File No. 312.11/7630
Consul Hostetter to the Secretary of State
Hermosillo, April 21, 1916.
Sir: I have the honor to report that Mrs. Lehr and three children arrived here Tuesday evening and reports that she was rescued by the Mexican troops after two fights they had with the Yaquis. She claims that although she had a very hard time she was not abused by the Yaquis nor were her two little boys, but the girl was outraged and is in a bad way. They have had very little to eat and the last two days lived on hides boiled down into soup. She did not know how many were killed but did not think more than forty to fifty were killed in the two days fighting. She also said that she was sure [Page 668] they received the notes I sent to the Chief Mori as they were discussing the same and that he, Mori, was willing to meet me and turn over the women for a consideration, but that Sibulame, another, and the worst in the lot, opposed the same and would not let them come. She also said that the majority of the Yaquis were at present in the United States.
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