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While well-known, Geronimo was not a chief of the Bedonkohe band of the Central Apache but a shaman, as was Nokay-doklini among the Western Apache. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] However, since he was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large numbers of 30 to 50 Apache men.
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 ...
Trailing Geronimo: Some hitherto unrecorded incidents bearing upon the outbreak of the White mountain Apaches and Geronimo's band in Arizona and New Mexico. Gem Publishing Co. Roberts, David (1994). Once They Moved Like The Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, And The Apache Wars. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-88556-4. Runkle, Benjamin (2011).
Most people have heard someone scream, “Geronimo!”, ... a movie, and more drinks. The movie they most likely saw was Geronimo, a western film about the Apache Indian chief of the same name.
On May 17, 1885, Geronimo escaped again to Mexico. Geronimo and his party killed dozens of people during the Bear Valley Raid and similar attacks. In the spring of 1886, Crook went after Geronimo and caught up with him just over the Mexico border in March. Geronimo and his group fled, and Crook could not catch them.
Geronimo: 1829–1909 1850s–1880s Apache: Chief Joseph: 1840–1904 1870s Nez Perce: Chief Joseph led his people on a 1700 mile trail to escape the US army. [1] Chief Logan: c. 1725–1780 1770s Mingo: Mingo chief who took part in Lord Dunmore's War. Lozen: c. 1840 – after 1887 1840s–1880s Apache
Cochise (or "Cheis") was one of the most noted Apache leaders (along with Geronimo and Mangas Coloradas) to resist intrusions by Mexicans and Americans during the 19th century. He was described as a large man (for the time), with a muscular frame, classical features, and long, black hair, which he wore in traditional Apache style.
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