The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-25

W@ktftaVH SafA &NtNH'tRNt
colonel Henry Waiter aou. the loarn
ad editor ef he Louisville Courier
Journal. ~ ( brilliant editorial on the
leath Of Geronim the Apache chief
ain. has lhia 70 sue
laocc who agree with The apothesis
that Cha dead indian Is the caly good
indian may now COME into The belief
that Geronimo Is j very good indian.
rcr disress.ngls and disastrously |
long w.le during h.s we be was not
only nd lHaiaa hat, ln his own
gcae. atom pl0Aab lae worst ne
lEas h.C0dlhlstg. tanned cunning
He ans his ilbs gjt more pleasure
tr0m a slaughter 0f fagisceG than
rom a meal Of maize. no succeeded
n keeping the Southwest in a 50 60 0l
alarm and ,Ae United states soldiers
u state 81 aggressive activity EldA'
i've. crat,y nd violent De was one Uf
NE meat difficult propositions tLat al
mall band e civilized troops under
ylRil3nt aud shfewd leadership ever
tackled ils operations brought q lneI
ipnt numb oi strong llgh;er
among the whites. was ID GeIot
limos lNrsul tlla Gro k achieved tA,
fory climax cf his tlfper Ts lhr
prince of indlaa fgNes " was "
Us capture hat gicn Miles displayed
luuliliea ui highest gffde us q l.ad :
II rcsnrrccfuneas. determination ard
.rafilncsH AS one Of The narralors
nuts %, MLes pnrsred i'eronimo IN
cessdnily never giving him a mo
nent's reFt ant cShlhllinR cunning
/ lyer greater than lhal IA llle. indian
tehief EVERY Waleshole Ia the iN0
4 Territories wa occupied and CLOSELY
marled, and Gle camp pi ihe ennunt
lfier nnue hoing secuted, wai moved
many tlmes. With every changc urro
almo found his gEleless antagonist ey.
r ua his heels. and agler three years
II mbCfa on The part az Miles an
ais men The chief nd his band su,
rendered Internationally % Ft Enwlc,
Lieut. Gntewuod taking his lie ~ nis
bands 10 carry 70 Geronimo General
Niles unimatiim
ii W1s lA 1885 faal Geronimo was
hus captured end from hat time un.
Il hls death as il aged man be was
prisoner Of wa out III oklahoma ~
later years he prnfessed Christianity
and held himself ap as dcyout al'
iegenl cf lhe white alanH cod IN
1901 ne gave emphasis t0 his profess
Ion oi religion hg besns Baptized Into
the Methodist faith. ID which core
mOny he nude speech as rugged az
a bit Of oratury aa be himself was ai
a hgure
Now that Geronimo Is dead one d
the few conspicuous ties that bound
the present Buited States with lh,
past wilderness disappears. TOO X
completely symbollzed the primey,
days 81 the Western e0allnent Wnci
the American soldiers Fought him lhe,
tSplhed The modern spirit comballns
me ancient. As long as they were
lighting him the country seemed stl
1, Ito be q Young nation young in t'
years, race and civilization. HIS einl
nence made those Of US llyins seem u
touch with our forefathers 70 share
the dangers they faced In plain aal
forest. 10 witness wiih them The birtl
Of an empire Ills gong widena ia'
space between flla period of the plo
! ueers ami ourselves AS the hlstoilN
}, characters pasa away they drive thl
seeker after knowledge 70 books "
substitutes fus living witnesses
J, Peter etuyveaanl or Lord Ealilmol'
were alive now. however ola ihe
might be. the early days Of the con
linent would rot seem SO remote, Bu
i. they are dead anj al their fellow.
and so their respective periods ar
dim ANA Intangible IN their distance
We know them only from the coll
black and white OF the printed pags
Geronimo was Al indian uf wy
!, aboriginal school. The modern india
= Is q pursuef 81 refinement thrift AN
the various arts Of peace uerunlm
WAS savage Imprisoned The mo,
ern indlan Is i savage pgeneratet
The Geronimo kind 81 lndlan wa
more romantic. picturesque and Thrill
ing. likewise more to -. avoided wne
met IN road The modern kind
probably better citizen and o ngr
4 agreeable neighbnf. an the same,
4 Is somewhat gtarlllng TO think lsa
/, our very young nation b growing
\ Old that Il Ii last losing nll ties thp
v lblnd Ii % the nlnHeef limns Will
u te denln ot GaEoalnlp aud others 4
NV hls kiha Il talgea on more and lnaF
:. liha eNYnhiancn nf rHn