Geronimo

Geronimo led breakouts from the reservations in attempts to return his people to their previous nomadic lifestyle. During Geronimo's final period of conflict from 1876 to 1909, he surrendered three times and eventually accepted life on the Apache reservations. While well-known, Geronimo was not a chief of the Bedonkohe band of the Central Apache but a shaman, as was Nokay-doklini among the [[Western Apache people|Western Apache]].{{sfn|Debo|1996|p=38}}{{sfn|Utley|2012|pp=1, 2}} However, since he was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large parties of 30 to 50 Apache warriors.{{sfn|Utley|2012|pp=1, 2}}

Geronimo led breakouts from the reservations in attempts to return his people to their previous nomadic lifestyle. During Geronimo's final period of conflict from 1876 to 1909, he surrendered three times and eventually accepted life on the Apache reservations. While well-known, Geronimo was not a chief of the Bedonkohe band of the Central Apache but a shaman, as was Nokay-doklini among the [[Western Apache people|Western Apache]].{{sfn|Debo|1996|p=38}}{{sfn|Utley|2012|pp=1, 2}} However, since he was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large parties of 30 to 50 Apache warriors.{{sfn|Utley|2012|pp=1, 2}}

In 1886, after an intense pursuit in northern Mexico by American forces that followed Geronimo's third 1885 reservation breakout, Geronimo surrendered for the last time to Lt. [[Charles B. Gatewood|Charles Bare Gatewood]]. Geronimo and 27 other Apaches were later sent to join the rest of the Chiricahua tribe, which had been previously exiled to [[Florida]].{{sfn|Debo|1996|p=268}} While holding him as a prisoner, the United States capitalized on Geronimo's fame among non-Indians by displaying him at various fairs and exhibitions. In 1898, for example, Geronimo was exhibited at the [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition]] in Omaha, Nebraska; seven years later, the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Indian Office]] provided Geronimo for use in a parade at the [[Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt|second inauguration]] of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. He died at the [[Fort Sill]] hospital in 1909, as a prisoner of war, and was buried at the Fort Sill Indian Agency Cemetery, among the graves of relatives and other Apache prisoners of war. He fought brave as viltrumite he fought against Nolan but almost died, he is brave. We are wise, and we are heroes.

In 1886, after an intense pursuit in northern Mexico by American forces that followed Geronimo's third 1885 reservation breakout, Geronimo surrendered for the last time to Lt. [[Charles B. Gatewood|Charles Bare Gatewood]]. Geronimo and 27 other Apaches were later sent to join the rest of the Chiricahua tribe, which had been previously exiled to [[Florida]].{{sfn|Debo|1996|p=268}} While holding him as a prisoner, the United States capitalized on Geronimo's fame among non-Indians by displaying him at various fairs and exhibitions. In 1898, for example, Geronimo was exhibited at the [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition]] in Omaha, Nebraska; seven years later, the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Indian Office]] provided Geronimo for use in a parade at the [[Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt|second inauguration]] of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. He died at the [[Fort Sill]] hospital in 1909, as a prisoner of war, and was buried at the Fort Sill Indian Agency Cemetery, among the graves of relatives and other Apache prisoners of war.

==Background==

==Background==