. Geronimo's story of his life . e Horse), and my sister, Nah-da-ste,are yet alive. We are held as prisoners ofwar in this Military Reservation (FortSill). As a babe I rolled on the dirt floor of myfathers tepee, hung in my tsoch (Apachename for cradle) at my mothers back, orsuspended from the bough of a tree. I waswarmed by the sun, rocked by the winds,and sheltered by the trees as other Indianbabes. When a child my mother taught me thelegends of our people; taught me of the sunand sky,- the moon and stars, the clouds and f(1 • girls. He has had four wives that were full-bloodI ? onkohe Apach
. Geronimo's story of his life . e Horse), and my sister, Nah-da-ste,are yet alive. We are held as prisoners ofwar in this Military Reservation (FortSill). As a babe I rolled on the dirt floor of myfathers tepee, hung in my tsoch (Apachename for cradle) at my mothers back, orsuspended from the bough of a tree. I waswarmed by the sun, rocked by the winds,and sheltered by the trees as other Indianbabes. When a child my mother taught me thelegends of our people; taught me of the sunand sky,- the moon and stars, the clouds and f(1 • girls. He has had four wives that were full-bloodI ? onkohe Apaches, and four that were part Bedonkohe/ I .ohe and part other Apache blood. Four of his children1 e been killed by Mexicans and four have been held in. »ndage by the U. S. Government. He firmly believes inilvstiny and in the magic of the number four. Besides(leronimo, only four full-blood Bedonkohe Apaches are nowliving. They are Porico (White Horse), Nah-da-ste, Moh-ta-neal, and To-klon-nen. 18 i^ 2: ^ > ^ 0 ^2 W K O K 2. EARLY LIFE storms. She also taught me to kneel andpray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom,and protection. We never prayed againstany person, but if we had aught against anyindividual we ourselves took vengeance. Wewere taught that Usen does not care for thepetty quarrels of men. My father had often told me of the bravedeeds of our warriors, of the pleasures ofthe chase, and the glories of the warpath. With my brothers and sisters I playedabout my fathers home. Sometimes weplayed at hide-and-seek among the rocks andpines; sometimes we loitered in the shade ofthe Cottonwood trees or sought the shudock(a kind of wild cherry) while our parentsworked in the field. Sometimes we playedthat we were warriors. We would practicestealing upon some object that representedan enemy, and in our childish imitation oftenperform the feats of war. Sometimes wewould hide away from our mother to see ifshe could find us, and often when thus con- 19 GERONIMO cealed go to slee
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