“I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.”

—  Geronimo

Geronimo's Story of His Life (1907)

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leader of the Bedonkohe Apache 1829–1909

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