GERONIMO (c. 1829-1909), a chief of the Chiricahua band of the Apache tribe of North American Indians, was, according to his own story, born in No-do-yohn canyon, Ariz., in June 1829. From 1875 to 1885 as leader of a band of "hostiles" he terrorized the territories of New Mexico and Arizona. An expedition com manded by Gen. George Crook succeeded in bringing Geronimo to a meeting in March 1886, wherein the chief agreed to surrender if he and his men would be taken to Florida, where their families were being held. The terms were agreed to, but on the way the Indians escaped. Gen. Crook was succeeded by Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who followed the Indians for months, finally capturing them in August in Skeleton canyon, Ariz. Geronimo and 14 com panions were taken to Ft. Pickens, Fla., and in 1888 were removed to Alabama, but the climate proving unhealthy, they were in finally transferred to Ft. Sill, Okla., where the chief lived until his death, on Feb. 17, 1909. He dictated the story of his life to S. M. Barrett, who published it under the title Geronimo's Story of His Life (1906).
See also Arizona Historical Review, vol. i. (1928), and Britton Davis, The Truth About Geronimo (New Haven,