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The Last Apache Warrior
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"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." |
The slaughter of Geronimo's family when he was a young man turned him
from a peaceful Indian into a bold warrior. Originally Goyathlay ("One
Who Yawns") joined a fierce band of Apaches known as Chiricahuas and
with them took part in raids in northern Mexico and across the border
into U.S. territory which are now known as the states of New Mexico and
Arizona.
Geronimo was the last Apache fighting force. He became the most famous
Apache of all for standing against the U.S. government and for holding
out the longest. He was a great Apache medicine man, a great spiritual
leader. Geronimo was highly sought by Apache chiefs for his wisdom. He
is said to have had magical powers. He could see into the future and
walk without creating footprints.
In 1876, Federal authorities captured and forced Geronimo and his band
onto a U.S. reservation at San Carlos, Arizona. It was described as
"Hell's Forty Acres." He soon escaped and fled to Mexico to resume the
life that he loved. Geronimo roamed Arizona and New Mexico and was
persued relentlessly by more than five-thousand U.S. troops. Exhausted
and hopelessly out numbered, Geronimo surrendered in 1886. His band
consisted of a handful of warriors, women, and children. Geronimo, along
with a few hundred of his fellow Apaches, were shipped by box-car to
Florida for imprisonment. Geronimo was relocated to Fort Sill, Oklahoma
and on February 17, 1909, as a prisoner of war, unable to return to his
much loved homeland, died of pneumonia. He is buried in the Apache
cemetery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
This great Apache
warrior defied and eluded Federal authority for more than 25
years.
Even though never allowed to return home they would not even
allow his body to be sent home. Then a few years later George
Bush's Grandfather Prescott Bush a Yale man. He and some of his
brothers stole Geronimos head. This is a petition to have Yale,
Bones and Skulls Fraternity to return the head of Geronimo. Once
the head is returned then the request to have Geronimo intack
body to be sent back to his Native Land. This is something that
must be done. The Chiricahua Apaches have for years protested to
our Govt. to no avail. We never kept one promise to any American
Indian Nation. We kept one said Chief Black Kettle. That the
white man would take their land. They kept that promise. Let us
all click on this site and sign the Petition. Thank you all, Cee
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