File No. 812.00/22028
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher)
[Telegram]
Washington,
June 7, 1918, 5 p.m.
1144. Department officially advised that a band of Yaqui Indians on May 20 drove off a large number of horses and cattle from a ranch 20 miles north of Guaymas and that a few days thereafter another band attacked farms in vicinity Potam, Sonora, killing a number of Mexicans and driving off livestock. Although no loss of American life or property is reported, it is feared Americans in Yaqui Valley and its vicinity will suffer if these bands of Indians are not dispersed.
Bring foregoing seriously to attention Mexican Government.
Polk