ing 40-45 miles a day. Geronimo actedas a guide into Mexico. When they were almost at Arispe, they camped. 8 menrode in from the city, the Indians captured, killed, and scalped them, to drawtroops from the city. At about ten o'clock the next morning, as they hadexpected, the whole Mexican force came out. There were two companies of cavalryand two of infantry. He recognized the cavalry that killed the people atKaskiyeh, he told the chieftains and they let him lead the army. He arrangedthe army in a hollow circle, the Mexican army closed in up until the Apaches andthe Mexicans were 400 yards apart when the enemy opened fire. Geronimo orderedthe army to charge, but sent some braves to attack from the rear. Geronimofought with fury, the battle lasted about 2 hours. At the end of the battletheir was only four Indians left including Geronimo. Their arrows were all gone,their spears were broken, stuck inside their dead enemies. They had only therehands and knives with left to fight, but all that stood against them were dead.Then two armed soldiers came upon them from another part of the field. Theyshot down two of the Indians, and Geronimo and another Indian charged toward theenemies. His companion was struck down by a saber. Geronimo picked up a spearhe found and turned. The one who pursued him missed his aim, and died byGeronimo's spear. With the dead man's saber he met the Mexican who had killedhis companion, they grappled and fell. Geronimo killed him with his knife andquickly rose over the corpse. The Apache braves surrounded Geronimo, and theymade him the war chief of all Apaches. Geronimo all of the slain enemies bescalped, the Apaches avenged the massacre of Kas-ki-yeh.At about 1873, they were attacked by Mexican troops once again in theirown settlement, but the Apache defeated them.Geronimo and the Mexicans fought for years, bought once they weresettled down, the white man bickered the Apaches. Geronimo got the right...
