August 15, 2025 • 18 mins
In a corner of the Mexican state of Sonora, a group established the first wholly sovereign indigenous-controlled political entity since the Spanish Conquest. This is the story of the ill-fated Yaqui Republic and its dynamic leader, Cajemé.
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Speaker 1 (00:34):
Welcome to Mexico Unexplained, where we will explore the magic,
the mysteries and the miracles of Mexico. This series presents
information based partly on theory and conjecture. The podcaster's purpose
is to suggest some possible explanation, but not necessarily the
only ones to the subjects we will examine. Here is
your host, Robert T. Bitto.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Welcome and moi dan Benitos to episode number thirty five
of Mexico Unexplained, where we examined the magic, the mysteries
and the miracles of Mexico. I'm your host, Robert Biddo.
The fiesta in Bacum was one of the largest the
town had ever seen. The year was eighteen seventy six.
(01:19):
After over three hundred and forty years of domination from outsiders,
the dusty municipality located in the desert of Sonora had
a reason to celebrate. The Yachi leader known as Caheme,
had just declared that the eight Native American villages and
their surrounding lands would henceforth be independent from Mexico, thus
(01:45):
creating the first self governing, sovereign holy indigenous political entity
since the Spanish conquest. While the town celebrated. The native
elders knew that a piece with Mexico for their new
country would be a long way away, and after three
centuries of struggle, many had their doubts of the new
(02:09):
nation's survivability. Careemee had years of military experience, a deep
knowledge of Mexican politics and culture, and overwhelmingly enthusiastic support
from his people that seemed to contradict the feelings of
the most cautious of the elders. The leader of the
(02:29):
new country in what used to be the northwestern part
of Mexico felt invincible on his day of declaration. Kahemeh
was born to Yaqui parents in Via de Petique now
called Hermosillo, the modern day capital of the Mexican state
of Sonora, in eighteen thirty five. His Christian name at
(02:51):
baptism was Jose Maria Bonifacio Leva Perrees. His Yachi name
of caheme used throughout most of his adult life, means
the one who does not stop to drink water. Before
we get into the life and times of this man
and the independent republic formed in Sonora in the eighteen seventies,
(03:14):
we must first give a little background of the Yaki people.
For thousands of years. The Yakis, also known as the
Hyaki or Yoeme, and their ancestors occupied parts of the
American southwest and parts of the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora,
and Durango. The Yaki adapted to whatever geographical area they
(03:39):
found themselves in. Those living on the Sea of Cortez
lived a maritime existence and subsisted mostly on fish. Those
who lived in the mountains and the northern deserts tended
to be hunter gatherers. The majority of the Yaki people
lived in villages and cultivated corn, beans and squash. The
(04:03):
heartland of the Yaqui was along the Yaqui River, a
lifeline flowing through one of the harshest deserts in Mexico.
The first documented encounter between Yaquis and Europeans was in
fifteen thirty three, when a small expedition led by Diego
de Gusman entered Yaki territory. In the early fifteen hundreds,
(04:27):
Yaquis numbered about thirty thousand, living in almost eighty villages,
which were mostly located near the Yaqui River. When the
first group of Yaquis met the Spanish face to face,
a tribal elder literally made a line in the sand
for the Spanish not to cross and told Gusman to
(04:48):
leave the area, refusing him food, water, and shelter. A
battle ensued and the Spanish retreated. Thirty years later, an
attempt to set up a Spanish colony in Yaki territory
failed and the settlers were driven back to Central Mexico.
In sixteen oh eight, the Spanish and the Yakis clashed
(05:12):
once again, resulting in two disastrous defeats for the Spanish.
A peace agreement was reached in sixteen ten, and the
Jesuits arrived seven years later to set up missions in
Yaki territory. The one hundred and fifty year relationship the
Yakis had with the Jesuits was mutually beneficial and for
(05:36):
the most part peaceful. Jesuits saved souls and set up
small industry. The Indians got to keep most of their culture,
their lands, and social structure. The discovery of silver and
Yaki territory in sixteen eighty four caused some tensions between
natives and Europeans, but did not cause the Yakis to revolt.
