but smoke and fire can be seen coming out of the mountain.
The Government has sent a party out from the City of Mexico to find out
the truth of the matter.
* * * * *
British India, or Hindostan, has also been suffering from earthquake.
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