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Show 62 BY PATH AND TRAIL. r friends, he's never caught, or if caught, is rarely con victed. :' The Indian does not understand this way of doing things, and he takes the law into his own hands, and then the trouble begins. " " What was the opinion of the early missionary fathers touching the Yaquis ? ' ' " Among all the wild tribes evangelized and civilized by the Spanish priests, among the Sinoloans, Chihuhu-ans, Tarahumaria, Mayos and others, the Yaquis held first place, and were rated high for their morality and attachment to the faith. "' The famous Father Salvatierra, who spent ten years on the Yaqui mission; Fathers Eusebio Kino, Taravel and others, have left on record their commendations of the fidelity of the Yaquis and the cleanliness of their moral lives." * ' It was a Yaqui chief who accompanied Father Ugarte when he mapped and explored Lower California. When the mission of Father Taravel of Santiago, Lower Cali fornia, was threatened by the savage Perucci, the Yaquis sent sixty of their warriors to the defense of the priest and his converts. They offered 500 fighting men to pro tect the missions of Bija, California, provided they were called upon and transportation across the gulf fur nished them. In those days they were famed for their fidelity to the Spaniards, in fact all the early writers speak kindly of them, and they were then known as the ' most faithful Yaqui nation. 7 " When the missions were dissolved by the Mexican government, and the fathers compelled to abandon their posts, the Yaquis and the Mexicans quarreled. In 1825 they revolted, claiming they were burdened with heavy |