(06:00):
The next big uprising would be in seventeen forty when
five thousand Yakis and one thousand Spaniards were killed. The
central government in Mexico City then decided to tighten control
over these people. The Jesuits, longtime advocates for the Yaki,
had been losing power in the region by the mid
(06:20):
seventeen hundreds, and by the seventeen sixties they were completely
expelled from Mexico. With the departure of the Jesuits and
the closing down of some of the missions, the Yakis
and the Spanish maintained an uneasy peace until the Mexican
Revolution began in eighteen ten, and the Yakis faced new
(06:40):
challenges from a new group of people who now attempted
to rule them from far away. During the Mexican Fight
for independence, while the government of Sonora and the Spanish
elites of the area sided with the Spanish crown, the
Yakis remained neutral and refused to participate in the conflict.
(07:02):
To the new authorities in Mexico City, this indicated that
the Yakis considered themselves not to be subject to outside rule.
The newly formed Mexican government, seeking to integrate all of
the former New Spain into the new political unit called Mexico,
sent tax collectors to Yaki lands, proclaiming that the Yakis
(07:26):
were now citizens of a new nation which needed money
for its treasury. Given the Yaki history of resistance to
outside intervention, the tax collecting project did not go well.
A revolt in eighteen twenty five beat back the new
Central Mexican government, but it returned intent on controlling every
(07:48):
inch of Sonora. Thus began a series of minor revolts, skirmishes,
and guerrilla attacks for the next fifty years until Kaheme
proclaimed the new Yachikacki Republic in eighteen seventy six. Kaheme
was not born to any high station that prepared him
to be a leader. His decisive role in the Yachi
(08:11):
independence movement came from a solid set of life experiences
that made him ready when circumstances called on him. Born
in eighteen thirty five, he left his native land in
eighteen forty nine to accompany his father, Fernando, to California,
which had been ceded to the United States in the
(08:32):
Mexican War just a year before. His father was part
of the large influx of people in the San Francisco
Sacramento area looking for gold. While in California, helping his
father as a gold prospector, Cahemeh learned English and gained
valuable experience in the larger world. Cahemee returned with Fernando
(08:55):
two years later, and because of his father's success in
the California gold fields, Cahemee was enrolled in an exclusive
private school located in the town of Guaymas and excelled
in his coursework, learning to read and write Spanish with ease.
He impressed the schoolmaster, Cayetano Navarro, who was also the
(09:17):
prefect of Guimys. After leaving school, Cachemee joined the local
militia called the Urbanos, which was captained by Navarro. When
Cahemee was eighteen. He had his first taste of battle
with the Urbanos as they assisted Sonor and state authorities
(09:37):
and the Mexican Army in quelling a series of rebellions
in Sonora instigated by foreign mining interests. In the latter
half of eighteen fifty four, the nineteen year old Cahemee
decided to leave Sonora and traveled to Tepeque in the
state of Nayarit, where he became a blacksmith. Drawn to
(09:59):
military so irvis once again, he joined the Mexican Army
San Blas Battalion, but grew tired of it. After three months,
he deserted the army and fled to the mountains of
Nayarit to work as a miner. Knowing that the army
was searching for him. For desertion, Kahemeh went to Maziitlan
(10:20):
and joined a battalion comprised mostly of indigenous fighters, specifically
soldiers from the Pima, Mayo, Yaqui, and Opata tribes. As
a trooper in the army, Careemee caught the attention of
General Ramon Corona due to his ability to speak three
languages and his previous military experience. In the nearly dozen
(10:44):
years as General Corona's aide de camp, cahem participated in
the War of Reform and fought against the French during
the reign of the Habsburg Emperor of Mexico Maximilian as
an aside. Most Yakis back in Sonora at the time
liked having the French in power in Mexico City because
(11:07):
Maximilian represented weak central government control in a far away capital,
which would leave them alone for the most part. Kahemee
rounded out his military career by serving under the command
of Nasio Pesqueira, who made kaheme a captain in the cavalry.
When Nasio Pesqueiro became governor of Sonora, he had big
(11:30):
plans for caheme He named him to the office of
Alcalde mayor of the Yaqui people, an appointment Pesquera had
hoped would end the Yaki problem forever. Kahem had proved
his loyalty to Mexico and Pesquera thought him perfect for
the job. This was eighteen seventy two. Instead of pacifying
(11:53):
the Yakis once and for all, Kahemee announced that he
did not recognize the Mexican government, united the eight Yaki
towns and surrounding lands and declared an independent Yaki Republic.
