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Geronimo
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“Once I moved about like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to General George Crook (25 March 1886), as quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) by Dee Brown
“I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being informed that there were authorizations to kill him while he was a prisoner in San Antonio, prior to news of further instructions to transport him to Florida, as quoted in Geronimo and the End of the Apache War…
“In the beginning the world was covered with darkness. There was no sun, no day. The perpetual night had no moon or stars. There were, however, all manner of beasts and birds. Among the beasts were many hideous, nameless monsters, as well as dragons, lions, tigers, wolves, foxes, beavers, rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice, and all manner of creeping things such as lizards and serpents. Mankind could not prosper under such conditions, for the beasts and serpents destroyed all human offspring. All creatures had the power of speech and were gifted with reason.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I cannot think we are useless or Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am thankful that the President of the United States has given me permission to tell my story. I hope that he and those in authority under him will read my story and judge whether my people have been rightly treated.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They held us in San Antonio … We had tents and blankets but no arms. We had food. But every minute we expected to be taken out and shot. Nobody said it aloud. Geronimo had been promised that he would not die by bullets (by Usen, the Apache God), but the rest had not.”
Geronimo (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jasper Kanseah, a fellow captive, as quoted in Geronimo and the End of the Apache Wars (1990), by Charles Leland Sonnichsen, p. 101.