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Gerónimo ( Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́], lit. 'the one who yawns'; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the ...
Oct 29, 2009 · Geronimo (1829-1909), an American Apache chieftain, kneels with a rifle in his hands in 1887. Geronimo stands with other Apache warriors, women and children shortly before his surrender to General ...
May 28, 2024 · Geronimo (born June 1829, No-Doyohn Canyon, Mex.—died Feb. 17, 1909, Fort Sill, Okla., U.S.) was a Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people’s defense of their homeland against the military might of the United States.. For generations the Apaches had resisted white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest by both Spaniards and North Americans.
Apr 2, 2014 · Geronimo was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest, participating in raids into Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico.
In January 1863, Brig Gen. Joseph West, commander of the Department of New Mexico’s southern region, invited Mangas Coloradas to peace negotiations at Pinos Altos. When the chief arrived, the soldiers killed him and mutilated his body. The act was “the greatest of wrongs,” said Geronimo. The Apache raids continued unabated.
Jun 11, 2018 · Geronimo later toured with a "Wild West" show, was an "attraction" at the Omaha and Buffalo expositions, and was exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair (1904). He died at Ft. Sill in 1909, still a prisoner of war. Further Reading. Geronimo's reminiscences, Geronimo's Story of His Life, were recorded and
Geronimo Campaign, between May 1885 and September 1886, was the last large-scale military operation of the Apache wars. It took more than 5,000 US soldiers, led by the two experienced US Army generals, in order to subdue no more than 70 (only 38 by the end of campaign) Chiricahua Apache who fled the San Carlos Reservation and raided parts of Arizona and Sonora in Mexico for more than a year.
Nov 22, 2022 · Geronimo led a group of 35 men, 8 boys, and 101 women for 10 months around the Arizona-Mexico border. In March 1886, Geronimo surrendered in Sonora, Mexico, but then promptly led a small group back on the run from U.S. authorities. Five thousand soldiers and 500 Native American auxiliaries were called upon to catch Geronimo and his small band.
Sep 7, 2022 · Geronimo (indigenous name Goyathlay) was the fearless military leader and medicine man of the Bedonkohe subsection of the Chiricahua tribe of Apaches. Born in 1829 (in what is now Arizona), he was a gifted huntsman in his youth, joining the warriors’ council at the age of 15. After a couple of years he commanded his own raiding parties in to ...
Nov 24, 2009 · Geronimo was the last Native American warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces, signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops.