The government of the new nation would be based on
the traditional Yaki social structure, with each town having five
(12:14):
governing groups called yaouras. There was a yaou ura for
civil authority, one for military authority, one for fiesta authority,
another for religious authority, and one called Kotumbre Yauura, which
preserved the sacred customs surrounding Holy Week, including the deer dance.
(12:38):
The governing bodies would be elected from groups of elders
in each town and each yaou ura would vote democratically
on issues facing it. As a social reformer, Kahemeh reinstituted
the notion of communal ownership of Yaki lands within the
Yaki territory. He initiated taxation and foreign trade coss. Kahem
(13:02):
told the Mexican authorities that his new nation would not
recognize Mexico if they did not give the Yakis the
autonomy they had craved for centuries. It all seemed good
and well, but while the Yakis were fortifying themselves and
building a new nation with enthusiasm and hope for the future,
(13:22):
the central government in Mexico City had other plans for
the so called Yaki Republic. The new war between the
Yaki and Mexico featured a succession of battles and brutalities
on both sides. By eighteen eighty five, there was descent
coming from the ranks of the Yaqi military. One of
(13:44):
Cahemee's officers, Loreto Molina, tried to take over the government
of the new republic and, with the help of Mexican authorities,
had a plan to assassinate kaheme Kahemee heard of the
plot and led, but by then he was a marked man.
The Mexican government sent a well equipped force of twelve
(14:06):
hundred men to end the Yachi independence movement once and
for all. Of note to military historians, this force carried
two primitive machine guns, which would be the first to
be used in major combat. When the force arrived at
the Yaqui River, the first Mexican company met with defeat
(14:28):
and retreated. By the middle of eighteen eighty six, however,
it seemed as if the Mexican forces would win, and
they had captured Caheme's fort of Ela Niel and destroyed
most of the Yaqui military's other fortifications. On a tip
from a woman who was loyal to Loreto Molina and
who opposed the endless wars with Mexico, Caheme was captured
(14:52):
in the small Indian village of San Jose de Guaimas,
just north of the town of Guimas, on the thirteenth
of April eighteen eighty seven. His captor was General Ankrel Martinez,
who would later rise to the position of vice president
under the reign of Dictator Porfirio Dias. Martinez put Cahemeh
(15:15):
on a gunboat that sailed up the Yaqui River and
paraded him around the Yaqui towns to make sure everyone
knew he was captured. On April twenty third, eighteen eighty seven,
at eleven in the morning, caheme was shot by firing squad,
thus ending his life in the dreams of the new
(15:36):
indigenous republic that briefly existed in Sonora. As a PostScript,
the Yakis did not fare well. Immediately after Cahemee's execution.
Tired of the endless wars and skirmishes, the Mexican government
decided to end the Yaki problem once and for all.
(15:58):
Although many Yakis went into hiding and escape to the
mountains or fled to neighboring states, many were captured by
the Mexican government and sold into slavery. The slaves were
taken to the Yucatan to work on plantations, and many
Yakis did not survive the alien tropical climate or the
(16:18):
harsh work and living conditions. The more troublesome members of
the tribe were either executed or deported to far away
places such as the islands of the Caribbean or the
nation of Bolivia and South America. In spite of all
of this, the remaining Yakis in Sonora continued to resist
(16:39):
the Mexican government in one way or another. After the
last stand of the Yakis at what has been called
the Battle of Cerro Delgayo in nineteen twenty seven, Mexico
established armed garrisons in each village with a majority Yaki population.
This was a solution that seemed to keep the people
(17:00):
at bay. It is amazing that, in the face of
all of the aggression used against them in their struggle
for sovereignty, that the Yaki still exist today in Sonora,
living life much as they have for millennia, and maintaining
their cultural institutions as they always have. The Yaki language
(17:23):
has even seen a revival in recent years as classes
and schools have popped up to focus on the language.
In spite of everything that the Yakis have gone through,
it is quite evident that nothing can completely break the
spirit of the Yaki. The tribe and the memory of
(17:43):
the Yaki Republic live on. Thank you once again for
listening to another episode of Mexico when Explained. Remember to
like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe
to our YouTube channel, Mexico Unexplained. Please go to our
website for references, illustrations, and for free access to transcripts
(18:08):
of past shows. We appreciate your kind attention. Until next time,
Thank you and gracias.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Thank you for listening to another episode of Mexico Unexplained
with host Robert Bito. For show summary, relevant links, and commentary,
please check out our website at Mexicoanexplained dot com, Like
us on Facebook and be a part of the conversation.
