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Geronimo - 1829-1909

1905 Geronimo went to Washington to meet the Great White Father (where he hoped to bury the hatchet) and save his Indian Nation... checking into his hotel, the desk clerk asked, "Do you have a reservation?" The perfect poker face when playing cards (his guards were nearly always broke) said to be blood-thirsty, his winnings used he to pay for educating children of the Apache. He later rode with Pawnee Bill in what was known as the 'Wild West', (and what a circus) a chief he never was, 1909 died of pneumonia all too soon, 'Geronimo Now a Good Indian,' read the headline of The Chicago Daily Tribune.

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