e following September. The Native Americans were sent to Florida, Alabama, and finally to Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, where they settled as farmers. Geronimo eventually adopted Christianity. He took part in the inaugural procession of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. Geronimo dictated his memoirs, published in 1906 as Geronimo's Story of His Life. He died at Fort Sill on February 17, 1909. Apaches todayAnd there is no question of their modern identity. Through steadfastness, strategy, andan understanding of business they have done well for themselves. Money from the woolof their thousands of sheep is supplemented handsomely by income from their hundredsof gas and oil wells. They have been able to adapt to many cultural and environmental changes in just 200years. Though the old ways are maintained, the Jicarilla have become modern warriors.They are brilliant business people with strong leaders, and are also very successful intheir dealings with the U.S. Government. . Geronimo was born in June of 1829 in No-doyohn Caon, Arizona. His tribalname was Goyathley, which means “one who yawns”. Later in life he becameknown as Geronimo, “Little Jerome”. The Mexicans called him that in derision.As he learned to talk his mother told him stories of the sun, moon, stars, wildbeasts, and Usen the “Great Spirit” who made everything and should beworshipped. He spent the first few years of his childhood running free and playingwith his three brothers and four sisters until he was old enough to be put to workin the fields. When he was 8 or 9 years old he began hunting. He first learned tostalk deer by crawling long distances from bush to bush, taking hours to creepclose enough to launch his arrow. As he grew older he w...
