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  2. Geronimo Surrender Site - Wikipedia

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    In February 1886, it had been mistakenly reported that Geronimo had surrendered in New Mexico, to a Lieutenant Marion Maus. [6] However, that report turned out to be incorrect. [7] In March 1886, Crook negotiated a surrender with Geronimo at Canyon de los Embudos. On March 25, Crook thought he had an agreement, and left to return to Arizona.

  3. Geronimo Campaign - Wikipedia

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    Geronimo Campaign, between May 1885 and September 1886, was the last large-scale military operation of the Apache wars.It took more than 5,000 U.S. Army Cavalry soldiers, led by the two experienced Army generals, in order to subdue no more than 70 (only 38 by the end of the campaign in northern Mexico) Chiricahua Apache who fled the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and raided parts of the ...

  4. Geronimo - Wikipedia

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    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 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 . [ 5 ]

  5. Charles B. Gatewood - Wikipedia

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    A pile of stones marking the site of Geronimo's surrender. The troops and the Apaches arrived at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, in the Peloncillo Mountains without incident on September 2, 1886. [18] Miles arrived on September 3, 1886, and Geronimo formally surrendered for the fourth and final time on September 4. [18]

  6. Raid on Bear Valley - Wikipedia

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    The raid on Bear Valley was an armed conflict that occurred in 1886 during Geronimo's War. In late April, a band of Chiricahua Apaches attacked settlements in Santa Cruz County, Arizona over the course of two days. The Apaches raided four cattle ranches in or around Bear Valley, leaving four settlers dead, including a woman and her baby.

  7. Who exactly is Geronimo -- and why do we say his name ... - AOL

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    There’s also a legend that Geronimo himself came up with the battle cry, yelling his own name as he leapt down a nearly vertical cliff on horseback to escape American troops at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

  8. Apache Wars - Wikipedia

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    Miles deployed over two dozen heliograph points to coordinate 5,000 soldiers, 500 Apache Scouts, 100 Navajo Scouts, and thousands of civilian militia men against Geronimo and his 24 warriors. Lieutenant. Charles B. Gatewood and his Apache Scouts found Geronimo in Skeleton Canyon in September 1886 and persuaded them to surrender to Miles. [15]

  9. William Alchesay - Wikipedia

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    He fought again under Crook in the campaign against the Chiricahua Apache in the Sierra Madre of Mexico in 1883 and his last military duty was as an advisor during the pursuit of Geronimo in Mexico in 1885. [1] The Apache Wars officially ended with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and Alchesay returned to his family and his home.