. Geronimo's story of his life . hen opportunity offered, after this, Icould go on the warpath with my tribe. This 37 GERONIMO « would be glorious. I hoped soon to servemy people in battle. I had long desired tofight with our warriors. Perhaps the greatest joy to me was thatnow I could marry the fair Alope, daughterof No-po-so. She was a slender, delicategirl, but we had been lovers for a long , as soon as the council granted me theseprivileges I went to see her father concern-ing our marriage. Perhaps our love was ofno interest to him; perhaps he wanted tokeep Alope with him, for she w
. Geronimo's story of his life . hen opportunity offered, after this, Icould go on the warpath with my tribe. This 37 GERONIMO « would be glorious. I hoped soon to servemy people in battle. I had long desired tofight with our warriors. Perhaps the greatest joy to me was thatnow I could marry the fair Alope, daughterof No-po-so. She was a slender, delicategirl, but we had been lovers for a long , as soon as the council granted me theseprivileges I went to see her father concern-ing our marriage. Perhaps our love was ofno interest to him; perhaps he wanted tokeep Alope with him, for she was a dutifuldaughter; at any rate he asked many poniesfor her. I made no reply, but in a few daysappeared before his wigwam with the herdof ponies and took with me Alope. Thiswas all the marriage ceremony necessary inour tribe. Not far from my mothers tepee I hadmade for us a new home. The tepee wasmade of buffalo hides and in it were manybear robes, lion hides, and other trophies ofthe chase, as well as my spears, bows, and 38. Apache PrixckssDaughter of Naiche, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches THE FAMILY arrows. Alope had made many little deco-rations of beads ^ and drawn work on buck-skin, which she placed in our tepee. She alsodrew many pictures on the walls of ourhome. She was a good wife, but she wasnever strong. We followed the traditionsof our fathers and were happy. Three chil-dren came to us—children that played, loi-tered, and worked as I had done. 3 Beads were obtained from tlie Mexicans. The Apachesalso got money from the Mexicans, but deemed it of novahie, and either gave it to their children to play with orthrew it away. 39 PART IITHE MEXICANS I CHAPTER VI KAS-KI-YEH Part I—The MassacreN the summer of 1858, being at peacewith the Mexican towns as well as withall the neighboring Indian tribes, we wentsouth into Old JNIexico to trade. Our wholetribe (Bedonkohe Apaches) went throughSonora toward Casa Grande, our destina-tion, but just before reaching that place
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