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Geronimo married Chee-hash-kish, and they had two children, Chappo and Dohn-say. Then he took another wife, Nana-tha-thtith, with whom he had one child. [ 71 ] He later had a wife named Zi-yeh at the same time as another wife, She-gha, one named Shtsha-she and later a wife named Ih-tedda.
In her youth she rode with Ye'ezi's band in southeastern Arizona. Despite being married with children, Dahteste took part in raiding parties with her first husband Ahnandia. She was later a compatriot of Geronimo and companion of Lozen on many raids. Dahteste was fluent in English and acted as messenger and translator for the Apache.
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.
Geronimo and his people were sent to the Fort Apache Reservation. In May 1885, Geronimo led a group of approximately 140 men, women, and children out of the reservation, fleeing once again to Mexico. [5] In February 1886, it had been mistakenly reported that Geronimo had surrendered in New Mexico, to a Lieutenant Marion Maus. [6]
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Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo, the third of four siblings, was born on July 25, 1988, in Santa Cruz, Manila. [1] Her father, Delfin, was a lineman for telecommunications company PLDT, while her mother, Divina (née Tua), was educated at University of Santo Tomas, where she majored in economics.
Geronimo’s owner Helen Macdonald has brought a last-ditch attempt to save him to the High Court.