Geronimo "The One Who Yawns" (1829-1909)
Feb 17, 2017 04:35:33 #
June 1829: Born in No-Doyohn Canyon, Mexico
March 5, 1851, a company of 400 Mexican soldiers from Sonora led by Colonel José María Carrasco attacked Geronimo's camp outside Janos (Kas-Ki-Yeh in Apache), k**led his wife, mother and three children while the men were in town trading.
According to National Geographic, "the governor of Sonora claimed in 1886 that in the last five months of Geronimo's wild career, his band of 16 warriors slaughtered some 500 to 600 Mexicans."
In 1886, General Miles selected Captain Henry Lawton to command B Troop, 4th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, and First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, to lead the expedition that brought Geronimo and his followers back to the reservation system for a final time.
In 1894 the Chiricahuas, including Geronimo were relocated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where they built villages scattered around the post based on kindred groups.
In 1898 Geronimo was part of a Chiricahua delegation from Fort Sill to The T***s-Mississippi International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska.
Died of pneumonia on February 17, 1909, as a prisoner of the United States at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was 79 years old.
To the Apaches, Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values; aggressiveness and courage in the face of difficulty.
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
And, "I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust". - Geronimo
March 5, 1851, a company of 400 Mexican soldiers from Sonora led by Colonel José María Carrasco attacked Geronimo's camp outside Janos (Kas-Ki-Yeh in Apache), k**led his wife, mother and three children while the men were in town trading.
According to National Geographic, "the governor of Sonora claimed in 1886 that in the last five months of Geronimo's wild career, his band of 16 warriors slaughtered some 500 to 600 Mexicans."
In 1886, General Miles selected Captain Henry Lawton to command B Troop, 4th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, and First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, to lead the expedition that brought Geronimo and his followers back to the reservation system for a final time.
In 1894 the Chiricahuas, including Geronimo were relocated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where they built villages scattered around the post based on kindred groups.
In 1898 Geronimo was part of a Chiricahua delegation from Fort Sill to The T***s-Mississippi International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska.
Died of pneumonia on February 17, 1909, as a prisoner of the United States at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was 79 years old.
To the Apaches, Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values; aggressiveness and courage in the face of difficulty.
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
And, "I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust". - Geronimo
Feb 17, 2017 04:36:39 #
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