All of our content is free. There are no subscriptions or costs. The Press Pool. About Us. Donate Today. He died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in , still on the federal payroll as a scout. Indian Country Today is a nonprofit news organization. Will you support our work? While he and the rest of the Chiricahua remained under guard, Geronimo experienced a bit of celebrity from his white former enemies.
Less than a decade after he'd surrendered, crowds longed to catch a glimpse of the famous Indian warrior. In , he published his autobiography, and that same year he received a private audience with President Theodore Roosevelt, unsuccessfully pressing the American leader to let his people return to Arizona.
His death came four years later. While riding home in February , he was thrown from his horse. He survived a night out in the cold, but when a friend found him the next day, Geronimo's health was rapidly deteriorating. He passed away six days later, with his nephew at his side. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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Families were given plots of land and U. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. While he often exerted considerable influence over the Apaches, Geronimo was never a tribal chief. Among the Chiricahua, he was better known for his skills as a shaman, or medicine man.
Those who followed Geronimo credited him with a variety of supernatural powers including the ability to heal the sick, slow time, avoid bullets, bring on rainstorms and even witness events over great distances. In one incident described by Apache Jason Betzinez, a few warriors were sitting around a campfire during a raiding expedition when Geronimo suddenly had a premonition that U.
On May 17, , Geronimo and some Apache men, women and children took flight from their reservation for the final time. The famed warrior was then in his 60s, but he remained as determined as ever, often pushing his group to cover as much as 70 miles per day to avoid the American cavalry and Apache scouts on their trail.
They nearly surrendered in March , but Geronimo and 40 followers reneged on the agreement at the last minute and escaped under cover darkness. Soon, the Indians were being pursued by 5, U. Geronimo was able elude both forces for over five months, but by August, he and his followers had grown weary of life on the run.
In laying down his arms, he became the last Indian leader to formally surrender to the United States military.
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