134 Recreations of a Sportsman 



Hammond, Major Frederick R. Burnliam, the 

 Richardson brothers, guarantees of good faith 

 to settlers and immunity from the alleged dan- 

 gers to people under Mexican rule. The rule 

 of Diaz has been the means of elevating that 

 country to the ranks of civilized nations, and the 

 attacks on Mexico, so common, should be taken 

 with a grain of salt. The Yaquis have been the 

 Apaches of Mexico. They have steadfastly held 

 back its development. The Mexican government 

 gave them good sites along the Yaqui on the 

 richest land in Mexico, but, like the American 

 Apaches, they periodically took the war-path, 

 and the time came when a heavy blow had to 

 be struck to stop the murders that made the name 

 of Sonora a terror. Americans who had mines 

 and had invested millions in Mexico demanded 

 protection, and Mexico, as a last resort, adopted 

 the American plan of deportation. Geronimo 

 was sent to Florida. The rebels of the Yaquis 

 were sent to Yucatan, and for the first time in 

 two hundred years life was safe in Sonora, and 

 the citizens are beginning to go out into the 

 country without a six-shooter strapped to the 

 belt. 



In June, 1909, the first night train was put 

 on the Yaqui and West Coast line, and now 

 passengers can go to Sonora by night without 

 fear of being picked off through the windows. 

 What has been done to the Yaquis was necessary 



