The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
Miscellany
Page.
GERONIMO'S APACHES.

Th. request OF Geronimo. the captive
chief OF the Apaches. 10 be released
from Fort Sill. recalls the clrcum-
stances OF the arrival OF his tribe AT
Fort Marion. St. Augustine. fourteen
years ago. Geronimo was not allowed
to be with his people. because he had
broken his word TO the United States
Government. and after surrender hal
again gone on the war path. HIS squaw
and papoose were with them. though.
and the puny infant hanging on its
mothers breast did not look as though
IL woulc'ever be a formidable enemy OF
our soldiers.
The squaws had the reputation Of
having tortured those OF our men who
were not killed outright by the Indians.
Mana became chief in the absence Of
Geronimo and disproved all We have
been taught by tradition to believe con-
corning the cruelty OF the Indians 70
their women. for Mana submitted to be
pulled by the hair until either he gave
in or was rescued by an officer from
his irate spouse. Mana and the rest OF
the men had TO be coerced into wearing.
the garments CT civilization
They came into captivity blanket In
dams ard did not like the confinement
of their limbs that the wearing of trou-
GERS necessitate6- They effected sort
of compromise by wearing the shirt
picturesquely hanging outside the trou-
sers, sometimes wearing two shirts at
one time of different lengths They were
treated very kindly at Fort Marion and
were provided with a physician by the
Government
Tr1 Of hi
however, and when one day he admin
istered a dose Of castor oil to sick
man OF the tribe and came after a
while to see his sick patient he found |
that he had been spirited away. He |
was kept hidden in some one of the |
numerous tents that were pitched upon |
the ramparts OF the fort, nor did he |
appear again for many days. not until |
his entire recovery removed the sus-
plcion from the mind of the savages
that the Government intended to poi
son them one by one in retaliation for
their crimes against ii.
They were sometimes allowed to go
into the city, a few at a time. under
guard. much to the discontinue of the
shopkeepers, whose goods they would
handle with great curiosity, leaving
them after close inspection somewhat
the worse for wear. When any one in
the street cried out loosely: Make
way for the native Americans the
shopkeepers ran hastily to cover UP
from view the daintiest OF their wares
for fear OF the appreciative attentions
OF the interested visitors.
Some Boston women, wishing to i'm
prove the opportunity of enlightening
these savages. got permission from the
officers to open kindergarten in the
fort The men as well as the women
and children took kindly to the plan as
a relief from absolute idleness. The
young bucks tried to play the kinder
garten plays and sing the songs. but
one who knew said that in the privacy !
of the tent they called the good women
n name which translated means Crazy .
Sauaws."
When the Government issued a guam
tity Of red flannel in the fall 1t put an |
end to the school, for the women re- ]
ceived IL most eagerly and the embroi-
derry put upon the garments they made I
OF IL was wonderful to see. I