How tall was geronimo
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Geronimo
Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829–1909)
For other uses, see Geronimo (disambiguation).
Gerónimo | |
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Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898 | |
| Preceded by | Juh |
| Born | June 16, 1829 (1829-06-16) Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico[1] |
| Died | February 17, 1909(1909-02-17) (aged 79) Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Resting place | Apache Indian Prisoner of War Cemetery, Fort Sill 34°41′49″N98°22′13″W / 34.696814°N 98.370387°W / 34.696814; -98.370387, |
| Spouse(s) | Alope, Ta-ayz-slath, Chee-hash-kish, Nana-tha-thtith, Zi-yeh, She-gha, Shtsha-she, Ih-tedda, and Azul |
| Children | Chappo, Dohn-say |
| Mother tongue | Apache, Spanish |
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Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, lit. 'the one who yawns', Athapascan pronunciation:[kòjàːɬɛ́]; 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 R
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November is Native American Heritage Month. Visit National Archives News for more information on related events and resources. Today’s post comes from Callie Belback from the National Archives History Office.
Entering a library or a bookstore, one might see the autobiography Geronimo: His Own Story sitting on the shelves. At the end of his days, unable to write and edit a manuscript but still able to tell a story, Geronimo commissioned writer S. S. Barrett to help share his life story with the public.
Geronimo was part of the Chiricahua Apache community, one of several divisions within the Apache tribe of North America. Located in the Southwest, the Apache people resisted colonization of their lands by both Spanish and North American peoples. After being admitted to the warriors’ council in 1846, Geronimo participated in Apache raids that took place in modern day Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico.
In 1874, the U.S. authorities forcibly removed approximately 4,000 Apaches to a reservation in San Carlos, Arizona. Located in the east-central part of the state,
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The first great outrage came with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 at the end of the Mexican-American war. Part of the agreement involved Mexico ceding much of the Apache Nation’s land to the United States. Then in 1854, the United States used the Gadsden Purchase to pay Mexico $10 million for 29,670 square miles that would later become part of Arizona and New Mexico — pretty much the remainder of Chiricahua Apache territory.
Just four years later, while he was away on a trading trip, Mexican soldiers led by Colonel Jose Maria Carrasco attacked Geronimo’s band. They murdered dozens of Apache, including Geronimo’s mother, wife, and three young children. “I had lost all,” he said in his autobiography.
Geronimo’s followers also believed that he had spiritual powers, and it was during this life-changing tragedy that he received a remarkable vision. While he was holding a ceremony after the slaughter of this family, he says a voice told him: “No gun will ever kill you…. I will guide your arrows.” From that moment on, he devoted his life to avenging the brutal ki
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