ed, Geronimo's legendwould grow as he continually overcame enormous odds, perfidious government agents andApache scouts recruited by the US Cavalry.Geronimo had had a taste of blood and he couldn’t go back. He planned series of raid on theMexican towns and struck quickly, killing anyone in his path. He stole horses and headed for theSierra Madre mountains. He continued this for years. Geronimo was wounded seven timesthroughout these years and once was left for dead. In 1868, Mexicans rounded up the horses and mules of a tribe not far from Geronimo’s. It hadbeen a year since any there were any raids on Mexico and it was unexpected. Later that afternoontwo Mexican scouts were seen near his settlement and were killed. The Mexicans got away withtheir horses before they were seen. Geronimo took twenty warriors to trail the Mexicans. Alongthe way they attacked some cowboys and took their stock. Nine cowboys were trailing them inturn. He sent the stock ahead with some of his warriors and stayed behind with three warriors tointercept the cowboys. They spotted the cowboys camp, waited until they were asleep then ledaway their horses without waking them. They rode on the horses to catch up to the rest of thewarriors traveling at night. The cowboys did not follow them and never heard anything from theMexicans about the incident. This incident and the ruse palyed on the cowboys led to more fameand the legend of Geronimo grew. After this it was a long time before there was any interaction between the Indians and Mexicansagain. In the spring of 1871 Apaches drifted into Camp Grant for protection and food. The personin charge of Camp Grant was Lieutenant Whitman. He took an interest in the Indians and issuedthem rations and gave them a place for their teepees. On April 30 Lieutenant Whitman receivednews some white men were going to attack the camp and kill all the Indians. By the timeLieutenant Whitman got there it was too late. After this...