Addie on sant Haste la Vista
Welcome to Mexico Unexplained, where we will explore the magic,
the mysteries and the miracles of Mexico. This series presents
information based partly on theory and conjecture. The podcaster's purpose
is to suggest some possible explanation, but not necessarily the
only ones to the subjects we will examine. Here is
your host, Robert T. Bitto.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Welcome and moi dan Benitos to episode number thirty five
of Mexico Unexplained, where we examined the magic, the mysteries
and the miracles of Mexico. I'm your host, Robert Biddo.
The fiesta in Bacum was one of the largest the
town had ever seen. The year was eighteen seventy six.
(01:19):
After over three hundred and forty years of domination from outsiders,
the dusty municipality located in the desert of Sonora had
a reason to celebrate. The Yachi leader known as Caheme,
had just declared that the eight Native American villages and
their surrounding lands would henceforth be independent from Mexico, thus
(01:45):
creating the first self governing, sovereign holy indigenous political entity
since the Spanish conquest. While the town celebrated. The native
elders knew that a piece with Mexico for their new
country would be a long way away, and after three
centuries of struggle, many had their doubts of the new
(02:09):
nation's survivability. Careemee had years of military experience, a deep
knowledge of Mexican politics and culture, and overwhelmingly enthusiastic support
from his people that seemed to contradict the feelings of
the most cautious of the elders. The leader of the
(02:29):
new country in what used to be the northwestern part
of Mexico felt invincible on his day of declaration. Kahemeh
was born to Yaqui parents in Via de Petique now
called Hermosillo, the modern day capital of the Mexican state
of Sonora, in eighteen thirty five. His Christian name at
(02:51):
baptism was Jose Maria Bonifacio Leva Perrees. His Yachi name
of caheme used throughout most of his adult life, means
the one who does not stop to drink water. Before
we get into the life and times of this man
and the independent republic formed in Sonora in the eighteen seventies,
(03:14):
we must first give a little background of the Yaki people.
For thousands of years. The Yakis, also known as the
Hyaki or Yoeme, and their ancestors occupied parts of the
American southwest and parts of the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora,
and Durango. The Yaki adapted to whatever geographical area they
(03:39):
found themselves in. Those living on the Sea of Cortez
lived a maritime existence and subsisted mostly on fish. Those
who lived in the mountains and the northern deserts tended
to be hunter gatherers. The majority of the Yaki people
lived in villages and cultivated corn, beans and squash. The
(04:03):
heartland of the Yaqui was along the Yaqui River, a
lifeline flowing through one of the harshest deserts in Mexico.
The first documented encounter between Yaquis and Europeans was in
fifteen thirty three, when a small expedition led by Diego
de Gusman entered Yaki territory. In the early fifteen hundreds,
(04:27):
Yaquis numbered about thirty thousand, living in almost eighty villages,
which were mostly located near the Yaqui River. When the
first group of Yaquis met the Spanish face to face,
a tribal elder literally made a line in the sand
for the Spanish not to cross and told Gusman to
(04:48):
leave the area, refusing him food, water, and shelter. A
battle ensued and the Spanish retreated. Thirty years later, an
attempt to set up a Spanish colony in Yaki territory
failed and the settlers were driven back to Central Mexico.
In sixteen oh eight, the Spanish and the Yakis clashed
(05:12):
once again, resulting in two disastrous defeats for the Spanish.
A peace agreement was reached in sixteen ten, and the
Jesuits arrived seven years later to set up missions in
Yaki territory. The one hundred and fifty year relationship the
Yakis had with the Jesuits was mutually beneficial and for
(05:36):
the most part peaceful. Jesuits saved souls and set up
small industry. The Indians got to keep most of their culture,
their lands, and social structure. The discovery of silver and
Yaki territory in sixteen eighty four caused some tensions between
natives and Europeans, but did not cause the Yakis to revolt.
