Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13

in, but he keeps his ponies therein ard
resides, himself. in a tepee. All of the
Apaches who are held as war prisoners
live in tents and keep their horses III the
houses furnished to them The Apache VII
lage is on an open plain in sight Of Fort
Sill In summer the tepees catch all of the
dust and in the winter the snow tiurrles
INTO the doors. 1t would not be white
mans notion of comfort, but the Indians
like 1t. In the valley near the fort
some very handy places to pitch a camp,
but they will have none of 1t.
A Good Medicine Man.
A few weeks ago Geronimo's daughter
Eva was taken ill with some skin disease
and was placed in the government hospital
at the fort. A large boil appeared on her
neck. Geronimo told the white physician
in charge that it should be opened. The
white medicine man told Geronimo that 1t
should not. When the doctor was not
watching the old warrior pulled out a jack
knife and opened the sore. The soldiers
placed him in the guard house for three
days, but the girl improved daily there
after, Among the Apaches Geronimo is
called an excellent doctor, and they will
nave no other.
Hundreds of people drive fifty miles in a
rtckety stage coach from the railway sta
ton through the Kiowa and Comanche
reservation In order to get glimpse of this
noted f1ghter. He has learned to watch for
them. and when they approach he assumes
very dignifed and injured air. always re-
peatlns his plaintive story Of how he longs
for death.
While little in sympathy with modern
civilization, the old chief appreciates one
OF It's inventions. the camera. He charges
80 FOR his picture. But there are those who
can fool the old man. He has not vet
awakened to the ways of kodaking He
thinks all pictures are taken by looking
under the cloth which covers a large cam
era Visitors frequently get him in range
and take snap shots without his knowing
what they are up to. But the moment a
professional photographer brings forth his
camera Geronimo demands his fee
Posing for Photographers.
He always looks his toughest in his pic.
lures. He likes to strike an attitude of
devilish ferocity when being photographed.
The Older he grows the greater is his de-
sire to make fiendish appearance. Five
years ago, when he first came to Fort Sill,
he was content to wear white mems
clothes, and consented to have himself
photographed wearing them.- Now when
he poses, he looks like the o!d-time redskin
OF the Apache tribe. This is because he
sees that his war clothes attract more at
tention from white visitors. He does his
best to give them their moneys worth and
to live up to their expectations
In talking about his war experience he
spoke in the Apache language to this
effect:
Il do not know how many white men 1
have killed. 1t must be hundreds. 1 have
Killed many women, too. But 1 never
killed a white baby. l like children. l
will fight some more some day. 1 am good
for five years more on the battlefield. /
will get out of this some day and then will
go back to Arizona and kill some of my
enemies. hate them out there. 1 want to
get even with them. / like the white PEG.
pie here and would not hurt them. l see
that there are many more whites than
when | was young man. l see we could
not Kill them all. l do not want to kill
all. l have some l want to kill and the
others / will let alone"
No one in his neighborhood fears Ger
onlmo. Those who know him say that he
probably would be willing to fight if he got
a chance, but he won't get the chance His
life is just like that of the ordinary reser-
walton Indian Of today, except that he is
not allowed to carry loaded arms or to
leave the reservation. Once in a while he
becomes unruly and is then confined to the
fort until he quiets down.