For many Arizonans, the regular reports of Yaqui trouble south of the line (and even violence or criminal activities crossing north of the line) left lasting imprints on perceptions and prejudices they bore in future encounters with Yaqui immigrants and refugees (p. 48) …for additional sources (p. 232n38) The sources …
Turner’s use of the word “extermination” would have considerable contemporary and lasting influence. (p. 59) …for additional sources and discussion of the framing of Yaqui in history in terms of genocide, extermination, et cetera. (p. 235) Comparative genocide studies are complex, and application of the word “genocide” is not …
Yaquis would later recall the era with horror. Mexico’s “Campaña sin Igual [Unparalleled Campaign]” against Cajeme’s forces paled in comparison to what those remained in Yaquimi suffered: “deportations, murders of women and children . . . the horrific butchery of adults and children, the persecution . . . torture, theft …
The earliest reports of these stem from the Guadalupe village south of Tempe, but the practices of Tucson-based Yaquis dominated later press. (p. 160) Chapter 7, Note 75 . . . for sources and discussion of subsequent reports of Yaqui celebrations in Guadalupe as well as earlier Salt RiverValley–based Yaqui …
