Word: yaqui
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...achieving all this, Obregon has had capable coadjutators. First of all there is Huerta, the finance minister who arranged with Thomas W. Lament of J. P. Morgan & Co. for the refunding of the Mexican debt. Descended from Yaqui Indians, Spaniards and Polish Jews, Huerta is everything but a soldier. Whatsoever things are practical, he thinks on those things. Then there is General Calles, head of the cabinet. A dreamer, a radical, once a school teacher, he has lived for "land and freedom." An unofficial helper has been Morones, labor leader. He wears check suits, silk shirts, and a heavy revolver...