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AZ - 1886 - Geronimo with Apaches Photograph

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AZ - 1886 - Geronimo with Apaches Photograph
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Photograph measures 7.95” x 4.80” and 8.5” x 5.25” on black matte. Medium contrast and focus is sharp. Little wear on matte, photo also has little wear except for some minor fading on the left side from light exposure. Photo was produced by Fly’s Gallery of Tombstone, Arizona. Description on the front reads “No. 174- Geronimo, son and two picked braves. Man with long rifle, Geronimo.” The first Apache in picture is Naiche, youngest son of Cochise. Geronimo was born in New Mexico into the Apache group known as the Chiricahuas. The Apaches were feared by Mexican settlers and many other Southwestern Native groups, in fact the word Apache means “enemy” in Zuni. Geronimo grew up to understand the importance of hunting and survival. As a young man, Mexican soldiers killed his wife, three children and mother. After the attack he campaigned against the Mexican and American Governments until 1886. Geronimo spent the rest of his life as prisoner of war and was never permitted to return to his home in Arizona. In his older years he was hailed as somewhat of a celebrity in American culture, he was even invited to march in President Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 inaugural parade. He died at the age of 79 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [Faulk B, Odie The Geronimo Campaign. Oxford University Press. 1969]. - Vinegar Collection