Geronimo, Also Known As Goyahkla (1887)
Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was an Apache head and healer who drove one-quarter of the United States’ armed forces to chase him. History acknowledges Geronimo as having led the final Native American opposition to the US military, and upon his capture, wasted away for the final twenty years of his life as a prisoner of war. Geronimo was, however, allowed to seldomly feature in Wild West shows and world fairs, also attending President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration. He took this opportunity to request that his tribe be permitted to return to Arizona, which the president denied. According to the Smithsonian: With the help of a translator, Roosevelt replied to Geronimo by saying that he possessed a “bad heart” and resented the warlord for all the death and destruction he had caused. Roosevelt did inform Geronimo, however, that he would take his cause up once more upon observing how he and his kin behaved within their reservation.
Geronimo Also Known As Goyahkla
