Word: pajama-clad
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Near Vicam, Sonora, the Yaqui, 2,000 strong, besieged the train at 4 a. m. with many a war-whoop. Leaping pajama-clad from his berth, General Obregon personally directed and encouraged his soldiers as they sniped at the Yaqui from behind the drawn blinds of the sleeping cars. For 17 hours the siege continued. At last a portentous puffing was heard. A troop train sent by President Calles to rescue his friend, Ex-President Obregon, steamed up, commanded by Generals Bernal and Montano. Soon the Yaqui fled. General Obregon, his equanimity unruffled, slept that night at his extensive rancho...