(06:00):
The next big uprising would be in seventeen forty when
five thousand Yakis and one thousand Spaniards were killed. The
central government in Mexico City then decided to tighten control
over these people. The Jesuits, longtime advocates for the Yaki,
had been losing power in the region by the mid
(06:20):
seventeen hundreds, and by the seventeen sixties they were completely
expelled from Mexico. With the departure of the Jesuits and
the closing down of some of the missions, the Yakis
and the Spanish maintained an uneasy peace until the Mexican
Revolution began in eighteen ten, and the Yakis faced new
(06:40):
challenges from a new group of people who now attempted
to rule them from far away. During the Mexican Fight
for independence, while the government of Sonora and the Spanish
elites of the area sided with the Spanish crown, the
Yakis remained neutral and refused to participate in the conflict.
(07:02):
To the new authorities in Mexico City, this indicated that
the Yakis considered themselves not to be subject to outside rule.
The newly formed Mexican government, seeking to integrate all of
the former New Spain into the new political unit called Mexico,
sent tax collectors to Yaki lands, proclaiming that the Yakis
(07:26):
were now citizens of a new nation which needed money
for its treasury. Given the Yaki history of resistance to
outside intervention, the tax collecting project did not go well.
A revolt in eighteen twenty five beat back the new
Central Mexican government, but it returned intent on controlling every
(07:48):
inch of Sonora. Thus began a series of minor revolts, skirmishes,
and guerrilla attacks for the next fifty years until Kaheme
proclaimed the new Yachikacki Republic in eighteen seventy six. Kaheme
was not born to any high station that prepared him
to be a leader. His decisive role in the Yachi
(08:11):
independence movement came from a solid set of life experiences
that made him ready when circumstances called on him. Born
in eighteen thirty five, he left his native land in
eighteen forty nine to accompany his father, Fernando, to California,
which had been ceded to the United States in the
(08:32):
Mexican War just a year before. His father was part
of the large influx of people in the San Francisco
Sacramento area looking for gold. While in California, helping his
father as a gold prospector, Cahemeh learned English and gained
valuable experience in the larger world. Cahemee returned with Fernando
(08:55):
two years later, and because of his father's success in
the California gold fields, Cahemee was enrolled in an exclusive
private school located in the town of Guaymas and excelled
in his coursework, learning to read and write Spanish with ease.
He impressed the schoolmaster, Cayetano Navarro, who was also the
(09:17):
prefect of Guimys. After leaving school, Cachemee joined the local
militia called the Urbanos, which was captained by Navarro. When
Cahemee was eighteen. He had his first taste of battle
with the Urbanos as they assisted Sonor and state authorities
(09:37):
and the Mexican Army in quelling a series of rebellions
in Sonora instigated by foreign mining interests. In the latter
half of eighteen fifty four, the nineteen year old Cahemee
decided to leave Sonora and traveled to Tepeque in the
state of Nayarit, where he became a blacksmith. Drawn to
(09:59):
military so irvis once again, he joined the Mexican Army
San Blas Battalion, but grew tired of it. After three months,
he deserted the army and fled to the mountains of
Nayarit to work as a miner. Knowing that the army
was searching for him. For desertion, Kahemeh went to Maziitlan
(10:20):
and joined a battalion comprised mostly of indigenous fighters, specifically
soldiers from the Pima, Mayo, Yaqui, and Opata tribes. As
a trooper in the army, Careemee caught the attention of
General Ramon Corona due to his ability to speak three
languages and his previous military experience. In the nearly dozen
(10:44):
years as General Corona's aide de camp, cahem participated in
the War of Reform and fought against the French during
the reign of the Habsburg Emperor of Mexico Maximilian as
an aside. Most Yakis back in Sonora at the time
liked having the French in power in Mexico City because
(11:07):
Maximilian represented weak central government control in a far away capital,
which would leave them alone for the most part. Kahemee
rounded out his military career by serving under the command
of Nasio Pesqueira, who made kaheme a captain in the cavalry.
When Nasio Pesqueiro became governor of Sonora, he had big
(11:30):
plans for caheme He named him to the office of
Alcalde mayor of the Yaqui people, an appointment Pesquera had
hoped would end the Yaki problem forever. Kahem had proved
his loyalty to Mexico and Pesquera thought him perfect for
the job. This was eighteen seventy two. Instead of pacifying
(11:53):
the Yakis once and for all, Kahemee announced that he
did not recognize the Mexican government, united the eight Yaki
towns and surrounding lands and declared an independent Yaki Republic.
The government of the new nation would be based on
the traditional Yaki social structure, with each town having five
(12:14):
governing groups called yaouras. There was a yaou ura for
civil authority, one for military authority, one for fiesta authority,
another for religious authority, and one called Kotumbre Yauura, which
preserved the sacred customs surrounding Holy Week, including the deer dance.
