Geronimo, 1905.
He was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting colonization of their homeland in the Southwest.
When Geronimo was captured in 1886, he was the last Native American leader to formally surrender to the U.S. military.
He was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting colonization of their homeland in the Southwest.
When Geronimo was captured in 1886, he was the last Native American leader to formally surrender to the U.S. military.
Original taken by Edward S. Curtis.
"I had lost all."
– After Mexican soldiers attacked his encampment while the men were in town trading and massacred many of its inhabitants, including his mother, wife and three young children.
– After Mexican soldiers attacked his encampment while the men were in town trading and massacred many of its inhabitants, including his mother, wife and three young children.
Geronimo spent the last two decades of his life as a prisoner of war.
Photo: Geronimo in a 1905 Locomobile Model C, taken at the Miller brothers' 101 Ranch located southwest of Ponca City, Oklahoma, June 11, 1905.
Photo: Geronimo in a 1905 Locomobile Model C, taken at the Miller brothers' 101 Ranch located southwest of Ponca City, Oklahoma, June 11, 1905.
"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."
His last words were reported to be said to his nephew, "I should have never surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive."
He was buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the Beef Creek Apache Cemetery.
He was buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the Beef Creek Apache Cemetery.
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