Geronimo

His real name was Goyathlay One who yawns Was not the legendary leader Of the Chiricahua Apache. Though appeared to be so, never a chief but a medicine man was he. Returning home from battle found his wife and children dead. Murdered by the Spanish troops caused such hatred of the whites Vowed to kill as many as he could. Fled to Mexico to evade capture eluding the troops for a decade. He surrendered to Gen. Cook. who wanted to hang him by his head, He and his group disappeared over night then surrendered to General Lawton. Who had had the tenacity to wear the Apache down. Returned to US with Lawton and officially surrendered to General Nelson Miles in 1886. They transported him to Florida, then on to Fort Sill in Oklahoma,where he died as a prisoner in 1894. *Once I moved like the wind, Now I surrender to you and that is all.* *Quotation. By Geronimo penned 13/4/2015