In May 1885 General Carbo was at the Guaymas Valley, with him were 801 men from the National Guard, 868 men from the Federal Army with 500 men as a reserve, plus an additional 400 men under General Otero who where to watch over the Mayo tribe.

On the 8th May the campaign started, the force being divided into two columns the first being commanded by General Carbo, while the other by General Topete. Also with these columns were 200 Yaqui Auxiliaries to act as guides under Loreto Mouno. These columns stopped at the Pueblo Torin and a small redoubt was constructed there. Colonel Lorenzo Torres with 500 men was assigned to guard it. At this time General Carbo estimated that 25,000 Yaquis were in the area with an additional 10,000 Mayos, he calculated that 5-6,000 could be easily mobilized to fight, although not all with firearms.

General Topete arrived at the El Anil Fort with 400 infantry, 200 cavalry and one cannon plus crew. On the 16th, he attacked. The defenders led by Cajeme with 300 men, after two hours of fighting repelled the Government forces, causing 20 dead and 57 wounded. Also they captured the cannon. With this victory Cajeme decided to constuct more forts and to bring his people into them rather than dispersed all around the countryside. He sent out 500 men in scouting parties to watch the movements of the government forces.

In June General Caamano attacked the El Aril Fort, this time with 1400 men and having as much success as the first failed attack, being unable to penetrate the walls of this well protected fort. With July the Government forces campaign was called to halt due to the rainy season.

The campaign started again in March 1886 with General Martinez as Commander in Chief replacing General Carbo who had died in October. General Martinez also recieved an additional 800 Auxiliaries from the state. His force was split into two divisions, the first under the command of General Martinez with 2,000 men headed in the direction of the Mayo tribes, while General Marcos Carrillo also with 2,000 men went to fight the Yaqui tribes.

Among these forces were

7th Federal Battalion: Colonel Lorenzo Torres
12th Federal Battalion: Unknown
25th Federal Battalion: Colonel Carlos E. Margin
Sonora Battalion: Unknown
National Guard Cavalry: Unknown

During April Lt.Coio Gonzalo del Vale with his command of 350 men engaged the rebels at San Pedro (Valla Jordi), Eresa, and then in the surrounding area of the El Anil Fort. With this General Carillo on the 5th May attacked the fort. This time, the 7th, 25th, and Sonora Bttn and 3 mountain guns comprised the attackers while inside Cajeme had 800 men. After a bombardment the Government forces advanced and stormed the walls only to find that Cajeme with his men had escaped.

With this defeat Cajeme retreated to the fort Buatachive, while General Martinez brought his column post haste to join General Carrillo, attacking this fort an the 12th May from all sides and capturing it. Inside they found 200 dead rebels plus 2,000 women and children who had gone there for safe keeping during the troubles, although while there an epidemic of yellow fever had started due to the overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. Also no rifles were captured for Cajeme and his nen had taken all. General Martinez in his report said that the fort had been defended by 2,000 men.

Cajeme recaptured El Anil Fort but this was quickly taken back. On the 22 July with a force of 1,200 men he tried to take El Medano but was again defeated, this time by Col. L. Torres. With this reversal of power Cajeme divided his men into small bands to engage Government troops in guerilla warfare. Up to then, only 140 firearms had been captured by the Government forces.

At the end of the year, 4,000 Yaqui and another 2000 Mayo had surrenderd, leaving Cajeme and some followers still at large. On 12 April 1887, Cajeme was captured in a house near Guaymas by Gen. Martinez and was later executed by firing squad on the 25th at Cocorit.

It cost the state of Senora 80,000 Pesos in 1885 and 74,000 in 1886 to finance these campaigns. Gen. Jose G. Carbo believed Cajeme possessed 200 rifles/carbines, 200 pistols, and 400 percussion rifles. Other followers were armed with bows and arrows.

Sources:

Yaqui Resistance and Survival by Evelyn Hu-Dehart. Univ. of Wisc. Press. 1984.