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Title: Geronimo's story of his life
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Geronimo, 1829-1909 Barrett, S. M. (Stephen Melvil), b. 1865
Subjects: Geronimo, 1829-1909 Apache Indians -- Kings and rulers
Publisher: New York, Duffield & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eir native homes, would increase in num-bers, rather than diminish as at present, andthat our name would not become extinct. I know that if my people were placed inthat mountainous region lying around theheadwaters of the Gila River they w^ouldlive in peace and act according to the willof the President. They w^ould be prosper-ous and happy in tilling the soil and learn-ing the civilization of the white men, whomthey now respect. Could I but see this ac-complished, I think I could forget all the 215 GERONIMO wrongs that I have ever received, and diea contented and happy old man. But wecan do nothing in this matter ourselves—wemust wait until those in authority choose toact. If this cannot be done during my life-time—if I must die in bondage—I hope thatthe remnant of the Apache tribe may, whenI am gone, be granted the one privilegewhich they request—to return to Arizona. 216
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Geronimo GeronimosStory of His Life Taken Down and Edited by S. M. BARRETT Superintendent of Education, Lawton, Oklahomageronimosstoryof00gero

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