Geronimo
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO WAS GERONIMO?
- Geronimo was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe
BIRTH
- Geronimo was born on June 16, 1829
- He was born in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico
DEATH
- Geronimo died on February, 1909 because of Pneumonia exacerbated by horse riding accident
- He died in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
YOUNG LIFE
- He was raised by his parents according to the Apache traditions
- After the death of his father, he was to live with the Tchihende
HIS FAMILY
- He married a women named Alope when he was 17. She was his first of nine wives
- They had three children.
HATRED FOR THE MEXICANS
- On March 5, 1858 400 Mexican soldiers raided the camps that Geronimo and his family lived on
- During this raid the Mexican killed Geronimo’s wife, children, and his mother
QUOTE
- “I have killed many Mexicans; I do not know how many, for frequently I did not count them. Some of them were not worth counting. It has been a long time since then, but still I have no love for the Mexicans. With me they were always treacherous and malicious.”
GERONIMO’S CAMPAIGN
- On May 17, 1885 Geronimo and a bunch of others fled the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona after a show of force against officer Britton Davis.
CAUSE OF DEATH
- In February 1909, Geronimo was thrown from his horse while riding home, and had to lie in the cold all night before a friend found him extremely ill.
INTERESTING FACTS
- Geronimo’s skull was allegedly stolen
- The US Military used the code name Geronimo for the raid that killed Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden
