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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Geronimo , Apache Indian chief (search)
Geronimo, Apache Indian chief
; became a war-chief when sixteen years old, and for almost fifty years led a band of bloodthirsty savages; was a constant terror to the settlers in the Southwest, where he perpetrated many frightful atrocities.
He was captured near Prescott, Ariz., in 1886, by Generals Miles and Lawton, after a continued chase of four years, at the expense of hundreds of lives.
He was first
Geronimo. imprisoned at Mount Vernon, Ala., but later at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.