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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
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ls in Mexico, and they welcomed Catholicmissionaries, providing they were not of Spanish origin. When the Ameri-can army marched into Mexico in 1847, the Yaquis could not at first becoaxed from the mountains and valleys of Sonora to join the Mexicans,Finally, on promises that additional land would be given them, some threethousand Yaqui braves joined the Mexican forces. From the time of thetreaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in February, 1848, until July of last year. 124 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. the Yaquis have never been really at peace with the republic of Mexico,Their constant grievance was that the Mexican government had not keptits promises to give them more land. They have spent their earnings of fiftyyears and sacrificed 20,000 lives in their wars. The Mexican governmenthas lost 35,000 soldiers who have been sent against the Yaquis. No oneknows how much money the Yaqui campaigns have cost the Mexican nation.Invariably victory has remained with the Indians. From June, 1885, to July,
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SIOUX INDIAN WAR DANCE. (From a Photograph.) 1897, the warfare of the Mexican government against the Yaquis was prac-tically constant. Indeed, it has been said that the republic of Mexico usedthe Yaquis to punish regiments that were insubordinate or suspected of revo-lutionary sentiments. A campaign against the tribes of Sonora effectuallydisposed of disaffected soldiers. The Yaqui warriors are fierce, brave, unrelenting. Many stories aretold in Mexico of how small parties have defended mountain passes against OUR INDIAN ALLIES. 125 hundreds of Mexicans, until every one of them had been killed. In the sum-mer of 1892 thirty Yaqui women in mens clothes were found at different timesamong the dead after night skirmishes. The youths are taught to becomesharpshooters at sixteen, and at twenty they are generally experts. They havebought thousands of improved Winchester rifles from the Americans, andthey have been known to go without food to get cartridges. The mode of warfare between the Me

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