Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-12
GERONIMO HE CRAFTY
 DESCRIBED
Globe Silver Belt Tells tfe His tory of the Bloodtllirsty Chef Who Died Recently q; Fort Sill.

Geronimo. brief mention Of whose death on Ft hruary IT ct Folz S-ll. Ok ahoma, was made in this paper d. 1 he me. was well known all over bis section of Arizona. and especial
 Y in the GiIa Valley. where some of the most noted depredations against
 he whites were ~made, says the Sll. yer Belt
 At one time chief oi the Chiricahua | Apache Indians, he was once de- scribed by General Ne'sen A. M les, ID report to the government, as the lowest and most cruel Of ail the i Indian savages on this continent. For more than half q century the l word Apache had been a synonym for atrocities without name, and for near | ly all of that time Geronimo had been ! the tribe leader. having been crowned war chief at the age of sixteen about seventy years ago, as near as could be discovered from conversa, ton with the chief himself. Geron- i mo wns the son of Mangus Colorado, or Chal-o-row. who was said to be the. double distilled essence of best ai eruelfy wdaos .ss war chief of the l Warm Spring Chiricahuas. devasted Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico
 Was Crafty and Subtle.
 In his raids of ral6ne and plunder I Geronimo was led at first by old Co | chise, the heriditary chief of the 1 4paches. and one of the most daring and relentless leaders that erer ha led the United States Army He d'ca old ana broken, i'll 1875, and his sosl I Matches, became the head chief, to ! be guided and later succeed q by Geronimo, with his subtle and crafty genius for Indian warfare. For ten | long years General Crook tI'ailed the ! band led by Geronimo, and at one 1 time could have laid his hands upoa ieronimo. but was in 1875 relieved | rom duty in the Apache country and i sem up among the Utes.
 1 For a period of seven years af1 sr hat there was chaos in Indian affairs | n the southwestern territories. ano | attacks by the Chirieahuas upon sat. | tlers were constant, and they snd | their homes were destroyed. The band taunted the Apaches who had l been placed on the reservations Oy ! back to fad and capture the chef 1 When Gen. Crook took command in | the west he had Q large body 'f ! rOops. and after a month, succce eded
 | inducing Geronimo to go back | lis reservation. having captured him 1 1n the border of Mexico. In 1885 Ger !Oumo broke loose again, and this inc Crook surrounded tHe fugitive g 1 'p the Canyon de les ETbidos. all surrender ug. This was on Maycb 27 ! rhat night the troops guarding tie
 indians got drunk and the Apaches slipped away. This resulted in The | removal Of Crook, Niles taking com smand
 Miles Takes tns Lead.
 When M les went info the iield he Iteterm' ned not to be hindersd -by Washington as other commanders had
 been He did Hot cut the field tele ! graph wires bshind h'm, but iield tel legaphing was often forgotten, and
 -eW knew Of the whereabouts of eitnel ! Miles or Geronimo. Tho general de
 clarcd to his intimates before ht
 started that he was determined tl have peace, if he had to kil eveFy
 Apache in the country.
 l Geronimo was accorded credit fol
 real warrior ability iu his last stand for ne had against him the pick ot the United States army officers ana
 soldiers In 1885 and 1886 Captain afterwOrd General-H. " LawtOr fought the Apache band. and Assist ant Surgeon Leonard Wood asked fol
 and obtained command of the infan ! try scouts. They had a hard summer
 and a worse winter in the awful conn ttry between Arizona, New Mexico
 and old Mexico. They traveled miles upon niles over burning rocks, al most naked. barefoot and hungry tOftGu for tWeRty-fonr hours there
 sas not drop of water for man Oi fbcast.
 On tne night Of August 20, 1886, Q ! General Miles sat at the telegraph in lstrWGeat iu Wilcox. Arizuna. station word cane that GerOnirao had tbseI
 located cat the junction Of ths SaI lBernardino and Bagish rivers iDeaI the Mexican border. He hhrrieC there and met the chief uHdet ssHarf
 o4 Captain IaWtou. The garridr sur rendered. himself and ail his bueks
 squaws and papO0ees. They had lit tie else but dogs. zoo o7 them. The
 willy old 'chieftaih had decided to
 come in and feed upon the govern jment until he mad rested up and ge
 into good condition again to starr oi his nlurderous career.
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