Geronimo 1904 Wrapped Canvas

Famous Geronimo quote: “I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honour was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust. "Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, captured all our ponies, secured our arms, destroyed our supplies, and killed many of our women and children...when all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain." Excerpts from Geronimo's biography: Geronimo: His own Story. After taking Geronimo into custody in 1886, the US government never permitted Geronimo to visit or see his beloved tribal homelands again — an area now owned by the United States government and known as the Gila National Forest in New Mexico — a designated Wilderness Area roughly 1.5 million acres of the most beautiful countryside on Earth.