The autobiography of the famous Apache war chief, Geronimo.

A shout of "Geronimo!!!" is still evoked to show courage. Hear, in his own words, the war story of Geronimo and his Chiricahua band of Apache Indians.

CONTENTS:

Part I: The Apaches

• Origin of the Apache Indians
• Subdivisions of the Apache Tribe
• Early life
• Tribal Amusements, Manners, and Customs
• The Family

Part II: The Mexicans

• Kas-Ki-Yeh
• The Massacre
• Revenge
• Fighting Under Difficulties
• Raids That Were Successful
• Varying Fortunes
• Heavy Fighting
• Geronimo's Mightiest Battle

Part III: The White Men

• Coming of the White Men
• Greatest of Wrongs
• Removals
• In Prison and on the Warpath
• The Final Struggle
• A Prisoner of War

Part IV: The Old and the New

• Unwritten Laws of the Apaches
• Trials
• Adoption of Children
• "Salt Lake"
• Preparation of a Warrior
• Dances
  • A Dance of Thanksgiving
  • The War Dance
  • Scalp Dance
  • A Social Dance
• At the World's Fair
• Religion
• Hopes for the Future

Geronimo was born on June 16th, 1829, in Arizona (then a part of Mexico), and died on February 17th, 1909, in Oklahoma. After his wife and children were killed in a Mexican raid, Geronimo spend the majority of his life in constant warfare with the Mexicans, and later, the Americans. Near the end of his life, he was finally captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Americans. A celebrity for his fearless deeds, he appeared at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair, and rode in President Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 inaugural parade.