(12:38):
The governing bodies would be elected from groups of elders
in each town and each yaou ura would vote democratically
on issues facing it. As a social reformer, Kahemeh reinstituted
the notion of communal ownership of Yaki lands within the
Yaki territory. He initiated taxation and foreign trade coss. Kahem
(13:02):
told the Mexican authorities that his new nation would not
recognize Mexico if they did not give the Yakis the
autonomy they had craved for centuries. It all seemed good
and well, but while the Yakis were fortifying themselves and
building a new nation with enthusiasm and hope for the future,
(13:22):
the central government in Mexico City had other plans for
the so called Yaki Republic. The new war between the
Yaki and Mexico featured a succession of battles and brutalities
on both sides. By eighteen eighty five, there was descent
coming from the ranks of the Yaqi military. One of
(13:44):
Cahemee's officers, Loreto Molina, tried to take over the government
of the new republic and, with the help of Mexican authorities,
had a plan to assassinate kaheme Kahemee heard of the
plot and led, but by then he was a marked man.
The Mexican government sent a well equipped force of twelve
(14:06):
hundred men to end the Yachi independence movement once and
for all. Of note to military historians, this force carried
two primitive machine guns, which would be the first to
be used in major combat. When the force arrived at
the Yaqui River, the first Mexican company met with defeat
(14:28):
and retreated. By the middle of eighteen eighty six, however,
it seemed as if the Mexican forces would win, and
they had captured Caheme's fort of Ela Niel and destroyed
most of the Yaqui military's other fortifications. On a tip
from a woman who was loyal to Loreto Molina and
who opposed the endless wars with Mexico, Caheme was captured
(14:52):
in the small Indian village of San Jose de Guaimas,
just north of the town of Guimas, on the thirteenth
of April eighteen eighty seven. His captor was General Ankrel Martinez,
who would later rise to the position of vice president
under the reign of Dictator Porfirio Dias. Martinez put Cahemeh
(15:15):
on a gunboat that sailed up the Yaqui River and
paraded him around the Yaqui towns to make sure everyone
knew he was captured. On April twenty third, eighteen eighty seven,
at eleven in the morning, caheme was shot by firing squad,
thus ending his life in the dreams of the new
(15:36):
indigenous republic that briefly existed in Sonora. As a PostScript,
the Yakis did not fare well. Immediately after Cahemee's execution.
Tired of the endless wars and skirmishes, the Mexican government
decided to end the Yaki problem once and for all.
(15:58):
Although many Yakis went into hiding and escape to the
mountains or fled to neighboring states, many were captured by
the Mexican government and sold into slavery. The slaves were
taken to the Yucatan to work on plantations, and many
Yakis did not survive the alien tropical climate or the
(16:18):
harsh work and living conditions. The more troublesome members of
the tribe were either executed or deported to far away
places such as the islands of the Caribbean or the
nation of Bolivia and South America. In spite of all
of this, the remaining Yakis in Sonora continued to resist
(16:39):
the Mexican government in one way or another. After the
last stand of the Yakis at what has been called
the Battle of Cerro Delgayo in nineteen twenty seven, Mexico
established armed garrisons in each village with a majority Yaki population.
This was a solution that seemed to keep the people
(17:00):
at bay. It is amazing that, in the face of
all of the aggression used against them in their struggle
for sovereignty, that the Yaki still exist today in Sonora,
living life much as they have for millennia, and maintaining
their cultural institutions as they always have. The Yaki language
(17:23):
has even seen a revival in recent years as classes
and schools have popped up to focus on the language.
In spite of everything that the Yakis have gone through,
it is quite evident that nothing can completely break the
spirit of the Yaki. The tribe and the memory of
(17:43):
the Yaki Republic live on. Thank you once again for
listening to another episode of Mexico when Explained. Remember to
like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe
to our YouTube channel, Mexico Unexplained. Please go to our
website for references, illustrations, and for free access to transcripts
(18:08):
of past shows. We appreciate your kind attention. Until next time,
Thank you and gracias.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Thank you for listening to another episode of Mexico Unexplained
with host Robert Bito. For show summary, relevant links, and commentary,
please check out our website at Mexicoanexplained dot com, Like
us on Facebook and be a part of the conversation.
Addie on sant Haste la Vista
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