Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-11-20
OLD GERONIMO HOMES|Ck, WANTS
TO DIE IN HIS FORMER HAUNTS

made many photos for the old chief
who would not permit anyone to re-
turn home with him, rather preferring
to come back with Mr.. Logston.
There was nothing out of the ordi-
Bary in the dress of Geronimo to at
tract attention to his person when he
arrived at the pow-wow, but he was
not 10 be outdone and when he saw
the Shawnees and Osages all logged
out in their many colored blankets
and glaring feather headgears an
paint of gaudy tints he retired to ms
{ tepee and soon emerged therefrom
In all his paint and feathers. He was
a grand outstanding figure of a man.
Yet he looked diminutive beside the
big fat forms of Usage and Shawnee
until he looked around, and then the
big husky Osages and tall Shawnees
White men kill off Apaches. But
Apaches good Indian now and will re-
main good. / want to go spend my
last days upon my word before pass
ing on to the happy hunting ground
prepared for the Indian"
If an electric shock had passed
swiftly through the old frame, the eff
feet could not have been more rapid
when the question was put to him
what he thought Of Miles. He straight
ened up and his eyes shone like Goals.
His hands trembled and his lips twist
ed as in a. spasm of passion. He
threw his hand high in the air above
: his head and in a muttered tone IN
the Spanish language he spoke to the
Interpreter: THE old man does not
! want to talk Of General Miles. he
, does not want to say anything about
I 4,-Nra,. 20, Of
| them, and any reference to the past
is very painful and agitates him very
much. So do not mention Miles, or
and is an active work in the churcs
and every Indian ought to believe in
| God and follow his teachings. Inc
sooner the Indian finds that he will
keep on diving out unless he does
something to save himself, the soon
er will the Indian amount to some
J thing. Indian amounts to nothing
now. Great White Father pays no
attention to Indian. Indian goes to
Great White Father gets drunk. Great
White Father Disguised and turns
away. Indian ought to go to Great
| White Father like white man. White
man goes to Great White Father and
Great White Father listens. White
man goes sober. Indian should do the
same"
| Il want to go back to my old home
before I die" the old chief said PLAIN
| lively. 81 am tired of killing white
| brother / am Sc years old. Tired OF
fight and want rest. Want to go back
to the mountains again. / asked the
Great White Father to allow me to go
back and he says no. He says he can
trust me but cannot trust others.
There are not many Apaches left.
Cook, or Lawton, or any of the offi-
GERS who fought against him.
| mo more leaving of the Fort Sill
reservation" he said today. 81 am
going to stop there until the Great
| White Father gives Indian right "a
| go back to his old home in Arizona
and New Mexico"
! Wherever Geronimo goes he always
collects about him many curious on
lockers and rapidly disposes of what
ever curiosity or trinket he is in pos
session of. It is estimated that ne
cleared as much as $50 a day at the
Collinsville pow-wow, disposing of his
! photos at 25 cents and placing his
autograph, a very cTudely spelled out
name GERONIMO, using all capita
letters, added another 25 cents to the
value of his cards.
There is a movement on foot by the
war department to transfer the tribe
, from Fort Sill to Fort Reno, so as to
make room for the enlargement Of
Fort Sill to a brigade post. This Ia
; opposed by Geronimo and his success
, or, Asa Delukie, the newly eelctet
, chief. Should the department decide
to make this change, Chief Asa an
, nounces that he viii get permit from
the department to go back to New
. Mexico. He is only of the younger Sc
of Indians, and having taken no par
: in the outrages he is at liberty t
leave and go to the west. 1t is nii
I desire, however, to remain with hii
I trfbesmen as long as possible.