Geronimo Apache Chief as a War Captive Near Nueces River Texas 1886

by Peter Ogden

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Geronimo Apache Chief as a War Captive Near Nueces River Texas 1886

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Peter Ogden

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Reproduction of: antique Albumen photograph of Apache Chief Geronimo, 1829-1909, with his tribe including his son Chappo as war captives en route via the Southern Pacific Railroad to Fort Sill north of Lawton, Oklahoma. This photograph was taken by A.J. McDonald near the Nueces River, Texas circa 1886.
Geronimo, Mescalero Chiricahua, Athabaskan: "he who yawns", was an important leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886 Geronimo cooperated with members of three other Chiricahua Apache band; the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi carrying out forays as well as attacks on Mexican and U.S. militias in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwest American regions of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's sorties and attacks were a part of the long Apache–United States conflict, which started with Americans colonizing Apache lands following the end of the Mexican War in 1848.
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May 8th, 2017

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