Geronimo's Story of His Life

by Geronimo

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Introductory	[xi]
PART I
The Apaches
I.	Origin of the Apache Indians	[3]
II.	Subdivisions of the Apache Tribe	[12]
III.	Early Life	[17]
IV.	Tribal Amusements, Manners, and Customs	[26]
V.	The Family	[35]
PART II
The Mexicans
VI.	Kas-ki-yeh	[43]
VII.	Fighting under Difficulties	[55]
VIII.	Raids that were Successful	[69]
IX.	Varying Fortunes	[79]
X.	Other Raids	[86]
XI.	Heavy Fighting	[98]
XII.	Geronimo's Mightiest Battle	[105]
PART III
The White Men
XIII.	Coming of the White Men	[113]
XIV.	Greatest of Wrongs	[116]
XV.	Removals	[126]
XVI.	In Prison and on the Warpath	[131]
XVII.	The Final Struggle	[139]
XVIII.	Surrender of Geronimo	[148]
XIX.	A Prisoner of War	[177]
PART IV
The Old and the New
XX.	Unwritten Laws of the Apaches	[185]
XXI.	At the World's Fair	[197]
XXII.	Religion	[207]
XXIII.	Hopes for the Future	[213]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Geronimo	[Frontispiece]
How the book was made	Facing page[ vi]
Dressed as in days of old	[8]
Naiche (Natches), son of Cochise, hereditary chief of the Chiricahua Apaches. Naiche was Geronimo's lieutenant during the protracted wars in Arizona	[14]
Last of the Bedonkohe Apache Tribe, Tuklonnen, Nädeste, Nah-ta-neal, Porico (White Horse)	[18]
Work stock in Apache corral	[22]
The conquered weapon	[30]
Apache princess, daughter of Naiche, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches	[38]
Geronimo, Chihuahua, Nanne, Loco, Ozone	[46]
Naiche, his mother, his two wives and his children	[50]
Asa Deklugie, wife and children	[66]
Apache scouts—Naiche, Goody, John Loco, Porico, Jasen, Asa Deklugie, Kelburn, Sam, Hugh, Captain Seyers	[70]
Three Apache chieftains—Naiche, son of Coche; Asa, son of Whoa; Charley, son of Victoria	[80]
Apache camp	[86]
Apache mission—Valley of Medicine Creek, Fort Sill Military Reservation	[96]
Asa Deklugie (official interpreter for Geronimo, son of Whoa, chief of the Nedni Apaches, chief elect to succeed Geronimo at the latter's death) Geronimo, Apache war chief	[100]
Lone Wolfe, chief of Kiowas Geronimo, Apache war chief	[108]
Quanna Parker, chief of Comanche Indians	[118]
Gotebo, war chief, Kiowa Indians	[144]
Kaytah and Nahteen, Apache scouts who were with General Lawton	[152]
Emma Tuklonen	[162]
W. F. Melton, at whose camp in Skeleton Cañon Geronimo surrendered	[172]
Chihuahua and family	[190]
Mrs. Asa Deklugie, niece of Geronimo and daughter of Chihuahua, a famous Apache chieftain	[200]
Eva Geronimo, Geronimo's youngest daughter, 16 years old	[200]
Ready for church	[210]

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INTRODUCTORY

I first met Geronimo in the summer of 1904, when I acted for him as interpreter of English into Spanish, and vice versa, in selling a war bonnet. After that he always had a pleasant word for me when we met, but never entered into a general conversation with me until he learned that I had once been wounded by a Mexican. As soon as he was told of this, he came to see me and expressed freely his opinion of the average Mexican, and his aversion to all Mexicans in general.